San Jose District

Past Producer in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodities Iron, Copper, Arsenic, Lead, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 60001071
MRDS ID MX25015
Record type District
Current site name San Jose District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.07953, 24.67681 (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 Tamaulipas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) SKARN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.07953, 24.67681

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name SAN JOSE 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

    KEMP, J.F., 1906, THE COPPER DEPOSITS AT SAN JOSE, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 36, P. 178-203.

Beyond USGS

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