Mine detail: San Marcos Island

Previously called 'Isla San Marcos'

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Location: Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 27.21694, -112.10068
dep_id: 10048952
mrds_id: MX00139
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Gypsum
model: 253: Bedded gypsum: marine evaporite gypsum
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Evaporite
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:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 187.
  • Deposit:: TERRONES L., A.J., 1986, MEXICAN MINING: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 155, NO. 5, P. 459.
  • Deposit:: GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXIC* INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--MEETING MANAN* CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.
  • Deposit:: CHAVEZ, O.R., 1985, ANALISIS METALOGENETICO REGIONAL DE LA PENINSULA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA: BAJA MEXICO.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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