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Alamillo

Past Producer in Durango, Mexico with commodity Tin
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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. 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 10098788
MRDS ID MX09003
Record type Site
Current site name Alamillo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.75045, 24.13375 (WGS84)
Relative position 5-10 KM NW OF ZACATECAS BORDER, 15-20 KM SW OF RAMON CORONA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Durango

Comments on the location information

  • 5 MINES ON ALDAMA 1:50,000 AND 4 MINES ON SILAO 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE.
  • NEAR EL ALAMILLO AND EL AMAGO MINES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Comancheras Group
    Rock description Comancheras Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.75045, 24.13375
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE IS ABOUT 6 SQ KM AREA TOTAL. A TRACE OF QAL. TERT FELSIC EXTRUSIVE EXTENDS OVER 0.5 SQ KM . TERT?-CRET? GRANITE EXTENDS OVER 1.0 SQ KM (MINERALIZATION). CRET?-TERT? CONGLOMERATE EXTENDS OVER 1.0 SQ KM . TRI-JUR SCHIST EXTENDS OVER 1.5 SQ KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alamillo

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 MINES, 0 PROSPECTS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: KAOLIN PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF DURANGO AND CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, 1980, GEOLOGIC AND METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, FIRST EDITION, 1:500,000 SCALE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL SIZE ON METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Staude, John-Mark G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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