Olanes

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10049743
MRDS ID MX02901
Record type Site
Current site name Olanes
Alternate or previous names Cerro Los Olanes, Division Del Norte District, Los Remedios District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.39631, 26.88364 (WGS84)
Elevation 1550
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 9 KM N OF AL CARMEN - ASUNSOLO GRAVEL QUARRY

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 DUE W OF DIVISION DEL NORTE (LOS REMEDIOS). THE MINES (THERE ARE 3 MINE ARES OVER 1.5 KM SQ AREA) ARE ON THE W SIDE OF CERRO LOS OLANES. 7 MINE SYMBOLS ON GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWING BOTH MINE AND PROSPECTS 2-3 KM SW OF DIVISION DEL NORTE CITY.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = G13-5 HIDALGO DEL PARRAL 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.39631, 26.88364

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CARBONAT POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jimenez Area

Comments on development

  • SMALL MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIVISION DEL NORTE G13B52, 1976, 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGL

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 30-60 DEGREE SW DIPPING LIMESTONES WITH NO MAPPED INTRUSIONS IN IMMEDIATE VACINITY
Deposit DUPLICATE RECORD MX35254 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-92 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-93 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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