Luz Julieta

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049592
MRDS ID MX02354
Record type Site
Current site name Luz Julieta
Related records 10255226

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.11723, 28.41692 (WGS84)
Elevation 2400
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 25 KM NW OF CUSIHUIRIACHIC AND 35 - 40 KM ESE OF CALERA MINE

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

  • 20 KM W OF CUAUHTEMOC CITY, 3-6 KM N OF THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN CUAUHTEMOC AND CIUDAD GUERRERO. PROSPECT NOT SHOWN ON 1:250,000 MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NATIVE MERCURY AT LOW LEVELS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Local Kaolinitization Increases Degree Of Impregnation.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.11723, 28.41692

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description High Angle Ew And Ne-Sw Trending Faults With Pronounced Shear Zones; Basal Brecciation Due To Interformational Downcreep; Regional Tilt 30 Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 12.19M
    Depth to bottom 21.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation Along Footwall Contact Of Rhyolite And Andesite; Ore Also In Rich 2-10 Inch Thick Seams At Top Of Rhyolite Controlled By High Angle Fractures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932

Mining district

District name Cuauhtemoc Distuict/ Ciudad Guerrero Area

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERED IN 1932, HIGH GRADE SURFACE WORKINGS EXHAUSTED BY 1953. A 50 TON FURNACE WAS INSTALLED IN 1957.

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, 1985, CHIHUAHUA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, 1957, OLD MEXICO'S NEWEST MERCURY MINE DEVELOPED BY CIA. MINERA PERALTA: MINING WORLD, V. 19, NO. 9, P. 47.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MINING WORLD, 1957, V. 19, NO. 9, P. 47.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1957, THE PROSPECT PROMISED TO BECOME ONE OF MEXICO'S PRINCIPAL PRODUCERS. PROBABLY CONTAINS 3000 FLASKS OF 5 LB/T ORE (1957). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-91 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-78 Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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