Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryCopper, Lead, Gold
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model106: Epithermal vein, Creede
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSES, "CHIMNEYS"
Ore controlBottom Of Mineralized Zone Bound By Major Fault And Series Of V. Closely Spaced Fractures. Top Of Zone Less Well-Defined, Patially Obscured By Alluvium.
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
StructureFault Zone: N 25 E, 70-80 N., Evidence Of Post-Mineralization Faulting.
AlterationMineralized Zone Marked By Fe-Oxides Along Surface.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1872
Identification
Deposit ID10049506
MRDS IDMX02232
Alternate namesLoreto, San Nicolas, Mines: Nuestra Senora De Loreta
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates28.08776, -108.26309
References
GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 76-79.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 1:500,000SPP, 1984, TECORIPA:SPP, 1983, SAN ISIDRO HUAJUMARGONZALEZ, 1956.