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San Antonio Mine

Past Producer in San Luis Potosi, Mexico with commodities Mercury, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050455
MRDS ID MX22004
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio Mine
Alternate or previous names Nuevo Potosi Co. Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.50036, 23.00048 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 70 MI NE OF SAN LUIS POTOSI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico San Luis Potosi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Fluorite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Is Sometimes Rotten, Sometimes Silicious

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.50036, 23.00048
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Faults - Intrusion Related

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Faults May Connect The San Antonio, El Quiote, Santa Maria, And El Trinidad Groups

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guadalcazar District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 185M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLLINS, H.F., 1897, QUICKSILVER MINING IN THE DISTRICT OF GUADALCAZAR, STATE OF SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO: INST. MINING METALL., V. 4, P. 121-150.

  • Deposit

    MACTEAR, J., 1897, MINING AND METALLURGY OF QUICKSILVER IN MEXICO: INST. MINING , METALL. TRANS., V. 4, P. 64-120.

  • Deposit

    WITTICH, E. AND ROGOTZY, F., 1921, LA GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION MINERA DE GUADACAZAR, SAN LUIS POTOSI: BOL. MINERO, V.?

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED USGS REPORT, 1959.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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