Pilares

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049561
MRDS ID MX02311
Record type Site
Current site name Pilares
Related records 10303368

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.97829, 30.36687 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position WEST SIDE CENTRAL SIERRA PILARES, 20 KM W OF THE RIO BRAVO AND TEXAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Porvenir(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Marfa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marfa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.97829, 30.36687

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Range Scale Faults Cut Range

Comments on the geologic information

  • UPPER PLATE OF SW DIPPING THRUST IN LOWER CRET. SEDIMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Sierra De Pilares

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO, MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-91 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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