Santa Maria De La Paz Mine

Producer in San Luis Potosi, Mexico with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Arsenic, Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073105
MRDS ID W018929
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Maria De La Paz Mine
Alternate or previous names La Paz Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.75037, 23.75044 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Relative position AT LA PAZ, 175 KM NNE OF CITY OF SAN LUIS POTOSI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico San Luis Potosi

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result IN 1967 ORE AVERAGED 300 G/MT AG, 3.5% ZN, 1.5% PB, 1 G/MT AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.75037, 23.75044

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW VEINS
    Length 5000M
    Width 1000M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 1500M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Paz District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Santa Maria De La Paz S. A.

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^3.5 % Zn, 1.5 % Pb, 300 G/Mt Ag, 1 G/Mt Au, (400 Mtpd)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 300g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOZANO, J. M. M., 1967, GEOLOGIA Y MINERALIZACION DE LOS PRINCIPALES DISTRITOS DEL ESTADO DE SAN LUIS POTOSI; GEOLOGIA Y METALURGIA V 3, NO. 20, P 12 - 19

  • Deposit

    GUTIERREZ, C. G., MARTINEZ, L. M., 1970, EL ZONEAMIENTO EN LOS DEPOSITOS MINERALES DE LA PAZ, S.L.P.; GEOLOGIA Y METALURGIA V. 5 NO. 32 P 28 - 34

  • Production

    LOZANO, J. M. M., 1967, GEOLOGIA Y METALURGIA V 3 NO. 20 P 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS FOR LA PAZ DISTRICT ORE ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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