Vallecillo Mine

Past Producer in Nuevo Leon, Mexico with commodity Lead
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050145
MRDS ID MX17023
Record type Site
Current site name Vallecillo Mine
Related records 10280085

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.99619, 26.65672 (WGS84)
Elevation 270
Relative position 0.8 KM S63W OF VALLECILLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zapata(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McAllen(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Nuevo Leon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Austin Formation
    Rock description Austin Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.99619, 26.65672

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vallecillo

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ALONG A N55E TREND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    G14A67 (1978) PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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