Zimapan Mining District

Occurrence in Hidalgo, Mexico with commodities Lead, Zinc, Vanadium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10008166
MRDS ID	D000130
Record type	District
Current site name	Zimapan Mining District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-99.33366, 20.83389 (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	Hidalgo

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Lead	Primary
Zinc Critical	Primary
Vanadium Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-99.33366, 20.83389	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D000130

Bibliographic references

Deposit

W. F. FOSHAG, NOTES, 1942, V FILES
General

Romero, F.M., Armienta, M.A., Villasenor, B., and Gonzalez, J.L., 2006, Mineral constraints on the mobility of arsenic in tailings from Zimapan, Hdalgo, Mexico: Int. J. Environment and Pollution, v. 26, nos. 1/2/3,p. 23-40.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
General	Record type changed from Site to District.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1973	Fischer, Richard P.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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