Mine detail: Las Penitas

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

28.54329, -110.18953

Resource(N)

Primary:	Graphite
Ore:	Graphite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1989-PRESENT

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Very Little Faulting In Mine, Orebody Only Displaced A Few Inches To A Foot.

References

MRDS	MX00422
DEP	10049173
Reference	{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:: SUTPIN, DAVID M., AND BLISS, JAMES D., 1990, DISSEMINATED FLAKE GRAPHITE AND AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE DEPOSIT TYPES: AN ANALYSIS USING GRADE AND TONNAGE MODELS: CIM BULLETIN, VOL. 83, NO. 940, P. 85-89.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: COMMUNICATION FROM FORMENTO MINERA}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.