Don Quixote Mine

Past Producer in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050473
MRDS ID MX25014
Record type Site
Current site name Don Quixote Mine
Related records 10133153

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.88532, 24.88651 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
Relative position 17 KM N20E OF SAN CARLOS

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
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.88532, 24.88651

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1913
Year of last production 1914

Mining district

District name Moctezuma

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 25M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 M AGUILA DE ORO SHAFT WITH EXTENSIVE DRIFTS

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

    WENTWORTH, I.H., 1912, THE SAN NICOLAS MINING DISTRICT, SAN NICOLAS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 43, P. 304-313.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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