Mine detail: El Gavilan

Previously called 'Cata PanzonCata LuisitaCata Panchita'

Location:	Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	26.87584, -111.84095
dep_id:	10048941
mrds_id:	MX00126
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Manganese
Trace mineral:	Vanadium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Hollandite, Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Rhodonite, Vanadinite, Wad
gangue:	Aragonite, Dolomite, Epidote, Gypsum, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
model:	156: Epithermal Mn
Reporter:	Leonard, Kenneth R., Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.)
hrock_type:	Andesite
arock_unit:	Comondu Volcanics
arock_type:	Andesite,Basalt
Structure:	Volcanic Flows Strike N 20-30 W And Dip 15-25 Ne. Cut By Normal Faults Striking Nw With Dips Of 50-70 Sw. Ne Sides Upthrown From 1-10 M.
disc_yr:	1892
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:: GONZALEZ R., J., 1956A, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE EL GAVILAN, LA AZTECA Y GUADALUPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO IN GONZALEZ R., J., (ED.), 1956, SYMPOSIUM SOBRE YACIMIENTOS DE MANGANESO, TOMO III: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, MEXICO, 1956, P. 79-96. Deposit:: WILSON, I.F., 1956, THE GAVILAN MANGANESE DEPOSITS, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO IN GONZALEZ R., J., (ED.), 1956, SYMPOSIUM SOBRE YACIMIENTOS DE MANGANESO, TOMO III: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, MEXICO, 1956, P. 119-124. Deposit:: TRASK, P.D. AND RODRIGUEZ C., J. JR., 1948, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF MEXICO: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 954-F, P. 228-238, 293-295, TABLE 17. Production:: TRASK AND RODRIGUEZ, 1948.