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El Quiote

Past Producer in San Luis Potosi, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050452
MRDS ID MX22001
Record type Site
Current site name El Quiote
Alternate or previous names Guadalupe, Augustias, Santa Maria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.50036, 23.00048 (WGS84)
Relative position 70 MI NE OF SAN LUIS POTOSI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico San Luis Potosi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.50036, 23.00048
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pre-Ore Faults (Intrusion Related)

Ore body information

  • Strike EW
    Dip VERY STEEP S
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure And Fault System

Comments on the geologic information

  • HANGING WALL IS CLEAR AND SMOOTH. FOOTWALL MAY BE MORE COMPLEX WITH STOCKWORK. ORE SOMETIMES CONCENTRATED NEAR FOOTWALL OR IN SANDY STREAK NEAR UPPER CLAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Guadalcazar District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLLINS, H.F., 1897, QUICKSILVER MINING IN THE DISTRICT OF GUADALCAZAR, STATE OF SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO: INST. MINING METALL. TRANS., V. 4, P. 121-150

  • Production

    COLLINS, 1897.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SANTA MARIA MAY BE ADJACENT MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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