Sierra De Las Minas

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049470
MRDS ID MX02172
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra De Las Minas
Alternate or previous names Sierra De Ojo Caliente
Related records 10118657

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.48027, 30.39269 (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

  • 3 PROSPECTS MAPPED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CRET. SEDIMANTS. ABOUT 25 KM S OF AHUMADA, 6 KM E OF CIUDAD JUAREZ TO CHIHUAHUA HIGHWAY 148 KM S OF CIUDAD JUAREZ.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.48027, 30.39269

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PREDOMINANTLY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF MIOGEOSYNCLINAL TYPE. LJUR CORED ANTICLINE TRENDING N40W. EXPOSED ROCKS INCLUDE 700 METERS OF JUR.-ECRET. SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ahumada/Ahumada

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A AND -B.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., AND GOODELL, P.C., (EDS.), 1983, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA: EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, GUIDEBOOK, 1983 FIELD CONFERENCE, 0CT. 7-9, 1983, PLATE 1, SCALE 1:500000.

  • Deposit

    MOLDONADO KOERDELL, MANUEL, ED., 1956, ESTRATIGRAFIA MESOZOICA Y TECTONICA DE LA SIERRA DE CHIHUAHUA; PERMICO DE PLACER DE GUADALUPE, CHIH; GEOHIDROLOGIA DE LA REGION LAGUNERA; ESTRATIGRAFIA MESOZOICA Y TECTONICA DE LA SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL ENTRE MAPIMI, DGO. Y MONTERREY, N.L.: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGIC CONGRESS EXCURSION A-13, MEXICO, 120 P., MANY MAPS INCLUDED.

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1991 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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