Xochipala

Prospect in Guerrero, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230366
MAS/MILS ID 2010190002
Record type Site
Current site name Xochipala
Alternate or previous names Morelos, El Amate, Mina Vieja, Xocoites

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -99.50032, 17.25072 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(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 Guerrero

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -99.50032, 17.25072

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brittania (Subsidiary Of Minera Del Caribe)
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
    First year 1997

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITANNIA GOLD CORP. NEWS RELEASE, 1-29-97.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit XOCHIPALA PROSPECT COVERS 193 HECTARES AND IS LOCATED IN THE EXTREME SE OF THE MORELOS RESERVE. VALUES RANGE FROM 0.30 GRAMS TO 2.02 GRAMS PER TON GOLD AND 37-320 GRAMS/TON SILVER. THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY BEING EXPLORED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-APR-97 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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