Las Damas

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Lead, Zinc
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 10049549
MRDS ID MX02293
Record type Site
Current site name Las Damas
Related records 10230591

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.80053, 29.58355 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 45 KM SW OF TOSISIHUA AND LA TURQUESA, +/1 1 Minute

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • 6 MINE-PROSPECT SITES WITHIN 10 KM N-S, 6 KM E-W AREA OF NORTHERN SIERRA LAS DAMAS. 70 KM W OF COYAME.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.80053, 29.58355

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Range Front Normal Faults Dipping Away From Range Expose Two Block Ranges.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name / Coyame

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, OJINAGA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIRT ROAD ACCESS TO MANY OF THE PROSPECT AREAS. INTERESTING PB-ZN EXPLORATION AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-90 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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