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Yoquivo

Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088915
MRDS ID MX02721
Record type Site
Current site name Yoquivo
Related records 10229960

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.88391, 28.03359 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 12-15 KM NE OF TRES HERMANOS AU-AG OCCURRENCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • 22 KM DUE E OF BATOPILAS, ROAD ACCESS FROM SAN JUANITO HIGHWAY VISITED BY STAUDE, 1992

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINE WAS ACTIVE IN 1992 AND UNDERGROUND EXTRACTION OF VEIN SULFIDE AND OXIDE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 106
USGS model code 25b
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Creede
Mark3 model number 58

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • 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) -107.88391, 28.03359
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Trending Normal Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC UNITS DIFFER ON 1:250000 AND 1:500000 SCALE MAPS. FIELD VISIT PROVED GEOLOGY IS DIFFERENT THAN ON MAPS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Indians
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1992
Production years 82 YEARS AND STILL ACTIVE

Mining district

District name San Isidro District/Batopilas Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 350M
    Overall depth 180M
    Overall length 3000M
    Overall width 700M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE AREA OF VEINS

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE MINING ON SEVERAL MAIN VEINS ALSO SEE ARTICLE IN UTEP 1992 GUIDE BOOK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PRESUPUESTO,1984, SAN JUANITO (G13-2); INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFICA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-92 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-93 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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