Canoas District

Past Producer in Zacatecas, 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 60001074
MRDS ID MX29000
Record type District
Current site name Canoas District
Alternate or previous names San Antonio Mine, Jesus Mine, La Cruz Mine, San Alfredo Mine, Winze 48, Santa Catarina Mine, Shaft 120

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.83369, 22.2005 (WGS84)
Relative position ALL MINES ARE ON A NW TRENDING ZONE 400 M LONG AND 250 M WIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Zacatecas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) LATER ALKALINE SOLUTIONS DEPOSITED OPAL, MONTMORILLONITE, CHALCEDONY AND CINNABAR.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.83369, 22.2005

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description INTERSECTING FRACTURES IN CREST OF LATITE STRUCTURAL DOME. FLOW STRUCTURES IN RHYOLITE INDICATE PRESENCE OF DOME.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name CANOAS DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner COMPANIA MINERA METALURGICA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, D., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF CANOAS, ZACATECAS, MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 975-B, PP. 47-85.

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, D., 1957, GEOLOGIA DE LOS YACIMIENTOS MERCURIALES DE CANOAS, ESTADO DE ZACATECAS: INST. NAC. INV. REC. MIN. BOL. NO 39, 47 P. (SPANISH TRANSLATION BY GUTIERREZ)

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ REYNA, JENACA, 1946, LA INDUSTRIA MINERA EN EL ESTADO DE ZACATECAS: COM. DIR. INV. RECURSOS MIN. BOL. 4, 127 P.

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, D. 1942, MEMO TO MR. HEWETT: RECONNAISSANCE VISIT TO CANOAS MERCURY DISTRICT, UNPUBLISHED.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E., 1959, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, USGS.

Beyond USGS

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