Chiquilistlan District

Past Producer in Jalisco, Mexico with commodities Mercury, Copper
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. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001058
MRDS ID MX13000
Record type District
Current site name Chiquilistlan District
Alternate or previous names Martinez District, El Mercurio, El Refugio (?), La Cobriza, El Saucillo, El Socorro, San Benito, El Manto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.80044, 20.16728 (WGS84)
Relative position HEALTHY CLIMATE, PLENTY OF WATER AND TREES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Jalisco

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Copper Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) METALS ORIGINALLY DEPOSITED AS SULFIDES AND ALTERED TO CHLORIDES BY SURFACE WATERS

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.80044, 20.16728

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name MONOCLINE
Structure description ROUGHLY MONOCLINAL, NO BIG FAULTS OR FRACTURES. LIMESTONE MAY BE FOLDED.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • CONJUGATE SYSTEM OF SMALL FRACTURES IN THE LIMESTONE, WHICH ARE RELATED TO FOLDING OF SAME.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name CHIQUILISTLAN DISTRICT
District name MARTINEZ DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VILLARELLO, J.D., 1903, DESCRIPCION DE LOS CRIADEROS DE MERCURIO DE CHIQUILISTLAN (JALISCO): MEM. DE LA SOC. CIENT. ,ANTONIO ALZATE, V. 20, PP. 389-397.

Beyond USGS

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