La Iguana

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049656
MRDS ID MX02773
Record type Site
Current site name La Iguana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.29217, 27.05863 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 1-2 KM SW OF CIGARRERO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UP TO 35% ZINC

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.29217, 27.05863

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description 5 Different Fault Directions

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein And Mantos

Comments on the geologic information

  • YOUNG FAULT CUTS MINERALIZED VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Sierra Almoloya District/Jimenez Area

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 D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956A, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO- MINERO DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA CONGRESSO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL XXX, MEXICO, 280 P., 1 PLATE.

  • Deposit

    AGUIRE, S, 1923, LA MINA JULIETA, ALLENDE, CHIHUAHUA: BOLETIN MINERO., V. 15, JANUARY ISSUE, P. 458-465.

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, J., 1907, MINES OF CHIHUAHUA: HISTORY, GEOLOGY, STATISTICS, AND MINING COMPANIES, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, PUBLISHED BY AUTHOR IN CHIHUAHUA, 349 P.

  • Deposit

    HILL, R.T., 1907, SIERRA ALMOLOYA, CHIHUAHUA MINING WORLD , V. 27, NO. 17, P. 686-691. HILL, R.T., 1907, GEOLOGY OF THE SIERRA DE ALMOLOYA, SCIENCE, NO. 644, P. 710-712. HILL, R.T., 1907, MINES AND PROSPECTS OF SIERRA DE ALMOLOYA. MINING WORLD, V. 26, NO. 18, P. 560.

  • Deposit

    PEARCE, W.D., 1909, GOLD MINES OF CHIHUAHUA: MINING WORLD, V. 31, NO. 1, P. 55-59.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1908, THE ALMOLOYA DISTRICT: THE MEXICAN MINING JOURNAL, V. 7-8, P. 15-16.

  • Deposit

    BRODIE, W.M., 1909A, HISTORY OF THE NATIVE SILVER MINES OF BATOPILAS: MINING WORLD, V. 30, P. 1105-1110.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT MINERALIZED ZN BODY 54 M LONG AND 10 M WIDE AND OPEN AT DEPTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN MAY BE SAME HIGH GRADE VEIN AS AT CIGARRERO OR A PARALLLEL VEIN A BIT DEEPER. ZINC RATHER THAN PB WHICH IS AT CIGARRERO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-91 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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