Mine detail: El Gavilan

Previously called 'Cata PanzonCata LuisitaCata Panchita'

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Location

Lat / long:

26.87584, -111.84095

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Tertiary:	Vanadium
Ore:	Hollandite, Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Rhodonite, Vanadinite, Wad
Gangue:	Aragonite, Dolomite, Epidote, Gypsum, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1892

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Comondu Volcanics
Associated 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.

References

MRDS	MX00126
DEP	10048941
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R., Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.)