Concepcion Del Oro District

Producer in Zacatecas, Mexico with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085147
MRDS ID W700690
Record type Site
Current site name Concepcion Del Oro District
Alternate or previous names Concepcion Del Oro Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.41706, 24.61708 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 6 Minutes (From 1:1,000,000 Quad)

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

  • PAVED ROAD ACCESS, ONE OF THE MAJOR BASE METAL MINES IN MEXICO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.41706, 24.61708

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MANTO, CHIMENY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Comments on development

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

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DETAILED STUDY BY BUSECK, 1966 (ECONOMIC GEOLOGY)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-91 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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