Mine detail: Bismark

Previously called 'Cerros Bismark'

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Location: Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 31.23266, -107.58448
dep_id: 10049395
mrds_id: MX02014
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Manganese, Antimony, Bismuth, Selenium, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Iron, Manganese Ox-Hydrous, Sphalerite
gangue: Fluorite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 60: Skarn Zn-Pb
alteration: Garnet-Mafics Skarn
ore_ctrl: Contact Between Intrusive And Limestone. Selected Beds In Limestone.
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Long, Keith R. And Mckelvey, G.E.
hrock_unit: Benigno
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Year first produced: 1991
disc_yr: 1986
discr: Compania Quiquilco S.A. (Cyprus Mining Company)
References:
  • Deposit:: GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A AND -B.
  • Deposit:: GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL (DURANGO, MX), P. 47.
  • Deposit:: CLARK, K.F., AND GOODELL, P.C., (EDS.), 1983, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA: EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, GUIDEBOOK, 1983 FIELD CONFERENCE, 0CT. 7-9, 1983, PLATE 1, SCALE 1:500000.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1986, V. 154, NO. 4, P. 293.
  • Deposit:: SHARP, W.B., AND GOODELL, P.C., 1990, AN OVERVIEW OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE BISMARK DISTRICT, CERRO DE BISMARK, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, IN GOODELL, P.C., AND SHARP, W.B., EDS., FIELDTRIP GUIDEBOOK, CERRO DE BISMARK, CHIHUAHUA: SYMPOSIUM ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHIHUAHUA DESERT, FEB. 16-18, 1990, EL PASO, TX, P. 23-34.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: MINE STAFF
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