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El Mesquite Gacho

Past Producer 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10050545
MRDS ID MX29007
Record type Site
Current site name El Mesquite Gacho
Alternate or previous names Rio Grande

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.9171, 23.83376 (WGS84)
Elevation 1830
Relative position 12 KM SE OF TOWN OF RIO GRANDE, 5 KM NNE OF TETILLAS

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Significantly Absent

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -102.9171, 23.83376
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PLANAR
    Strike N 50 TO 60 E
    Dip 35 TO 90 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw Trending Faults Containing Calcite, Locally Silicified

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tetillas District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • EL MESQUITE GACHO IS THE ONLY CLAIM WORKED. THERE, A SMALL, INCLINED SHAFT IS PRESENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF CLAY SHALES AND A FAULT STRIKING N 40 W AND DIPPING 75 SW. THE FAULT HAS A CALCITE FILLED BRECCIA 1 M WIDE THERE; AND THIN SMEARS OF CINNABAR ARE ON SHEARS IN THE HANGING WALL. GRADE WAS 0.1%/T (SIC).

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION IS IMPOSSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHUETTE, C.N., 1931, REPORT ON QUICKSILVER PROPERTY NEAR TETILLAS, ZACATECAS, MEXICO, UNPUBLISHED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY SMALL

Reporter information

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

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