Mine detail: Sahuayacan

Previously called 'Mines: Santo NinoSanta TeresaSan Antonio.'

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Location

Lat / long: 28.13358, -108.6381

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Lead, Copper, Antimony, Manganese, Tellurium
Ore: Argentite, Cervantite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Gold, Nagyagite, Petzite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Stibnite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENSES, CHIMNEYS (RARE)

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Barranca Formation
Host type:Shale,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite
Associated type:Rhyolite,Andesite
Alteration processes:Andesites Are Propylitically Altered.

References

MRDSMX02237
DEP10049510
Reference{Deposit:: GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 85-89.}{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, 1982, MORIS (H12D88) 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:: BAGG, R.M., 1905, THE SAHUAYCAN DISTRICT, MEXICO: ENGINEERS MINING JOURNAL, V. 79, P. 749-751.}{Deposit:: TREADWELL, J.C., 1905, THE SAHUAYACAN MINING DISTRICT, MEXICO: ENGINEERS MINING JOURNAL, V 80, P. 1213-1216.}{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.}
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