Providencia

Past Producer in Guanajuato, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050095
MRDS ID MX10055
Record type Site
Current site name Providencia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.28368, 21.36721 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Est+/- 3 Min.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Guanajuato

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Providencia Formation
    Rock description Providencia Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.28368, 21.36721

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N60w, 60sw, 1300 M Long, 300 M Mineralization, 0.6-1.0 M Wide.

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Controlled.

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUAT ALLUVIUM-RESIDUAL SOIL EXTENDS OVER 0.3 SQ KM. TERT TUFF EXTENDS OVER 1.3 SQ KM (MINERALIZATION). TERT FELSIC AND MAFIC ROCKS EXTEND OVER 0.1 SQ KM. CRET-TERT CONGLOMERATE EXTENDS OVER 0.3 SQ KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1890

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 MINES, 0 PROSPECTS.

Comments on development

  • SMALL MINE AREAS PRESENTLY APPEAR TO BE ABANDONED (1992). ; ECON.COM: 3 KAOLINITE MINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONSEJO RECURSOS MINERALES, 1992, GEOLOGICAL-MINING MONOGRAPH OF THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO; SECRETARIA DE ENERGIA, MINAS E INDUSTRIA PARAESTATAL, 136 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-93 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.