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Cerro De Las Minitas

Occurrence in Durango, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092907
MRDS ID MX09058
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro De Las Minitas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.11713, 24.51707 (WGS84)
Relative position 15-20 KM NE OF GUADALUPE VICTORIA CITY, 10 KM NW OF HIGHWAY 40.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Durango

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR PURO CORAZO, SAN NINO, ZACATECAS Y PORVENIR, AND LA BOCANA MINES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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 > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.11713, 24.51707
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR OR INDEFINITE SHAPE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cerro De Las Minitas

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF DURANGO AND CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, 1980, GEOLOGIC AND METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, FIRST EDITION, 1:500,000 SCALE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MEDIUM SIZE ON METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Staude, John-Mark G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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