Mine detail: Concheno

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

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Location: Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 28.32942, -108.18809
dep_id: 10049406
mrds_id: MX02039
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Zinc, Manganese, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Pyrolusite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR VEINS
model: 150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite,Basalt
Structure: Minor Basin And Range Normal Faults
tectonic: Sierra Madre Volcanic Province
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1897
References:
  • 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.
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