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San Cayetano Mine

Past Producer in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  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 10050466
MRDS ID MX25007
Record type Site
Current site name San Cayetano Mine
Related records 10133167

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.84282, 24.69819 (WGS84)
Elevation 760
Relative position 16.5 KM N35E OF SAN CARLOS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Tamaulipas

Comments on the location information

  • W OF TOWN OF SAN NICOLAS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Ore Is Highly Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.84282, 24.69819
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N58W; N86W
    Dip 90
  • Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Nicolas

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLUDE A 92 M S30W TUNNEL CUT VEINS AT 30 M AND 92 M, DRIFTS FOLLOW VEINS EASTWARD TO THEIR INTERSECTION WHERE THREE LEVELS ARE DEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASTIN, E.S., 1937, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, IN KELLUM, L.B., ED., THE GEOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: ANN ARBOR, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS, P. 159-206.

  • Deposit

    WENTWORTH, I.H., 1912, THE SAN NICOLAS DISTRICT, SAN NICOLAS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 43, P. 304-313.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OHRAS BOCRAS VEIN N58W, VERTICAL, 6 IN TO 2 FT WIDE, ARCILLA VEIN N86W NEARLY VERTICAL AND ABOUT 9 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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