Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
TertiaryTellurium, Manganese, Antimony, Copper, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSES, CHIMNEYS (RARE)
Ore controlAndesite/Shale Contacts
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cervantite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Gold, Nagyagite, Petzite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Stibnite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite · Barranca Formation
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite
AlterationAndesites Are Propylitically Altered.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10049510
MRDS IDMX02237
Alternate namesMines: Santo Nino, Santa Teresa, San Antonio.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates28.13358, -108.6381
References
GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 85-89.SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO, MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1982, MORIS (H12D88) TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:50,000.SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1984, TECORIPA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.BAGG, R.M., 1905, THE SAHUAYCAN DISTRICT, MEXICO: ENGINEERS MINING JOURNAL, V. 79, P. 749-751.TREADWELL, J.C., 1905, THE SAHUAYACAN MINING DISTRICT, MEXICO: ENGINEERS MINING JOURNAL, V 80, P. 1213-1216.WISSER, E., 1966, THE EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS-METAL PROVINCE OF NORTHWEST MEXICO: A.I.M.E. CONFERENCE MAY 5-7, 1965, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 13, P. 63-92.