Rellano Cerro

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10098772
MRDS ID MX02905
Record type Site
Current site name Rellano Cerro
Alternate or previous names Cerro Rellano

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.50048, 26.83364 (WGS84)
Elevation 1350
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 13 KM WSW OF LOS OLANES - LOS REMEDIOS (ZN-PB) MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • SW SIDE OF HIGHWAY 49 ABOUT 40 KM SE OF IMENEZ AND 15 KM NW OF ESCALON 1 KM VIA DIRT ROAD SW OF RELLANO TRAIN STOP AND TOWN; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = G13-5 HIDALGO DEL PARRAL 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.50048, 26.83364

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jimenez Area

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINED AND ORE SHIPPED BY TRAIN WHICH HAS TRAIN LINE ONLY 1 KM AWAY AT RELLANO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIVISION DEL NORTE G13B52, 1976, 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO SEDIMENTS MAPPED ON 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC MAP SHEET ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VOLCANIC HOSTED ZN PB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-92 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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