Mine detail: Dolores

Previously called 'Alma De MariaMines: San Francisco'

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Location

Lat / long: 28.98494, -108.51949

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Lead, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1860

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Diabase,Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:Diabase,Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite,Basalt
Structure:Large, Possibly East Dipping Normal Fault Cuts Through Area
Alteration processes:Silicic, Propylitic

References

MRDSMX02230
DEP10049505
Reference{Deposit:: GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 52-57.}{Deposit:: SKINNER, E.N., AND PLATE, H.R., 1915, MINING COSTS OF THE WORLD: NEW YORK, N.Y., MCGRAW-HILL BOOK CO., INC., P. 193.}{Deposit:: COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.}{Deposit:: MOSIER, D.L., MENZIE, W.D., AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1986, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON TERTIARY EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS- AND BASE-METAL VEIN DISTRICTS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ROCKS: USGS BULLETIN 1666, 39 P.}{Deposit:: WISSER, E., 1966, THE EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS-METAL PROVINCE OF NORTHWEST MEXICO: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 13, PART C, P. 63-92.}{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, CHABACAN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:50,000.}{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:: GONZALEZ, R.J., 1956A MEMORIA GEOLOGICAL-MINERO}{Deposit:: FARISH, J.B., 1907, THE DOLORES MINE}{Production:: SKINNER AND PLATE, 1915; GONZALEZ, 1956; MOSIER, ET.AL., 1986 (ITEM 7).}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.