| Deposit ID | 10049477 |
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| MRDS ID | MX02184 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Los Lamentos |
| Alternate or previous names | Mines: Erupcion, Ahumada, La Victoria, El Labrador,, Ano Nuevo Y Prosperidad, Ore Bodies: Berenda, Mexico |
| Related records | 10182317 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.82137, 30.60436 (WGS84) |
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| Relative position | A40 MI E OF VILLA AHUMADA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Indian Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Marfa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Mexico | Chihuahua |
| Commodity | Importance |
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| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Brochantite | Ore |
| Descloizite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Hydrozincite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Vanadinite | Ore |
| Willemite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Sulfur | Gangue |
| Result | 19-65% PB, A1 OZ AG PER 1% PB, UP TO 12% VANADIUM OXIDE. |
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| Model code | 72 |
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| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
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| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Los Lamentos Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Los Lamentos Formation | ||||
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| (1) | -105.82137, 30.60436 |
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| General form | MANTO |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1923 |
| Year of first production | 1927 |
| District name | Sierra De Los Lamentos/Villa Ahumada |
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| Type | Owner |
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| Owner | Compania Minera De Plomo, S. A. |
| First year | 1934 |
| Year | 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE AG PB | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^Ag: 385 Kg, Pb: 16285 Kg | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE AG PB | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^Ag: 15794 Kg, Pb: 7502610 Kg | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MX02184 |
SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 189.
FOSHAG, W.F., 1934, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF LOS LAMENTOS, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.29, NO.4, P.330-345.
GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL (DURANGO, MX), P. 162-164.
GONZALEZ, 1956.
| Subject category | Comment text |
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| Deposit | ERUPCION-AHUMADA MANTO: CONTINUOUS PIPE-LIKE ORE BODY IN LOWER PART OF LOS LAMENTOS FM. ORE BODY DIPS 14 DEGREES N, PARALLEL TO BEDDING. UPPER PORTIONS OF THE PIPE (ERUPCION MINE) MEASURED 10 M X 50 M IN CROSS SECTION AND CONSISTED OF MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED ANGLESITE +/- GYPSUM AND SULFUR. MASSES OF HIGH-GRADE ANGLESITE CONTAINED UP TO 65% PB. LARGE BODIES OF PLUMBOJAROSITE ASSAYING 19% PB WERE ALSO FOUND. IN THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE ORE BODY (AHUMADA MINE) THE ORE CONSISTED OF HEMATITE + CERUSSITE (AVE. 30% PB) WITH MINOR WULFENITE, VANADINITE, AND DESCLOIZITE, AND RARE RESIDUAL MASSES OF GALENA. SEVERAL STOPES CONSISTED OF SPONGY MASSES OF VANADINITE NEEDLES IN ORE CONTAINING 65% PB AND 12% VANADIUM OXIDE. ZN MINERALS PRESENT INCLUDE WILLEMITE, HYDROZINCITE, AND ONE OCCURRENCE OF SPHALERITE + PYRITE. ONE SPECIMEN OF BROCHANTITE (HYDROUS COPPER SULFATE) WAS FOUND. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1988 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1988 | Leonard, Kenneth R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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