Santa Rosa District

Past Producer in Distrito Federal*, Mexico with commodity Mercury
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001186
MRDS ID MX08000
Record type District
Current site name Santa Rosa District
Alternate or previous names Santa Rosa, Dios Padre, Dios Hijo, San Francisco, Primer Almaden, Segundo Almaden

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.33362, 19.11734 (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 Distrito Federal*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.33362, 19.11734

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name SANTA ROSA DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACTEAR, 1897, MINING AND METALLURGY OF QUICKSILVER IN MEXICO: INST. MIN. AND METALL., V. 4, P. 69-120.

Beyond USGS

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