La Florencia 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  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 10050477
MRDS ID MX25019
Record type Site
Current site name La Florencia Mine
Related records 10303813

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.07755, 24.67541 (WGS84)
Elevation 720
Relative position 18.5 KM N50E 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

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIMONITE PSEUDOMORPHOUS AFTER PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Garnetization Along Fracture Zones In Diorite Porphyry, Recrystallization Of Limestone

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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.07755, 24.67541

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Three Sets Of Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Jose

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 39M

Comments on the workings information

  • 39 M SHAFT, ADIT, ANOTHER SHAFT

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 OF SAN JOSE, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 36, P. 178-203.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE ZONE 15-60 FT WIDE

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.