Nieves District

Occurrence in Zacatecas, Mexico with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001075
MRDS ID MX29001
Record type District
Current site name Nieves District
Alternate or previous names San Sgustin De Melilla, Norias and Atotonilco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.91713, 24.33371 (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 Zacatecas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -102.91713, 24.33371

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name NIEVES DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JENARO GONZALEZ, R., 1946, LA INDUSTRIA MINERO EN EL ESTADO DE ZACATECAS: COM. DIR. PARA LA INV. DE LOS REC. MIN. DE MEX., BOL. NO. 4, P. 51.

Beyond USGS

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