Santa Juana Mine

Occurrence in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050484
MRDS ID MX25027
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Juana Mine
Related records 10182649

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.09477, 24.66708 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Relative position 2 MI SW OF SAN JOSE, W OF LA BRETANA MINE

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

  • LOCATION UNCERTAIN, LAT LONG ACCURATE TO WITHIN 1 MINUTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Garnet-Tremolite Exoskarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.09477, 24.66708

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization May Be Related To Nearby Diorite Porphyry Stock, And Not To Skarn Beneath Diabase Sill

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Jose

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO INCLINED ADITS

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. 18-209.

  • 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

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