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La Guadalupana

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Tungsten, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088925
MRDS ID MX02794
Record type Site
Current site name La Guadalupana
Alternate or previous names Cerro Verde, Cerro De La Guadalupana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.6839, 27.56695 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Relative position POTRERO DE BOJORQUEZ 2-5 KM N

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

  • IN THE POTRERO DE BOJORQUEZ DSITRICT 15 KM NE OF SANTA ROSA RANCH AND 15 KM E OF SINALOA-CHIHUAHUA BORDER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite Altered Granite (Dated By Damon, Et Al, 1983 As 51.5+/-1.0 Using K-Ar Sample Uaka-77-121)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 59.4
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.6839, 27.56695
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS AND FRACTURE CONTROLLED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tungsten- Copper Veins Vertically Cut Through Granite And Ore Is Found In The Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITES OVERLAIN BY VOLC. ROCKS VOLC. HAVE ANDESITE BASE AND DACITE-RHYOLITE UPPER SECTION. DASMON,ET AL,1983,DATED THE GRANODIORITE BATHOLITH USING K-AR ON BIORITE IN THE GRANODORITE PORPHYRY FOR WHICH THE OBTAINED AN AGE 59.4+/-1.2 (SAMPLE UAKA-77-120)(NO. 21 IN TABLE 1) AND 87SR/86SR AT TIME OF COOLING OF 0.705

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potrero De Bojorquez District/ Guadalupe Y Calvo Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • SIMILAR EXPLORATION AS AT POTERO DE BOJORQUEZ WHICH DID NOT LEAD TO PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHULZE, 1952, DESCRIBED THE INTRUSION OF THE GARANITE AS A LACOLITH INTRUDED INTO VOLC. PILE.CERRO VERDE IS MADE UP OF THIS GRANITE. POST GRANITE FELSIC AND MAFIC DIKES CUT THE GRANITE. LATE PEGMATITES VEINS AND VEINLETS CARRY THE MINERALIZATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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