| Deposit ID | 10098764 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | MX02266 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | San Carlos Pb-Zn Prospect 3 |
| Related records | 10182526 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.92548, 29.04191 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
| Relative position | SAN CARLOS FE SKARN IS 1 KM AWAY. |
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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Mexico | Chihuahua |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| 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 |
| Model code | 72 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -103.92548, 29.04191 |
|---|
| General form | CAVERN-FILLINGS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | San Carlos District/Manuel Benavides Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| First year | 1952 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MX02266 |
GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, 20TH, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 170-177.
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.
SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1984, MANUEL BENAVIDES: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.
CIMRI
| 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. |
| 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 |
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MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
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