Sierra Placer De Guadalupe

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092766
MRDS ID MX02175
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra Placer De Guadalupe
Related records 10255177

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.40052, 29.33356 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Est;Uncertain

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST 1 MINUTE. NOT ON SOC GEOL MEX AC, 1985. NOT SURE ABOUT LOCATION BUT COORDINATES DO CORRESPOND TO THE SIERRA PLACER DE GUADALUPE MOUNTAIN RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.40052, 29.33356

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coyame

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MORE INFORMATION NEEDED ABOUT THIS DEPOSIT. IT MIGHT BE THE SAME OR NEAR TO PLACE DE GUADALUPE ALTHOUGH PLACER DE GUADALLUPE HAS DIFFERENT ELEMENT OCCURENCES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-88 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-91 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-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.