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Descubridora-Triunfo

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088921
MRDS ID MX02759
Record type Site
Current site name Descubridora-Triunfo
Alternate or previous names Triunfo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.7839, 27.00863 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position SW PART OF BATOPILAS DISTRICT , 6 KM SW OF BATOPILAS VILLAGE

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

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = G13-1 SAN JUANITO 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 40.8
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 40.8

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.7839, 27.00863
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEE WILKERSON, ET AL., 1988

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Batopilas District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS NOT ACCESSIBLE (WILKERSON, ET AL., 1988)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPP, 1984, SAN JUANITO

  • Deposit

    WILKERSON, G., 1983, THE BATOPILAS MINING DISTRICT, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: PH.D DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY TEXAS, EL PASO, 642 P.

  • Deposit

    WILKERSON, G., DENG, Q., LLAVONA, R., AND GOODELL, P., 1988, BATOPILAS MINING DISTRICT, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 83, P. 1721-1736.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHLONITE AND ACTINOLITE ALTERED CALCITE WITH MINOR QUARTZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-92 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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