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La Blanca Mine

Past Producer in Nuevo Leon, Mexico with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Iron
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050177
MRDS ID MX17066
Record type Site
Current site name La Blanca Mine
Related records 10230483

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.85702, 26.19591 (WGS84)
Elevation 560
Relative position 2.9 KM N72W SANTA ISABEL, 16 KM S75W LOS NOGALES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roma-Los Saenz(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McAllen(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Nuevo Leon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OXIDIZED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Cupido Formation
    Rock description Cupido Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.85702, 26.19591
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Anticline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Ne-Sw Fractures With Favorable Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cerralvo (Agualeguas, La Blanca)

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sin. Min. Fund. Cerralvo Bustamente Sa
    First year 1927

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS AND RAISES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SANCHEZ, P., 1959, HORIZONTES METALIFEROS DEL CRETACICO EN UNA COMARCA DEL NORESTE DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONG. GEOL. INT., 20TH, SECT. 13, P. 357-370

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANTOS IN LIMESTONE ALONG FRACTURES, NARROW VEINS IN FRACTURES THAT FORM MANTOS IMMEDIATELY BELOW OVERLYING IMPERMEABLE LA PENA SHALE.

Reporter information

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

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