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La Minita

Producer in Michoacan De Ocampo, Mexico with commodities Barium-Barite, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023539
MRDS ID I000636
Record type Site
Current site name La Minita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.28542, 18.86897 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 60 KM SE OF COLIMA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Michoacan De Ocampo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 212
USGS model code 31b
Deposit model name Bedded barite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.28542, 18.86897
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Small Graben Basins. Deposit Is On The Se Nose Of A Doubly Plunging, N60w-Trending Regional Domal Structure Cut By 2 N30e-Trending Normal Faults.

Ore body information

  • Length 500M
    Width 250M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1976

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minera Capela, Sa De Cv
  • Type Owner
    Owner Industrias Penoles
    First year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 4000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 33 wt-pct Barium Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Total resources 6250000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 48 wt-pct Barium Major 1991
    Silver Ag 78 g/mt Silver Major 1991
    Zinc Zn 4 wt-pct Zinc Major 1991
    Lead Pb 0.33 wt-pct Lead Minor 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXICO'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS MEETING MANANA'S CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.

  • Deposit

    DE LA CAMPA J., G., 1991, GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE LA MINITA BARITE DEPOSIT, MICHOACAN, IN SALAS, G.P., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, MEXICO: BOULDER, COLORADO, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, THE GEOLGOY OF NORTH AMERICA, V. P-3, P. 333-337.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    GRIFFITHS, 1988; DE LA CAMPA J., 1991.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 04-MAR-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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