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Moctezuma Mine

Past Producer in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  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 10050471
MRDS ID MX25012
Record type Site
Current site name Moctezuma Mine
Related records 10158568

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.89699, 24.73541 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Relative position 17.5 KM N15E 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

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES ANDREA, MOCTEZUMA AND SAN ANDRES PERTENENCIAS JUST SW OF TOWN OF MOCTEZUMA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite 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) -98.89699, 24.73541
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W TO N80E
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Discoverer J.H. Andrews
Year of first production 1894
Year of last production 1909

Mining district

District name Moctezuma

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 505M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR SHAFTS (WEST TO EAST): MOCTEZUMA, SAN ANDRES, SAN SABINO, SAN JOSE. SHORT ADITS, AT LEAST 505 M OF DRIFTS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND JIGGED AND PICKED ORE OF 500 G/MT AG, 68% PB SHIPPED

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 SEVERAL NEAR-VERTICAL SUBPARALLEL VEINS 2 TO 15 IN WIDE

Reporter information

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

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