Zacate El

Past Producer in Guanajuato, Mexico with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050113
MRDS ID MX10082
Record type Site
Current site name Zacate El

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.53371, 21.21721 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 18 KM NE OF LEON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Guanajuato

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.53371, 21.21721

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MANTO, CHIMNEY, VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings 3 ADITS
    Length 280M
  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings 5 DRILL HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONSEJO RECURSOS MINERALES, 1992, GEOLOGICAL-MINING MONOGRAPH OF THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO: SECRETARIA DE ENERGIA, MINAS E INDUSTRIA PARAESTATAL, 136 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-93 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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