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Santa Barbara Mine

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089351
MRDS ID W018927
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Barbara Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.81719, 26.80031 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Relative position 25 KM BY ROAD SW OF PARRAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF SANTA BARABARA.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.81719, 26.80031
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Complexly Drag-Folded And Faulted Anticlinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1563
Discoverer Spanish Soldiers
Year of first production 1600
Year of last production 1991

Mining district

District name Parral District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Industrial Minera Mexico, S. A. (Immsa)

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Material SULFIDE ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^5.8% Zn, 3.1% Pb, 0.72% Cu, 138 G/Mt Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 3wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 6wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 138g/mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 12000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 4.8 wt-pct Zinc Major 1974
    Lead Pb 3 wt-pct Lead Major 1974
    Copper Cu 0.77 wt-pct Copper Major 1974
    Silver Ag 150 g/mt Silver Major 1974
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 11000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 3.7 wt-pct Zinc Major 1974
    Lead Pb 2.2 wt-pct Lead Major 1974
    Copper Cu 0.69 wt-pct Copper Major 1974
    Silver Ag 128 g/mt Silver Major 1974

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME FLUORITE HAS BEEN WORKED FROM THE ZN-PB TAILING IN RECENT YEARS (1988).

Comments on development

  • ECON.YEAR: 1974 ; ECON.COM: 2500 MTPD MILL ; MILL.CAP : 913 MT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, J.B., 1958, STRUCTURE OF THE ORE DEPOSITS AT SANTA BARBARA, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 53, P. 1004-1037.

  • Deposit

    HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, FLUORITE, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION OF METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 110-119.

  • Deposit

    PICKARD, G.W., 1974, GEOLOGY OF MEXICAN FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS, IN HUTCHESON, D.W., ED., A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 22, P. 23-30.

  • Deposit

    SKILLEN, ANDY, 1993, FLUORSPAR PRODUCERS--CRACKS IN THE CHINESE WALL?: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 307, P. 36-49.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, 1975.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVER 11 MAJOR VEINS CIRCLE SANTA BARBARA COVERING AN AREA 6.5 KM LONG AND 5 KM WIDE. VEIN WIDTH AVERAGES ABOUT 1 M. THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS VEIN COMPLEX IS 5.5 KM IN LENGTH. MOST VEINS ARE LONGER THAN THEY ARE DEEP. FLUORITE OCCURS AS GANGUE WITHIN THE SULFIDE VEINS AND IN NARROW FLUORITE-QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS THAT CUT THE SULFIDE VEINS AND FILL OPEN FRACTURES. TAILINGS AVERATE 15 TO 20 PERCENT FLUORSPAR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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