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Santo Domingo Mine

Past Producer in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodities Copper, Iron, Molybdenum
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050480
MRDS ID MX25022
Record type Site
Current site name Santo Domingo Mine
Related records 10255475

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.08783, 24.6768 (WGS84)
Elevation 730
Relative position 17.75 KM N47E 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
Iron Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Garnet-Pyrite Endoskarn, Augite-Pyrite Endoskarn Cut By Quartz Veins

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Alkalic Volcanic Rock > Phonolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.08783, 24.6768
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Jointing

Comments on the geologic information

  • TINGUAITE DIKES ARE CUT BY MINERALIZATION
  • BASALT SILLS INTRUDED PRIOR TO DEFORMATION

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

  • LOWER WORKINGS: N65W ADIT. UPPER WORKINGS: SEVERAL SHAFTS, OPEN PIT, N35E ADIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: IN 1930 HAND JIGGED CONCENTRATES FROM DISTRICT RAN 1.5-3.5 KG/MT AG, 60-70% PB, 0.5% FE, 5-8% S, 2-3% CAO, 8-12% INSOLUBLE.

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

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.

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