Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold, Copper, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model106: Epithermal vein, Creede
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formVEINS
Ore controlFracture Controlled
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiabase,Rhyolite
Associated rockDiabase,Rhyolite,Andesite
StructureAbundant N-S Trending Lineaments Possibly Fault Controlled Structures
AlterationPropylitic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10049476
MRDS IDMX02182
Alternate namesMines: El Alacran, Las Animas, Santa Rosa, Nueva Union Restauradora
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates27.86693, -108.21726
References
GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A AND -B.GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 91-93.COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.MOSIER, D.L., MENZIE, W.D., AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1986, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON TERTIARY EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS- AND BASE-METAL VEIN DISTRICTS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ROCKS: USGS BULLETIN 1666, 39 P.SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOLGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNEMNT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000GONZALEZ, 1956; MOSIER, ET.AL., 1986 (ITEM 7).