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Xalpizaco

Past Producer in Guerrero, Mexico with commodities Mercury, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050119
MRDS ID MX11005
Record type Site
Current site name Xalpizaco
Alternate or previous names San Antonio Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.16698, 17.41739 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Relative position 15 KM SE OF COLOTLIPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Guerrero

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) In Broad Area, Kaolizitization And Laterization. Near Deposit, Unknown.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Morelos Formation
    Rock description Morelos Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.16698, 17.41739
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Trends N50w And Dips 75sw

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE RHYOLITE RANGES FROM 0-100+ M IN THICKNESS AND EXTENDS OVER 1.0 SQ KM. THE ANDESITE RANGES IN THICKNESS FROM 100-300 M AND EXTENDS OVER 2.0 SQ KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quechultenango - Mochitlan

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PRODUCER, DEVELOPMENT STATUS NOT INDICATED. 250 T/DAY PRODUCTION; 15 G/T AU, 1000 G/T AG. 90,000 TONS MINED AS OF SEPTEMBER, 1993.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 8.23M
    Overall width 7M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUSTILLO, SAYNEZ, 1970, EXPLORACIONES GEOLOGICO-MINERAS EN EL ESTADO DE GUERRERO: 2ND SEMINARIO SOBRE EXPLORACION GEOLOGICO-MINERA.

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1942, CRIADEROS MINERALES EN COTOLIPA Y QUECHULTENANGO, DEL ESTADO DE GUERRERO: BOLETIN DE MINAS Y PETROLEO, TOMO 13, NO. 4, P. 6-12.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EPITHERMAL VOLCANIC-HOSTED CRUSTFORM, OPEN SPACE CALCITE-QUARTZ-GALENA VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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