Mine detail: Uruachic

Previously called 'Mines: El AlacranLas AnimasSanta RosaNueva Union Restauradora'

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Location

Lat / long:

27.86693, -108.21726

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEINS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diabase,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Diabase,Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Abundant N-S Trending Lineaments Possibly Fault Controlled Structures
Alteration processes:	Propylitic

References

MRDS	MX02182
DEP	10049476
Reference	{Deposit:: GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A AND -B.}{Deposit:: GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 91-93.}{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 GEOLOLGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNEMNT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000}{Production:: GONZALEZ, 1956; MOSIER, ET.AL., 1986 (ITEM 7).}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.)