San Nicolas District

Past Producer in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001069
MRDS ID MX25002
Record type District
Current site name San Nicolas District
Alternate or previous names Real De San Nicolas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.82952, 24.68931 (WGS84)
Relative position S OF TOWN OF SAN NICOLAS. DISTRICT IS CONTIGUOUS WITH EL PALMAR AND MOCTEZUMA DISTRICTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Tamaulipas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.82952, 24.68931

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1767
Year of first production 1767
Year of last production 1926

Mining district

District name SAN NICOLAS DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASTIN, E.S., 1937, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, IN KELLUM, L.B., ED., THE GEOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: ANN ARBOR, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS, P. 159-206.

  • Deposit

    WENTWORTH, I.H., 1912, THE SAN NICOLAS MINING DISTRICT, SAN NICOLAS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 43, P. 304-313.

Beyond USGS

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