Mine detail: Las Chispas

Previously called 'William Tell'

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Location

Lat / long: 30.21685, -110.17148

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper
Ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Stephanite
Gangue: Calcite, Hematite, Quartz
Other material: Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:La Mesa
Host type:Mafic Intrusive Rock,Tuff,Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Nw-Trending Vertical Fault With E Side Upthrown 18-20 Ft; Ne-Trending Cross-Faults.
Alteration processes:Potassic, Silicic

References

MRDSMX00158
DEP10048969
Reference{Deposit:: PANCZNER, WILLIAM D., 1987, MINERALS OF MEXICO: VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY, NEW YORK, 459 P.}{Deposit:: PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.}{Deposit:: ROLDAN-QUINTANA, J., 1979, BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE OF SONORA, MEXICO IN ANDERSON, T.H., AND ROLDAN-QUINTANA, J., (EDS.), 1979, GUIDEBOOK, FIELD TRIP 27; GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN SONORA: U.N.A.M.- UNIV. PITTSBURG, P. 72.}{Deposit:: MONTIJO, F., JR., 1920, THE LAS CHISPAS MINE IN SONORA, MEXICO: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 121, P. 58-60.}{Deposit:: DUFOURQ, E.L., 1910, MINAS PEDRAZZINI OPERATIONS NEAR ARIZPE, SONORA, MEXICO: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 90, P. 1105-1106.}{Production:: DUFOURQ, 1910.}
ReporterStaude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.