Mine detail: Tosisihua

Previously called 'La TurquesaTesisihua'

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Location: Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 29.78354, -105.36719
dep_id: 10049475
mrds_id: MX02180
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper, Zinc
Trace mineral: Gemstone
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Turquoise
model: 60: Skarn Zn-Pb
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_type: Diorite,Shale,Sandstone,Rhyolite
arock_type: Diorite,Rhyolite
Structure: Large Volcanic Area With Granodiorite Intrusives., Range Front Normal Fault East Side.
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:: SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1983, OJINAGA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; 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.
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