El Moral District

Past Producer in Jalisco, Mexico with commodity Mercury
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. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001059
MRDS ID MX13001
Record type District
Current site name El Moral District
Alternate or previous names Jesus Maria Mine, La Lorenza, Union Mercurio, La Polla, El Moral, San Nicolas, El Marco, Mascota

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.05047, 20.66726 (WGS84)
Relative position BAD ACCESS

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

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.05047, 20.66726

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description CRET. FOLDING AND FAULTING , NW-SE. REPEATED FRACTURING AT LATER TIMES.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • PRE-ORE FRACTURES ALLOWED MUCH ESCAPE BUT WERE EVENTUALLY SEALED OFF WITH SILICA, WHICH TRAPPED ORE NEAR SURFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name EL MORAL DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner LUIS MARTINEZ
    Year 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JENARO GONZALEZ, REYNA, 1940, DEPOSITOS DE MERCURIO DE ,EL MORAL, JAL: BOL. DE LA SOC. GEOL. MEX., V. 10, NO. 9-12, PP. 257-286.

Beyond USGS

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