Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Silver
TertiaryBismuth, Cadmium, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formHORIZONAL "BLANKET" MANTO
Ore controlConcentrated In Limestone Beds Below Shale And In Brecccia Zones Along Nnw -Trending Fold Areas, Terraces On The Limbs Of The Folds, Fold Related Faults.
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockCarbonate · Marine Carbonaceous Seds
Associated rockSyenite · Microsyenstock
StructureCenter Of Mexican Thrust Belt, E Margin Of Sierra Madre Occidental Volc. Plateau, Near E Chihuahua Mid Tert. Volc. Outlier., Laramide Folding, District Wide Deformation
Tectonic settingDeposit Located In Chihuahua Terrane Of Coney And Campa, 1984
AlterationWeak Recrystallization Near Ore
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1942
Identification
Deposit ID10106944
MRDS IDMX02133
Alternate namesSierra Las Plomosas
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates29.10023, -105.28384
References
PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A AND -B.SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOLGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNEMNT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000SPP, 1983, OJINAGAMEGAW,P.K.M., ET AL, 1988CONEY, P.J., AND CAMPA, M.F., 1987BRIDGES, L.W., 1964ESCANDON-V.,F.J., 19711975, PLOMOSAS STRATIFORM LEAD AN ZINC DEPOSITSREID, S.G., 1972CLARK, K.F., AND PONCE,S., B.F., 1983BRIDGES, L.W., 1964ABRIDGES, L.W., 1964B,BRIDGES, L.W., 1970,E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY, 1976, P. 255E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1976, P. 266