Santa Lucia

Occurrence in Chihuahua, 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092787
MRDS ID MX02321
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Lucia
Alternate or previous names Cerro Del Jabali, Sierra Santa Lucia
Related records 10182365

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.0339, 30.18352 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(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 Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • 25 KM DUE N OF R.F. MAGON, 50 KM SW OF AHUMADA. 10 KM W OF THE PUEBLO BENITO JUAREZ, CHI. ON THE 1:250,000 MAPS THEY SHOW 4 POSSIBLE PROSPECT AREAS. ONE OF THE PROSPECTS IS PLOTTED IN THE CLACO DE MAYO ARROYO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.0339, 30.18352

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mapped Thrust Dips East, Trends Nw-Se To N-S Along Center Of Small Mountain Range. On Other Maps Fault Is Mapped As High Angle Normal.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sediments Dip To The Ne, Strike Nw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Ricardo Flores Magon

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO, MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1983, NUEVO CASAS GRANDES: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LOCATED ON 15 KM LONG FAULT, MAPPED AS THRUST CUTTING ECRET. SEDIMENTS. 4 PROSPECT LOCATIONS ON MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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