Mine detail: La Estrella

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Location: Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 28.79051, -109.07839
dep_id: 10048865
mrds_id: MX00035
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cerargyrite, Galena
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_type: Conglomerate
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Large Normal Fault Cuts Region.
References:
  • Deposit:: GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-B, 72 P..
  • Deposit:: 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.
  • Deposit:: COX, DENNIS P., SINGER, DONALD, A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, 397 P.
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