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Villa De Cos

Occurrence in Zacatecas, Mexico with commodity Mercury
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050544
MRDS ID MX29006
Record type Site
Current site name Villa De Cos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.33374, 23.20046 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 13 KM SSW OF VILLA DE COS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Zacatecas

Comments on the location information

  • POSSIBLY IDENTICAL TO LA CRUCITA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -102.33374, 23.20046
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PLANAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Villa De Cos District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 12M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL RECONNAISANCE HOLES. EXPLORED FAULT. ORE PETERED OUT AT DEPTH OF 8 M. SMALL QUANTITIES OF SELECTED ORE SHOWED 1.2 KG/T HG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JENARO GONZALEZ, REYNA, 1946, LA INDUSTRIA MINERA EN EL ESTADO DE ZACATECAS: COM. DIR. PARA LA INV. DE LOS RECURSOS MIN. DE MEX., BOL. NO. 4, P. 101

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 12 KM NORTH MANGANESE IS PRODUCED. POSSIBLY IDENTICAL TO LA CRUCITA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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