Mine detail: La Azteca

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Location: Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 26.97722, -112.0779
dep_id: 10049233
mrds_id: MX00500
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Wad
gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Gypsum, Quartz
model: 156: Epithermal Mn
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Comondu Formation
arock_type: Andesite
References:
  • Deposit:: GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, 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:: 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.
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