El Triunfo-San Antonio Zone

MX / Baja California Sur

•23.80430, -110.03533View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

El Triunfo-San Antonio Zone is a historic mining site in Baja California Sur, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Schist. Reported specimens include Boulangerite, Chalcedony, Cobalt, Galena, Gold, Pyrite; logged ore minerals are Boulangerite, Galena, Pyrite, Skutterudite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite; gangue is recorded as Chalcedony, Quartz. The site was discovered in 1750; production began in 1874.

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Found Here

BoulangeriteChalcedonyCobaltGalenaGoldPyriteQuartzSilverSkutteruditeSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Schist
Associated rock: Gneiss, Granite

Ore minerals

BoulangeriteGalenaPyriteSkutteruditeSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

Gangue minerals

ChalcedonyQuartz

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small
Discovered: 1750
First production: 1874

Records and references

Cited references

GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-B, 72 P.. PANCZNER, WILLIAM D., 1987, MINERALS OF MEXICO: VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY, NEW YORK, 459 P. SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 187. WISSER, E., 1954, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 1, P. 44-76. PANCZNER, 1987

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10098732 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 23.80430, -110.03533

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