La Union Mine Group

Prospect in Guerrero, Mexico with commodities Antimony, Mercury, Sulfur
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001054
MRDS ID MX11002
Record type District
Current site name La Union Mine Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.66703, 18.25068 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Guerrero

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Secondary
Mercury Secondary
Sulfur Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) HYDROTHERMAL

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.66703, 18.25068

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description PRE-ORE REVERSE FAULTS, BRECCIATION, ISOCLINAL FOLDS. TREND N-NW. PREORE BLOCK FAULTS?

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUNNELL, G., ET AL, 1976, ON THE ORIGIN OF LIVINGSTONITE DEPOSITS AT HUITZUCO, GUERRERO, MEXICO: MINER. DEPOSITA, 11, P. 71-82.

  • Deposit

    MCALLISTER, J.F., AND HERNANDEZ ORTIZ, D., 1945, QUICKSILVER ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF HUITZUCO, GUERRERO, MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 946-B, P. 49-71.

  • Deposit

    VAUPELL, C.W., 1937, MERCURY DEPOSITS OF HUITZUCO, GUERRERO, MEXICO: AM. INST. MINING METALL. ENGINEERS TECH PUB. 842, P. 1-14.

  • Deposit

    CHASE, H., RINGS OF FIRE, THE STORY OF MERCURY, UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    CAREAGA, J., ET AL, 1974, LA SITUACION DEL MINERA DEL MERCURIO EN MEXICO: CONGR. INT. MERCURIO (TRABAJOS), NO. 1, VOL. 2, P. 425-42?.

  • Deposit

    BOLIVAR, J.M., 1963, GEOLOGIA DEL AREA DELIMITADA POR EL TOMATAL, HUITZUCO Y MAYANALAN, ESTADO DE GUERRERO: UNIV. NAC. AUTO. DE MEX. BOL. 69, PP. 26-28.

Beyond USGS

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