Mine detail: Maguarichic

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Location

Lat / long:

27.80027, -107.98391

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Petzite, Silver
Gangue:	Calcite, Jarosite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR VEINS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	VARIED OVER THE PAST THREE CENTURIES
First production started:	1650
Last production ended:	1992

Geology

Host rock:	Maguarichic Andesite
Host type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:	Felsic Volcanic Rock
Structure:	Possibly Caldera (Staude Interpretation From Field Mapping), Ne And Nw Normal Faults, Latest N-S Faults Cut Ore Veins
Tectonic:	Sierra Madre Occidental
Alteration processes:	Advanced Argillic, Mild Sericitic

References

MRDS	MX02875
DEP	10098770
Reference	{Deposit:: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.}{Deposit:: SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PRESUPUESTO,1984, CIUDAD OBREGON: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFICA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: STAUDE, 1992, PERSONAL FIELD WORK}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Staude, John-Mark G.