| Lat / long: | 29.35023, -104.98384 |
| Primary: | Copper, Lead |
| Secondary: | Gold, Silver |
| Tertiary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Chalcocite, Cuprite, Malachite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Gypsum |
| Orebody form: | STRATIFORM |
| Discovery year: | 1902 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1902 |
| Last production ended: | 1973 |
| 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. |
| 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.) |