Los Aguillares Mine

Past Producer in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodities Lead, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050462
MRDS ID MX25003
Record type Site
Current site name Los Aguillares Mine
Related records 10255480

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.83449, 24.68958 (WGS84)
Elevation 750
Relative position 16.5 KM N41E OF SAN CARLOS, 0.5 KM S OF SAN NICOLAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Tamaulipas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.83449, 24.68958

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W, N80W
    Dip 85NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. H. Andrews
    First year 1930

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 50M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASTIN, E.S., 1937, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, IN KELLUM, L.B., ED., THE GEOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: ANN ARBOR, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS, P. 159-206.

  • Deposit

    WENTWORTH, I.H., 1912, THE SAN NICOLAS MINING DISTRICT, SAN NICOLAS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 43, P. 304-313.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEINS: NORTHERNMOST N65W, 85NE, 3 FT WIDE; MIDDLE VEIN N80W, UP TO 5 FT WIDE; SOUTHERNMOST ABOUT 3 FT WIDE AND ALMOST VERTICAL.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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