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El Hundido

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092798
MRDS ID MX02368
Record type Site
Current site name El Hundido
Related records 10182275

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.57549, 28.36693 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position N OF LA PERLA MINE APPROXIMATELY 10-12 KM.

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

  • MINE LOCATED 100 KM NE OF CAMARGO CITY, 7 KM W OF THE CAMARGO-OJINAGA HIGHWAY. NE SIDE OF CERRO LA YEGUAS. A SECOND SMALL PROSPECT IS LOCATED 4 KM S AND SHOWN ON THESOC. GEOL. MEX. A.C. GEOLOGIC MAP OF CHIHUAHUA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.57549, 28.36693
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Perla District/La Perla-Camargo Area

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FE ORE PROCESSED BY LA PERLA MINAS DE FIERRO S.A. BASED IN CAMARGO, CHIHUAHUA.

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, MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1984, CIUDAD DELICIAS (H13-11): CARTA GEOLOGICA; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VOLCANIC HOSTED FE DEPOSIT IN TERTIARY VOLCANICS. LIKELY OLIGOCENE AGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1991 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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