La Maravilla

Occurrence in Queretaro De Arteaga, Mexico with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050447
MRDS ID MX20000
Record type Site
Current site name La Maravilla
Alternate or previous names Steen Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.00033, 21.00057 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position One Degree

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Queretaro De Arteaga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.00033, 21.00057

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEY

Comments on the geologic information

  • WHERE CHIMNEY IS WIDEST, GRADE IS HIGHEST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1519

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Owned By "Ranas," Charlie Steen'S Co.

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE GRADE, NOT INCLUDING RICH PART, WAS 1% HG. RICH PARTS RAN UP TO 30-40%.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 350M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: A 20-TON ROTARY KILN WAS INSTALLED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, 1958, V. 69, NO. 44, 10-30-58

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING RECORD, 1958.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY INDIAN DAYS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-79 Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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