Pilares De Teras

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049151
MRDS ID MX00395
Record type Site
Current site name Pilares De Teras

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.23813, 30.64323 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.23813, 30.64323

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK MAPPED AS PALEOZOIC (UNDIVIDED) LIMESTONE, QUARTZITE, SHALE AND CHERT UNIT INTRUDED BY GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nacozari

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NO RENOVABLES, 1967, MAPA GEOLOGICO DE LA PARTE SEPTENTRIONAL DEL ESTADO DE SONORA: CONSEJO DE RECS. NO RENOV., MEXICO, D.F., SCALE 1:100000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.