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Mercurio

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Mercury
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049754
MRDS ID MX02918
Record type Site
Current site name Mercurio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.15047, 26.85864 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 20 KM E OF LOS OLANES., 20 Sec, 20 Sec, 20 Sec

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 NE OF ESCALON. 15 KM N OF CHIHUAHUA-DURANGO BORDER IN SE CORNER OF CHIHUAHUA. DIRT ROAD ACCESS TO OLD RAILROAD TOWN OF MERCURIO WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY 1.5 KM SQUARE AREA OF AT LEAST 8 HG PROSPECTS AND 4 MINE AREAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HG MINES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

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) -104.15047, 26.85864
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults And Folds

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structural Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • POSSIBLY HOT SPRING HG OCCURENCE. ABUNDENT RHYOLITE HILLS, CERRO EL BUEN PASTOR HAS LARGEST MINES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mercurio District/Escalon Area

Comments on development

  • SMALL PRODUCTION TRANSPORTED TO RAILROAD 1 KM TO S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERCURIO, G13B53, 1976, 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE

  • Deposit

    SOCIEDAD 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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MERCURY MINES AROUND DISTRICT
Deposit SOME TERT CONGLOMERATE AROUND RHYOLITE HILLS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-92 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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