El Gigante Group

Past Producer in Guanajuato, Mexico with commodities Mercury, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Controls for ore emplacement
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001204
MRDS ID MX10002
Record type District
Current site name El Gigante Group
Alternate or previous names Cerro El Gigante, Toro, San Juan De La Chica, La Capra

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.33368, 21.33384 (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 Guanajuato

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.33368, 21.33384

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WITTICH, E., 1920, CRIADEROS DE CINABRIO EN LAS TOBAS BASALTICAS DEL CERRO EL GIGANTE, GUANAJUATO: PETROLEO, V. 13, NO 7, P. 7, 10.

Beyond USGS

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