La Minita Mine

Producer in Michoacan De Ocampo, Mexico with commodities Silver, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085144
MRDS ID W700687
Record type Site
Current site name La Minita Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.28542, 18.86897 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Michoacan De Ocampo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.28542, 18.86897

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 500,000 AND 1,000,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.

  • Deposit

    USGS LATIN AMERICAN ARCHIVES, 1998.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey ADDED LOCATION, UPDATED COMMODITIES
Updater 24-AUG-98 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.