La Negra Mine

Producer in Queretaro De Arteaga, Mexico with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089350
MRDS ID W018920
Record type Site
Current site name La Negra Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.83367, 20.83389 (WGS84)
Relative position IN THE CITY OF CADEREYTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Queretaro De Arteaga

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE FOR STATE OF QUERETANO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.83367, 20.83389

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1971

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cia Min. La Negra Y Anexas S. A.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cia Min. La Negra Y Anexas, S. A.

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^2.5 % Zn, 2.4 % Pb, .7 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 201 MET TONS ; ECON.YEAR: 1973 ; ECON.COM: 550 MTPD MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, 1975.

  • Production

    E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1975, P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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