Mine detail: Rio Plata

Previously called 'Tarahumara'

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Location

Lat / long: 27.21696, -108.29225

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Ore: Argentite, Silver

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Associated type:Diorite,Rhyolite,Andesite,Basalt

References

MRDSMX02242
DEP10098763
Reference{Deposit:: GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 105-106.}{Deposit:: SKINNER, E.N., AND PLATE, H.R., 1915, MINING COSTS OF THE WORLD: NEW YORK, N.Y., MCGRAW-HILL BOOK CO., INC., P. 195.}{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, 1984, CIUDAD OBREGON (G12-3)}{Deposit:: SPP, 1979,CARTA GEOLOGICA CIENEGUI (G12B49)}{Deposit:: GOODELL AND HALL, 1988, EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK.}{Production:: SKINNER AND PLATE, 1915.}
ReporterKibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.), Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)