Peņasco Quemado Silver Project
Overview
 Penasco Quemado Silver Project Mining Claims |
Historically, mining at Peñasco Quemado was done on a small scale prior to 1910; however, no details are available regarding this early activity. Only recently has exploration for silver in this region intensified due to high silver prices on the world market and the geological redefinition of important silver targets within the old mining districts of northwestern Sonora.
First Majestic is currently assessing Peñasco Quemado to determine if the property fits within the Company's portfolio.
Location
The project is located in north-central Sonora, Mexico. It lies within the Sierra Madre Occidental metallogenic province, which extends along western Mexico from the border of the Mexican and American states of Sonora and Arizona, respectively, and south to the state of Jalisco.
Local Geology
The Peñasco Quemado project is primarily a silver occurrence with minor amounts of gold and copper hosted in structurally-controlled fissure fillings in granite and disseminated in sheared polyclastic sedimentary breccia. (It is believed that oxidizing, relatively low-temperature hydrothermal fluids that were under-saturated in silica and carbonates deposited the disseminated silver mineralization at Peñasco Quemado.)
Within the exploration area on the property, two structural features can be recognized:
- A shear zone with dynamic metamorphism as evidenced by the felsite, a sheared rock emplaced in the contact between the gneissic granite and the upper sequence of volcanics and the red conglomerate.
- Normal faulting developed along northwest, northeast and west-east striking structures, with lateral displacement that formed a basin and range morphology, which has suffered erosion and re-depositional filling of the basins with recent materials.
Reserves & Resources