La Encantada/Contreras

Past Producer in Michoacan De Ocampo, Mexico with commodities Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158581
MAS/MILS ID 2010130027
Record type Site
Current site name La Encantada/Contreras
Alternate or previous names La Encantada, Contreras Mine, David Contreras

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -102.00041, 27.3336 (WGS84)
Elevation 1800
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Willemite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -102.00041, 27.3336

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #2 DOMELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 10
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Date of Last Modification 830712

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE OCCURRENCES ARE IN VARIOUS FORMS, AS CHIMNEYS, MANTOS, VEINS, AND IN TABULAR FORM ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN SKARN (TACTITE) ROCKS AND LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Mining method Combined Methods
Year of first production 1963

Mining district

District name La Encantada District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner La Encantada, S. A.
    Home office Mexico
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • LA ENCANTADA, S.A. IS OWNED BY INDUSTRIAS PENOLES, S.A. DE C.V. (60 PCT) AND LACANA MINING CORP. (40 PCT)

Production statistics

  • Year 1975
    Description 127248 Mtpy
  • Year 1976
    Description 135505 Mtpy
  • Year 1977
    Description 248000 Mtpy
  • Year 1978
    Description 287383 Mtpy
  • Year 1979
    Description 256837 Mtpy

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATING DAYS/YR UNKNOWN: CAPACITY AND OUTPUT ARE MT/YR

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Measured 1600000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1600000mt ore
    Total resources 1600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 19 wt-pct Lead Major 1975
    Silver Ag 240.1 g/mt Silver Minor 1975
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Demonstrated 1793000mt ore
    Total resources 1793000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 7.412 wt-pct Lead Major 1981
    Silver Ag 102.367 g/mt Silver Minor 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C1=M9C4. EXACT QUANTITY IS 3,413,938 MT
  • CONTRERAS-LA ENCANTADA ON OLD ADIT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method COMBINED METHODS
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 335000
    Unit Production Cost 26
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING ANALYSIS SYSTEM ECON. PLANNING, RTZ 1975, P. 160.

  • Deposit

    1978 ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, NEW YORK, MC-

  • Deposit

    GRAW-HILL, 1978, 315 P.

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORTS, LACANA MINING CORP., 1975-1979.

  • Deposit

    CUNNING, KESLER, AND KRYSTIC, LEAD IN MEXICAN MINERAL

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 74, NO. 6, P.1407.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1978 INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, NEW YORK,

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW-HILL, 315 P.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1980 INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    OF MINING, P.319.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, LA ENCANTADA COPES WITH

  • Deposit

    COMPLEX PROBLEMS, NOV. 1980, PP.141-143.

  • Deposit

    LOZEJ, GIAN PAOLO, AND FRANK BEALES, STRATIGRAPHY AND

  • Deposit

    STRUCTURE OF LA ENCANTADA MINE AREA, COAHUILA, MEXICO,

  • Deposit

    DEC. 1977, PP.1793-1807.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW-1980, MEXICO, P.390.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, LA ENCANTADA, JAN.1980,PP.12-23.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JAN-1995 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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