Cuarenta District

Past Producer in Durango, Mexico with commodities Mercury, Gold, Copper
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. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001188
MRDS ID MX09002
Record type District
Current site name Cuarenta District
Alternate or previous names Villa Cinabrio, Porvenir, Faro, El Sol, Tunisco, El Temblete, Foco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.5005, 26.13364 (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 Durango

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.5005, 26.13364

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description THREE SETS OF POST-RHYLOITE NORMAL (?) FAULTS. THE YOUNGEST STRIKES N, DIPS VERTICALLY AND THEY HAVE OFFSETS OF 10'S OF METERS. OLDER FAULTS RUN NE AND E. ALL ORE NEAR FAULTS.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1932
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name CUARENTA DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, DAVID, AND PEREZ S., R., 1946, GEOLOGY OF THE CUARENTA MERCURY DISTRICT, STATE OF DURANGO, MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 946-F, P. 115-168.

  • Deposit

    PEREZ SILICEO, R. AND GALLAGHER, D., 1947, LA GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION MERCURIAL DE EL CUARENTA, MUNICIPIO DE SAN BERNARDO, ESTADO DE DURANGO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVALLES, BOL. 13, 21 PP.

Beyond USGS

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