Septentrion

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Gold
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 10092772
MRDS ID MX02243
Record type Site
Current site name Septentrion

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.33391, 27.18362 (WGS84)
Relative position 29 KM S OF GUAZAPARES AND 44 KM W OF URIQUE DISTRICT.

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

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST 15 SECONDS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.33391, 27.18362

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name /Guazapares

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 104-105

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRINCIPAL VEIN: 10 M WIDE, VERY SHALLOW DIP, EXPOSED OVER A WIDE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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