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Potrero Victoria District

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10092845
MRDS ID MX02947
Record type Site
Current site name Potrero Victoria District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.26722, 25.83367 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 8 KM W OF EL TRISTE 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

  • BORDER NUEVA LEON AND COAHUILA.
  • 2 MINE SYMBOLS ON 1:250,000 PERICOS QUAD. , LOCATED 25 KM SSW OF DOLORES AND 35 KM NW OF LOS FRAILES. POSSIBLY MINE LOCATED ON SINALOA SIDE OF BORDER?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.26722, 25.83367
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Trending Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • AG-AU IN QUARTZ VEINS IN VOLCANIC ANDESITE AND TO A LESSER EXTENT RHYOLITES AND TUFFS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potrero Victoria -El Triste District/Guadalupr Y Calvo Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOST LIKELY INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION INTRUSIVE
Deposit GEOLOGY MAPPED AS OLIGO-MIO AGE ON 1:250,000 GEOLOGIC MAP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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