1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Calera

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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 10049698
MRDS ID MX02833
Record type Site
Current site name Calera
Alternate or previous names El Pino
Related records 10182014

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.3839, 28.60024 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 40-45 KM W OF AUKADEFT MN OCCURRENCE AND 45-50 KM ENE OF LAS BARRAS AG OCCURRENCE.

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

  • MINE IS SHOWN ON CHIHUAHUA 1:250,000 GEOLOGIC MAP AT END OF ROAD APPROX. 13 KM ENE OF CINDAD GUERRRERO. MINE IS LOCATED 500 METERS S OF EL PINO VILLAGE. ACCES BY PAVEMENT TO CINDAD GUERRERO THEN DIRT. 8 KM FURTHER E TO MINE SITE. 45KM WNW OF CHAUHTEMOC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.3839, 28.60024
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Strike N50w And Dip Sw

Comments on the geologic information

  • AGE OF MINERALIZATION LIKELY SAME AS INTRUSIVE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ciudad Guerero-La Junta Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    0SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    SPP, 1985, CHIHUAHUA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POSSIBLY BASEMETAL SKARN IN LIMESTONE ASSOCIATED WITH INTRUSON OF LCRET-ETERT (LARAMIDE AGE) GRANODIORITE?
Deposit RANCHO PASCUAL OROZCO IS ALSO CALLED SAN ISIDRO. DEPOSIT FOUND IN GEOLOGIC WINDOW UNDER THE UPPER TERT CONGLOMERATE. COULD POSSIBLY HAVE INTRUSIVE WITH CORRESPONDING OVERLAYING CARA PACE OF VOLCANIC LOCALITY? ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-91 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site