Mine detail: Yoquivo

Previously called 'GrijalvaConcamenaCojurichicSan AntonioSan FranciscoEsperanzaNumero 2C.Q. Y Don Carlos.'

Location:	Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	28.05859, -108.06725
dep_id:	10049478
mrds_id:	MX02187
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Gold
Minor mineral:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stromeyerite
gangue:	Calcite, Chalcedony, Quartz
other_matl:	Pyrite
model:	150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
alteration:	Propylitic, Potassic, Argillic, Silicic
ore_ctrl:	Fault Controlled
Reporter:	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_type:	Latite,Andesite
arock_type:	Rhyolite,Latite,Andesite
Structure:	Five Normal Faults Encountered In S. Fsco. Tunnel: 1> N 57 W, 75 Ne; At Least 300 M Displacement, Southern Limit Of Mineralization. 2> N 40 E, 65 Se; Post-Min. 3> N 55 W, 65 Ne; Post-Min. 4> N 50 E, 75 Se; Cut By Fault No. 3. 5> N 40 E, 45 Se; Follows Contact Between Andesitic Tuffs And Augite Andesites. Many Nnw Trending Lineaments, Possibly Faults.
Year first produced:	1867
References:	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. 79-83. Deposit:: BUCHANAN, L.J., 1981, PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ENVIRONMENTS IN THE SOUTHWEST IN DICKINSON, W.R., AND PAYNE, W.D., (EDS.), 1981, RELATIONS OF TECTONICS TO ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN CORDILLERA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 14, P. 237-262. 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. Deposit:: WISSER, E., 1966, THE EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS-METAL PROVINCE OF NORTHWEST MEXICO: A.I.M.E. CONFERENCE MAY 5-7, 1965, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 13, P. 63-92. Deposit:: HALL, C.W., 1926, GEOLOGY OF THE YOQUIVO, CHIHUAHUA, MINING DISTRICT: AMERICAN INSTITUTE MINING ENGINEERS, TRANSACTIONS, V. 74, P. 223-237. Production:: GONZALEZ, 1956; BUCHANAN, 1981.