Atareja

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001209
MRDS ID MX10007
Record type District
Current site name Atareja
Alternate or previous names La Gachupina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.72254, 21.26304 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.72254, 21.26304

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description VEINS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Discovery year 1930

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INEGI, 1974, GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC, 1:50,000 QUADRANGLE.

  • Deposit

    SALAS, G.P., 1975, MAPA METALLOGENETICO DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA; CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES, PUBLICATION 21E, MEXICO D.F., 188 P.

  • Deposit

    CONSEJO RECURSOS MINERALES, 1992, MONOGRAPH OF GEOLOGY AND MINING OF GUANAJUATO STATE.

Beyond USGS

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