Mine detail: Namiquipa

Previously called 'La VenturosaLa PrincesaLa EsmereldaMexicoAmerica ViejoEl Molino'

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Location

Lat / long: 29.16855, -107.36724

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Copper, Gold
Ore: Anglesite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
Gangue: Barite, Chalcedony, Fluorite, Limonite, Quartz
Other material: Pyrite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Associated type:Rhyolite,Andesite
Alteration processes:Silicic

References

MRDSMX02123
DEP10049450
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:: 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).}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G., Kibbe, R.D.