San Joaquin District

Producer in Queretaro De Arteaga, Mexico with commodities Mercury, Copper, Zirconium, Lead, Nickel, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Strontium, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001064
MRDS ID MX20001
Record type District
Current site name San Joaquin District
Alternate or previous names San Joaquin, Azoques, Guadalupe, Maravillas, La Fe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.61703, 20.86726 (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 Queretaro De Arteaga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.61703, 20.86726

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description POSTULATED FAULT IN ORDUNA STREAM

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both

Mining district

District name SAN JOAQUIN DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZAMORA, S., 1970, DEPOSITOS MINERALES, IN MINERIA PREHISPANICA EN LA SIERRA DE QUERETARO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES.

  • Deposit

    SALAS, G.P., 1975, METALLOGENIC MAP OF MEXICO, SCALE 1:2,000,000: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PLATE 1.

Beyond USGS

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