Sombrerete District

Prospect in Zacatecas, Mexico with commodities Mercury, Gold, Silver
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001076
MRDS ID MX29004
Record type District
Current site name Sombrerete District
Alternate or previous names El Socorro, La Angustia, El Carmen, La Boquilla Zone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.58374, 23.66714 (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
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.58374, 23.66714

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description POSSIBLE FAULT, BRECCIATED ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name SOMBRERETE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, D., 1943, MEMO TO MR. HEWITT: RECONNAISSANCE OF THE SOMBRERETE MERCURY DISTRICT, UNPUBLISHED.

Beyond USGS

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