Mine detail: Yoquivo

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

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Location

Lat / long: 28.05859, -108.06725

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Secondary: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore: Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stromeyerite
Gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Quartz
Other material: Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1867

Geology

Host type:Latite,Andesite
Associated 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.
Alteration processes:Propylitic, Potassic, Argillic, Silicic

References

MRDSMX02187
DEP10049478
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. 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.}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.