Mine detail: Cinco De Abril

Previously called 'El Potrero'

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Location: Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 28.43357, -108.35059
dep_id: 10049502
mrds_id: MX02227
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Quartz
ore_ctrl: Vein?
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Pyroclastic Rock,Rhyolite
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
References:
  • Deposit:: GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 59.
  • 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.
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