Montezuma Mine

Past Producer in Presidio county in Texas, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085720
MRDS ID W701352
Record type Site
Current site name Montezuma Mine
Related records 10275703

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.36438, 29.80939 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 4 MI (6 KM) W OF SHAFTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Presidio(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shafter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibolo-Red Light(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Presidio

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECTION 319, A.B. & M. BLOCK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mina Grande Formation
    Rock description Mina Grande Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.36438, 29.80939

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Reverse Fault

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • A SMALL INTRUSION OF ALTERED (KAOLINITIZED?) FINE-GRAINED IGNEOUS ROCK IS EXPOSED AT ONE LOCALITY ALONG THE PERMIAN-CRETACEOUS CONTACT. GOLD AND SILVER ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LEAD, BUT NOT WITH ZINC.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1916
Production years 1901-1902; 1915-1916

Mining district

District name Shafter Silver District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Montezuma Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION: MINOR AMOUNTS OF LEAD-SILVER ORE AND ZINC CARBONATE ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • N40E TUNNEL, 220 FT LONG, PROSPECT SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1947-1948.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.

  • Deposit

    USGS B 928-B, 125 P.

  • Deposit

    EXAMINED BY CLYDE P. ROSS, W.E. CARTWRIGHT, AND C.H. CALDWELL IN 1934

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MANTO DEPOSITS; MINOR VEIN ALONG REVERSE FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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