Mine detail: San Antonio

Previously called 'Santa Eulalia-East Camp'

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Location

Lat / long:

28.59469, -105.76996

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Tin, Vanadium
Tertiary:	Niobium (Columbium), Tungsten
Ore:	Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Columbite, Galena, Sphalerite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Hematite, Idocrase, Ilmenite, Ilvaite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Orthoclase, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Scapolite, Topaz, Tourmaline, Tremolite
Orebody form:	SULFIDE MANTOS ENCLOSED ROCKS NOT IMMEDIATLY ASSOCIATED WITH INTRUSIVE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1625
Last production ended:	1988

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	San Antonio Dike
Associated type:	Felsic Volcanic Rock
Structure:	Reg.Struct: Mine Lies On The East Limb Of The Southward Plunging Portion Of A Broad Nnw-Trending, Doubly Plunging Anticline., San Antonio Graben: Nne-Trending Graben, 4 Km X 1 Km, 140-250 M Displacement. Bounded On The West By A Single East-Dipping Fault, And On The East By A Scissored Pair Of West-Dipping Faults.
Tectonic:	Mine Lies Along The Western Edge Of A Nnw-Trending Belt Of Folded And Thrusted Pre-Tert Rocks Known As The Chihuahua Trough.
Alteration processes:	Contact Between Limestone And Silicate Or Sulfide Bodies Generally Sharp. Limestone Often Exhibits A 1 Cm Thick Bleached And Recrystallized Selvage.

References

MRDS	MX02213
DEP	10049491
Reference	{Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., 1986, DESCRIPTIVE MODEL OF POLYMETALLIC REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, P. 99.}{Deposit:: MALDONADO E., D., AND MEGAW, P.K.M., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE SANTA EULALIA MINING DISTRICT, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA; GUIDEBOOK FOR THE 1983 FIELD CONFERENCE: EL PASO, TEXAS, EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 367-376.}{Deposit:: HEWITT, W.P., 1943, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO MINE, SANTA EULALIA DISTRICT, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 54, NO. 2, P. 173-204.}{Deposit:: 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 1:500,000}{Deposit:: SPP, 1984, CIUDAD DELICIAS}{Deposit:: MEGAW,P.K.M., ET AL, 1988}{Deposit:: SPP, 1978, AQUILES SERDAN}{Deposit:: WALTER, TIMOTHY G., 1985, METALS DISTRIBUTION}{Deposit:: TITLEY, S.R., AND MEGAW, P.K.M., 1985,}{Deposit:: 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MAIN MINERAL ZONEOF THE SANTA EULALIA DISTRICT}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.)