| Location: | Chihuahua, Mexico, North America |
| Lat / long: | 28.59469, -105.76996 |
| dep_id: | 10049491 |
| mrds_id: | MX02213 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver, Zinc, Lead |
| Minor mineral: | Copper, Tin, Vanadium |
| Trace mineral: | Niobium (Columbium), Tungsten |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| 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_fm: | SULFIDE MANTOS ENCLOSED ROCKS NOT IMMEDIATLY ASSOCIATED WITH INTRUSIVE |
| model: | 72: Polymetallic replacement |
| alteration: | Contact Between Limestone And Silicate Or Sulfide Bodies Generally Sharp. Limestone Often Exhibits A 1 Cm Thick Bleached And Recrystallized Selvage. |
| ore_ctrl: | Emplacement Of Ore-Related Felsite Dikes Strongly Controlled By Fault Forming The Western Side Of A Large Graben. |
| Reporter: | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) |
| hrock_type: | Limestone |
| arock_unit: | San Antonio Dike |
| arock_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. |
| Year first produced: | 1625 |
| ylp_ba: | > |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1988 |
| discr: | Spanards |
| References: |
- 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
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