Americas 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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050464
MRDS ID MX25005
Record type Site
Current site name Americas Mine
Related records 10133070

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.83671, 24.69374 (WGS84)
Elevation 720
Relative position 16.5 KM N40E OF SAN CARLOS

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
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) -98.83671, 24.69374

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W; N52W
    Dip 90; 78SW-90
  • Strike N55W; N52W
    Dip 90; 78SW-90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Nicolas

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

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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