Mine detail: Real Del Castillo

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Location: Baja California, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 31.91676, -116.25082
dep_id: 10048932
mrds_id: MX00115
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_type: Slate,Schist
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Roof Pendant
disc_yr: 1870
discr: Ambrosio Castillo
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:: PANCZNER, WILLIAM D., 1987, MINERALS OF MEXICO: VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY, NEW YORK, 459 P.
  • Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 186.
  • Deposit:: WISSER, E., 1954, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 1, P. 44-76.
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