San Carlos Pb-Zn Prospect 3

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Vanadium, Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098764
MRDS ID MX02266
Record type Site
Current site name San Carlos Pb-Zn Prospect 3
Related records 10182526

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.92548, 29.04191 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position SAN CARLOS FE SKARN IS 1 KM AWAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Terlengua Number 3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • 5-10 KM W OF MANUEL BENVIDES, 15 KM N OF SANTA MARTHA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Selenite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.92548, 29.04191

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CAVERN-FILLINGS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Of Carbonate Minerals

Comments on the geologic information

  • REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN LIMESTONE ASSOCIATED WITH DIORITIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Carlos District/Manuel Benavides Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
    First year 1952

Comments on development

  • PB-ZN OREBODIES MINED BY ASARCO BEFORE 1952: PRODUCED PB, ZN, MINOR CU, AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF V.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, 20TH, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 170-177.

  • Deposit

    SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO, MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1984, MANUEL BENAVIDES: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANY SIMILAR GRANITIC INTRUSIONS WHICH COULD HAVE SIMILAR DEPOSITS STILL UNRECOGNIZED. AN IMPORTANT TARGET FOR FUTURE EXPLORATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB
Deposit FE-RICH ORE CONTAINING GALENA, CERUSSITE, SHALERITE, PYRITE, MINOR CHALCOPYRITE, MALACHITE AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF VANADINITE OCCURS IN METASOMATIC REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS AND CAVERN-FILLINGS IN LIMESTONE. REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT AT EDGE OF FE SKARN (MX02244). DEPOSITS ARE BOTH RELATED TO GRANITIC INTRUSIVE BODY. A SIMILAR DEPOSIT CALLED SANTA MARTHA IS LOCATED 15 KM TO THE SOUTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1991 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.