Mine detail: Sahuayacan

Previously called 'Mines: Santo NinoSanta TeresaSan Antonio.'

Location:	Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	28.13358, -108.6381
dep_id:	10049510
mrds_id:	MX02237
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver
Trace mineral:	Lead, Copper, Antimony, Manganese, Tellurium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Argentite, Cervantite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Gold, Nagyagite, Petzite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Stibnite
gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	LENSES, CHIMNEYS (RARE)
work_type:	Underground
model:	150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
alteration:	Andesites Are Propylitically Altered.
ore_ctrl:	Andesite/Shale Contacts
Reporter:	Kibbe, .Rd., Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_unit:	Barranca Formation
hrock_type:	Shale,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite
arock_type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
References:	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.