Mine detail: Concheno

Previously called 'ConchenitoMines: Veta Grande, Navidad, San Ciriaco, Gracia De Dios, Teocali.'

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Location

Lat / long: 28.32942, -108.18809

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Zinc, Manganese, Lead
Ore: Argentite, Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Pyrolusite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR VEINS
Discovery year: 1897

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite,Andesite,Basalt
Structure:Minor Basin And Range Normal Faults
Tectonic:Sierra Madre Volcanic Province

References

MRDSMX02039
DEP10049406
Reference{Deposit:: GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A AND -B.}{Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 189.}{Deposit:: GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 68-71.}{Deposit:: SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1984, TECORIPA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: GONZALEZ, 1956.}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.