Mine detail: Namiquipa

Previously called 'La VenturosaLa PrincesaLa EsmereldaMexicoAmerica ViejoEl Molino'

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Location: Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 29.16855, -107.36724
dep_id: 10049450
mrds_id: MX02123
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
gangue: Barite, Chalcedony, Fluorite, Limonite, Quartz
other_matl: Pyrite
work_type: Underground
model: 106: Epithermal vein, Creede
alteration: Silicic
conc_proc: Oxidation
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G., Kibbe, R.D.
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite
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:: SHEFELBINE, G.H., 1957, SILVER-LEAD-ZINC MINES AT NAMIQUIPA, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 9, NO. 10, P. 1090-1097.
  • Deposit:: CLARK, K.F., AND GOODELL, P.C., (EDS.), 1983, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA: EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, GUIDEBOOK, 1983 FIELD CONFERENCE, 0CT. 7-9, 1983, PLATE 1, SCALE 1:500000.
  • Deposit:: COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.
  • Deposit:: MOSIER, D.L., MENZIE, W.D., AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1986, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON TERTIARY EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS- AND BASE-METAL VEIN DISTRICTS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ROCKS: USGS BULLETIN 1666, 39 P.
  • 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.
  • Deposit:: SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1983, BUENAVENTURA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.
  • Deposit:: 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 1:500,000
  • Deposit:: SPP, 1983, BUENAVENTURA;
  • Deposit:: SHEFELBINE, 1957
  • Deposit:: GRAYBEAL, F.T., ET AL, 1986, THE GEOLOGY OF SILVER DEPOSITS
  • Production:: SHEFELBINE, 1957; MOSIER, ET.AL., 1986 (ITEM 4).
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