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Duraznero Sierra El

Occurrence in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodities Zinc, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049996
MRDS ID MX06305
Record type Site
Current site name Duraznero Sierra El
Alternate or previous names Mines Include: Puerto Los Martinez, Puerto Los Duraznillos
Related records 10303370

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.28372, 25.06289 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 12 KM W OF RUNUELOS WHICH IS 15 KM SW OF AGUA NUEVA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Coahuila De Zaragoza

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.28372, 25.06289
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO MAPPED INTRUSIVE OR EXTRUSIVE MAGMATISM ON 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLES. CONGLOMERATE UNDERLIES LIMESTONE-SHALE WHICH USUALLY HOSTS THE PROSPECTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY PROSPECTS IN AREA.
  • THIS IS AN ANCIENT DISTRICT WHICH WAS CLOSED BY EDICT IN 1718. YOUNGER WORKINGS, OF 1890'S, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: DIOS PADRE: A GOOD PROSPECT, CONSISTING OF IRREGULAR SURFACE WORKINGS. ORE IS 2.1% HG. DIOS HIJO: A LARGE CHAMBER WITH OFFSHOOTS, CONTAINING LARGER NESTS AND MASSES THAN DIOS PADRE, 7% HG. SAN FRANCISCO: PROSPECT WITH BLACK CINNABAR AND RED CINNABAR. 4.3% HG. PRIMER ALMADEN: AN IMPORTANT CUT AND CHAMBER, APPARENTLY MINED OUT. 0.46& HG. SEGUNDO ALAMDEN: SPOTS OF RED CINNABAR AND SMALL PATCHES AND LAYERS OF DARK CINNABAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: "INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA, GEOGRAFIA, E INFORMATICA 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, 1975"

  • Deposit

    INEGI, TOPOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, 1:50,000 SCALE MAP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN AND FRACTURE MATRIX IS QUARTZ AND CLAY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1992 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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