Carmen Mine (El Caiman deposit), Areponapuchic (Areponapuchi; Areponamichic), Bocoyna Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexicoi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Carmen Mine (El Caiman deposit) | Mine |
| Areponapuchic (Areponapuchi; Areponamichic) | - not defined - |
| Bocoyna Municipality | Municipality |
| Chihuahua | State |
| Mexico | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
27° 31' North , 107° 50' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Areponapuchi | 224 (2018) | 1.4km |
| San Rafael | 2,160 (2018) | 6.1km |
| Tallarachi | 151 (2013) | 18.3km |
| Ejido Churo | 227 (2018) | 18.3km |
| Cuiteco | 249 (2018) | 19.5km |
Mindat Locality ID:
9612
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:9612:9
GUID (UUID V4):
d53d0804-cabf-4eda-bcd4-0fff6cf8715c
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina el Carmen, Areponapuchic, Mun. de Bocoyna, Chihuahua, Mexico
The El Caiman deposit is about 300 meters below the rim of the Urique canyon and is reached from Areponapuchic by foot in about an hour and a half. The deposit was discovered soon after mining began on the El Porvenir vein, but work was halted in May 1944 because of the low recovery of usable material. The vein occupies a fault striking northwest and dipping 75° SW., along which the displacement was probably somewhat more than 30 meters. The El Porvenir fault is apparently a branch of the El Caiman, which in turn seems to be an extension of the La Perla. Although the fault is a long one, calcite apparently occupies only certain sections of it.
Exploratory workings were made at three places along the main fault, and another was made on a short branch fault. The largest is an irregularly inclined shaft 16 meters deep. Generally the vein is less than a meter wide and consists of breccia and calcite. The workings expose cavities a few centimeters in width whose walls are lined with partly dissolved, long thin scalenohedral crystals and arrowhead twins. Because of the thinness of the crystals, only a few pounds of usable suboptical calcite was recovered.
Exploratory workings were made at three places along the main fault, and another was made on a short branch fault. The largest is an irregularly inclined shaft 16 meters deep. Generally the vein is less than a meter wide and consists of breccia and calcite. The workings expose cavities a few centimeters in width whose walls are lined with partly dissolved, long thin scalenohedral crystals and arrowhead twins. Because of the thinness of the crystals, only a few pounds of usable suboptical calcite was recovered.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
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