Mine detail: Ocampo

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 28.21275, -108.37559

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1804

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:Tuff,Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:Eastern Limb Of Broad Nw Trending Anticline.
Alteration processes:Propylitic, Argillic, Phyllic, Silicic

References

MRDSMX02207
DEP10049490
Reference{Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 189.}{Deposit:: GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 74-76.}{Deposit:: KNOWLING, R.D., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE OCAMPO DISTRICT, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO (ABS.): GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 8, NO. 5, P. 595-596.}{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:: BOCKOVEN, N.T., 1981, GEOLOGY OF THE YECORA-OCAMPO AREA, SONORA AND CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO AND CHEMICAL VARIATIONS IN VOLCANIC ROCKS ACROSS THE NORTHERN SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 13, NO. 2, P. 46.}{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, 1984, TECORIPA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1982, MONS (H12D88) TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:50,000.}{Deposit:: WISSER, E., 1966 THE PRECIUOS METAL PROVINCE}{Deposit:: LINTON, ROBERT, 1912,}{Production:: BUCHANAN, 1981.}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G., Kibbe, R.D.