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Nuevo Almaden

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049735
MRDS ID MX02889
Record type Site
Current site name Nuevo Almaden
Alternate or previous names Saucillo ?
Related records 10230576

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.66727, 28.20025 (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 Chihuahua

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mercury Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.66727, 28.20025
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Ocampo District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Krakauer, Adolf
    Home office Chihuahua
    First year 1940

Comments on development

  • KRAKAUER QUIT WORK AT THE MINE IN 1940. AFTER THAT THERE WAS SOME ILLEGAL MINING BY GAMBUSINOS. JOHN SHANNON OF THE MERCHANT'S EXCHANGE BLDG., SAN FRANCISCO, CA, SHOWED SOME INTEREST IN THESE MINES ABOUT 1943.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, D., (1940'S), DRAFTS OF UNPUBLISHED REPORTS AND NOTES OF MEXICAN MERCURY OCCURRENCES STATE BY STATE: UNPUBLISHED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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