Mine detail: Tajitos

Previously called 'Sierra De Tajitos'

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Location

Lat / long: 30.97097, -112.37293

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, Arsenic, Antimony
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
Gangue: Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Sandstone,Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite,Andesite

References

MRDSMX00173
DEP10106942
Reference{Deposit:: COX, DENNIS P., SINGER, DONALD, A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, 397 P.}{Deposit:: PANCZNER, WILLIAM D., 1987, MINERALS OF MEXICO: VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY, NEW YORK, 459 P.}{Deposit:: PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.}{Deposit:: SILBERMAN, MILES, 1987, PERSONAL COMMUN. ON ANALYSES.}{Deposit:: GILES, D.A., SILBERMAN, M.L., AND WENRICH, K.J., 1986, GNEISS-HOSTED GOLD DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN SONORA, MEXICO: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.}{Deposit:: SILBERMAN, M.L., 1986, GOLD BELT MAP OF NW SONORA: UNPUBLISHED MAP.}{Deposit:: ROLDAN-QUINTANA, J., 1979, BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE OF SONORA, MEXICO IN ANDERSON, T.H., AND ROLDAN-QUINTANA, J., (EDS.), 1979, GUIDEBOOK, FIELD TRIP 27; GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN SONORA: U.N.A.M.- UNIV. PITTSBURG, P. 70.}{Deposit:: GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: USGS CIRCULAR 858-A,B.}{Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 186-189.}
ReporterStaude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.