San Agustin Mine Group

Prospect in Guerrero, Mexico with commodities Mercury, Antimony, Sulfur
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001055
MRDS ID MX11003
Record type District
Current site name San Agustin Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Agua Salada Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.66703, 18.25068 (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 Guerrero

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) HYDROTHERMAL

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.66703, 18.25068

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description PRE-ORE REVERSE FAULTS, BRECCIATION, ISOCLINAL FOLDS. TREND N-NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • SAN AGUSTIN ORE FOLLOWS BRECCIA; AGUA SALADA VEIN NON-CONFORMABLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOLIVAR, J.M., 1963, GEOLOGIA DEL AREA DELIMITADA POR EL TOMATAL, HUITZUCO Y MAYANALAN, ESTADO DE GUERRERO: UNIV. NAC. AUTO. DE MEX. BOL. 69, PP. 26-28.

  • Deposit

    CAREAGA, J., ET AL, 1974, LA SITUACION DEL MINERA DEL MERCURIO EN MEXICO: CONGR. INT. MERCURIO (TRABAJOS), NO. 1, VOL. 2, P. 425-42?.

  • Deposit

    CHASE, H., RINGS OF FIRE, THE STORY OF MERCURY, UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    VAUPELL, C.W., 1937, MERCURY DEPOSITS OF HUITZUCO, GUERRERO, MEXICO: AM. INST. MINING METALL. ENGINEERS TECH PUB. 842, P. 1-14.

  • Deposit

    MCALLISTER, J.F., AND HERNANDEZ ORTIZ, D., 1945, QUICKSILVER ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF HUITZUCO, GUERRERO, MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 946-B, P. 49-71.

  • Deposit

    TUNNELL, G., ET AL, 1976, ON THE ORIGIN OF LIVINGSTONITE DEPOSITS AT HUITZUCO, GUERRERO, MEXICO: MINER. DEPOSITA, 11, P. 71-82.

Beyond USGS

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