La Dulcinea Mine

Past Producer in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  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 10050469
MRDS ID MX25010
Record type Site
Current site name La Dulcinea Mine
Related records 10255562

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.8856, 24.72819 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
Relative position 17 KM N20E 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
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.8856, 24.72819

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1899
Year of last production 1914

Mining district

District name El Palmar

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 82M

Comments on the workings information

  • 82 M SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE TREATED WITH ARRASTRA AND SPRING POLE JIG

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 FRACTURE AND BRECCIA FILLINGS. CHERT FRAGMENTS IN BRECCIA PARTIALLY REPLACED BY GALENA AND SPHALERITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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