San Narciso Mine

Past Producer in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050475
MRDS ID MX25016
Record type Site
Current site name San Narciso Mine
Related records 10304098

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.07866, 24.68902 (WGS84)
Elevation 745
Relative position 19.5 KM N45E OF SAN LAZARO

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Garnet-Epidote Skarn

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.07866, 24.68902

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75E
    Dip 80SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Jose

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS, SHORT ADITS

Comments on development

  • DUMPS ARE MUCH OXIDEZED AND HENCE VERY OLD

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

    KEMP, J.F., 1906, THE COPPER DEPOSITS AT SAN JOSE, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 36, P. 178-203.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GARNETIZED SUBPARALLEL FRACTURES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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