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Parral Mines

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105923
MRDS ID W018923
Record type Site
Current site name Parral Mines
Alternate or previous names Prieta and Other Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.63384, 26.90031 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200
Relative position MINES OCCUPY AN AREA ABOUT 10 KM NORTH AND 10 KM WEST OF PARRAL.

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

  • ALTITUDE FOR PRIETA MINE. OTHER AREA MINES INCLUDE ESMERALOA, IGUANA, EL VERDE, SIERRA PLATA, PALMILLA, CABADENA AND LAS CRUCES. AVERAGE ELEVATION IS 1700 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Proustite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1974 ORE AVG. 4.4% ZN, 2.5% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Andesite;Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Andesite;Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.63384, 26.90031
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Faults Form Horst And Graben Structure. Quartz Monzonite Stock.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1631
Discoverer A Miner From Santa Barbara
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Parral District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Industrial Minera Mexico, S. A. (Immsa)

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1645-1956
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^525 G/Mt Ag (350-700 G/Mt Ag) Veta Colorado, Palmilla, And Other Veins In The Nw Part Of Parral Dist.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 525g/mt
  • Year 1974
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^4.4 % Zn, 2.5 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 3wt-pct
  • Year 1975
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^4.4 % Zn, 2.5 % Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 3wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE DEPLETED MARCH 31, 1975, OPERATIONS SUSPENDED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE DEPLETED IN 1975 BUT EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OTHER VEIN SYSTEMS IN PROGRESS.

Comments on the workings information

  • PRIETA VEIN HAS BEEN MINED OVER 1500 M LENGTH, 750 M DEEP 5 TO OVER 20 M WIDE.

Comments on development

  • EXPL.COM: OXIDE ORE MINED SINCE 1630'S. SULPHIDES SINCE 1925. ; MILL.CAP: 584 MET TONS ; ECON.YEAR: 1974 ; ECON.COM: 1600 MTPD MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOWTHER, G. K., MARLOW, G. C., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE PARRAL AREA; INTL. GEOL. CONG., 20TH, GUIDEBOOK FOR EXCURSION A-2 (ENG. TRANS.) P. 64 - 75

  • Deposit

    MARLOW, G. C., SMITH, J. M., 1956, GEOLOGY OF LA PRIETA MINE; INTL. GEOL. CONG., 20TH, GUIDEBOOK FOR EXCURSION A-2 (ENG. TRANS.) P. 76 - 79

  • Deposit

    LOWTHER, G. K., BELL, E. B., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE ESMERALDA MINE, PARRAL, CHIH; INTL. GEOL. CONG., 20TH, GUIDEBOOK FOR EXCURSION A-2 (ENG. TRANSL) P. 80 - 83

  • Deposit

    PICKARD, G. W., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE PRIETA MINE, PARRAL, CHIHUAHUA; IN RAUSCH, D. O., MARIACHER, B.C. EDS., AIME SYMP. PB-ZN V. 1 P. 123 - 129

  • Production

    E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1975, P. AIME SYMP. PB-ZN, 1970, V1 P 123. 1956, INTL. GEOL. CONG. 20TH, GUIDEBOOK A-2 (ENG. TRANS) P 65, 80. E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1976, P 255

  • Reserve-Resource

    E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1976, P. 255

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRIETA VEIN IS 1.6 KM LONG, 5-20 M WIDE, 750 M DEEP. ESMERALDA ORE BODY IS 700 M LONG AT LEVEL 5, WITH AVG. WIDTH OF 6 M.
Deposit OPERATIONS WERE SUSPENDED IN 1986.

Reporter information

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

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