Mine detail: Las Vigas

Previously called 'AliciaAnexas De AliciaSanta Elena'

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Location

Lat / long:

29.35023, -104.98384

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Chalcocite, Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Gypsum
Orebody form:	STRATIFORM
Discovery year:	1902

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1902
Last production ended:	1973

Geology

Host rock:	Vigas Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	Laramide Thrusting Of Cret Rocks Along De Collements Of Underlying Jurasssic Evaporites. Kolds In Mine Area Are Laramide Features., Cupriferous Layers Faulted In Several Places. Low-Grade Near Faults. Strike Slip Faults At The Las Vigas Mine (Weed, 1902 And De La Fuente, 1973) Probably Formed During Laramide Compression Which Was Dominatly E Ne Perpendicular To Major Fold Axes In Mine Area.

References

MRDS	MX02271
DEP	10090184
Reference	{Deposit:: GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, 20TH, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 179-181.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., 1902, NOTES ON CERTAIN MINES IN THE STATES OF CHIHUAHUA, SINALOA AND SONORA, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 32, P. 402-404.}{Deposit:: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOLGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNEMNT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000}{Deposit:: SPP, 1983, OJINAGA}{Deposit:: PRICE, J.T.,ET AL,1988,}{Deposit:: DE LA FUENTE L., F.E., 1973,}{Deposit:: GILES, D.A., ET AL, 1973}{Deposit:: KING, R.E., AND ATKINS,W.S., 1946,}{Deposit:: HENRY, C.D., AND MCDOWELL, F.W., 1986}{Deposit:: HENRY, C.D., ET AL, 1986}{Deposit:: CLARK, K.F., AND DE LA FUENTE L., F.E., 1978}{Production:: GONZALEZ, 1956.;DE LA FUENTE, 1973}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.)