Realejo Basin

Occurrence in San Luis Potosi, Mexico with commodities Tin, Mercury, Gold, Silver
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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050456
MRDS ID MX22005
Record type Site
Current site name Realejo Basin
Alternate or previous names Santa Elena Fan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.50036, 23.00048 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 78 KM NE OF SAN LUIS POTOSI, 5 KM NW OF GUADALCAZAR.

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
Tin Critical Primary
Mercury Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.50036, 23.00048

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sinkholes

Ore body information

  • Thickness 24M
    Length 2000M
    Width 2000M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Karst Topography

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guadalcazar District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 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.