Las Fortunas Mine

Producer in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050505
MRDS ID MX25049
Record type Site
Current site name Las Fortunas Mine
Related records 10157918

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.12116, 23.25352 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Relative position 11 KM S55W OF LLERA DE CANALES

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

  • ON E FLANK SIERRA EL OTAJE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.12116, 23.25352

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    F14A39 (1974) PHOTOGEOLOGIC MA

  • 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

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