Mine detail: Ocampo

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Location:	Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	28.21275, -108.37559
dep_id:	10049490
mrds_id:	MX02207
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Gold
Trace mineral:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite
gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
model:	150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
alteration:	Propylitic, Argillic, Phyllic, Silicic
ore_ctrl:	Veins In Shear Zone
Reporter:	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G., Kibbe, R.D.
hrock_type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
arock_type:	Tuff,Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Eastern Limb Of Broad Nw Trending Anticline.
disc_yr:	1804
References:	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.