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Maguarichic

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098770
MRDS ID MX02875
Record type Site
Current site name Maguarichic

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.98391, 27.80027 (WGS84)
Elevation 2100
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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

  • COORDINATES CORRESPOND TO VILLAGE OF MAGUARICHIC (C).; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = G13-1 SAN JUANITO 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SEND CONCENTRATE IN TRUCKS TO RAILHEAD TO SHIP TO CHIHUAHUA CITY SMELTER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Petzite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Advanced Argillic, Mild Sericitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Maguarichic Andesite
    Rock description Maguarichic Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.98391, 27.80027
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Possibly Caldera (Staude Interpretation From Field Mapping)
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne And Nw Normal Faults, Latest N-S Faults Cut Ore Veins

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR VEINS
    Strike NE
    Dip VERT
    Length 2000M
    Width 3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONGLOMERATE SEQUENCE UNDERLIES THE ANDESITE AND CAPPING RHYOLITE TUFF STRATIGRAPHY (SEE STAUDE, 1992, FIELD NOTES).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1650
Year of last production 1992
Production years VARIED OVER THE PAST THREE CENTURIES

Mining district

District name Ocampo Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEE DEPOSIT SIZE FOR INFORMATION ON WORKINGS, DEPOSIT NEEDS EXPLORATION DRILLING

Comments on development

  • ENGLISH DID THE MOST WORK AND GOOD DETAILED MAPPING AS WELL AS PROFESSORS FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY DURING THE EARLY 1920S. ; ECON.COM: AU-AG METAL PROCESSED BY IMPULSORA MINERA MEXICANA C.V. DE S.A., LOCATED IN MAGUARICHIC WITH A 60 TON ORE/DAY CAPACITY USING A FLOATION CONCENTRATION METHOD.

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

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PRESUPUESTO,1984, CIUDAD OBREGON: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFICA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    STAUDE, 1992, PERSONAL FIELD WORK

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVER 12 TABULAR VEINS, EACH INDIVIDUALLY MINED UNDERGROUND
Deposit VEIN DEPOSIT ALONG THE RIO OTEROS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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