Mine detail: Placer De Guadalupe

Previously called 'La VirgenBolanosSan Blas'

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Location

Lat / long: 29.14606, -105.43385

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Uraninite
Gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Uranophane
Discovery year: 1868

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Diorite
Alteration processes:Sericitic, Kaolinitic

References

MRDSMX02277
DEP10049537
Reference{Deposit:: GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, 20TH, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 185-192.}{Deposit:: GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1946, LOS CRIADEROS DE URANIO Y ORO EN PLACER DE GUADALUPE Y PUERTO DEL AIRE, ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: COMITE DIRECTIVO PARA LA INVESTIGACION DE LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE MEXICO (CRNNR BOLETIN 5).}{Deposit:: CLARK, K.F, AND PONCE, S., B.F., 1983}{Deposit:: BRIDGES, L.W., 1964A,}{Deposit:: BRIDGES, L.W., 1964B,}{Deposit:: BRIDGES, L.W., 1970,}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.)