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Todos Santos - Cuatro Vetas Mine

Past Producer in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodities Silver, 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050472
MRDS ID MX25013
Record type Site
Current site name Todos Santos - Cuatro Vetas Mine
Related records 10158122

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.91199, 24.74263 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Relative position 18 KM N10E 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

  • INCLUDES TODOS SANTOS, CUATRO VETAS, LA CONDESA, MARI POSA, ANA EL CONDE PERTENENCIAS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.91199, 24.74263
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 70SW-90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Fill Fractures Along Axes Of Small Anticlinal Folds

Comments on the geologic information

  • PORPHYRY IS CUT BY VEINLETS AND PARTLY REPLACED BY CALCITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1894

Mining district

District name Moctezuma

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hahn, Guillermo
    First year 1930

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1293M
    Overall depth 80M

Comments on the workings information

  • N40E CROSSCUT TUNNEL WITH 805 M DRIFT (550 M ALONG TODOS SANTOS VEIN) AND 18 M DRIFT ON SECOND VEIN. MAIN DRIFT CONNECTS WITH 80 M CUATRO VETAS SHAFT WITH MORE THAN 470 M DRIFTS AND EXTENSIVE STOPES.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE HAND JIGGED AND PICKED

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 MINING DISTRICT, SAN NICOLAS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 43, P. 304-313.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TODOS SANTOS VEIN (N75W) 6 IN TO 2 FT WIDE MANTOS FOLLOW BEDDING IN LIMESTONE (N-S 15E IN TODOS SANTOS, N75W 25NE IN CUATRO VETAS) AND ARE 2 TO 8 IN THICK (TODOS SANTOS) AND 4 FT THICK (CUATRO VETAS)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.) U.S. Geological Survey

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