Mine detail: Lluvia De Oro

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Location: Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 27.09612, -108.30475
dep_id: 10049405
mrds_id: MX02038
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
model: 172: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
alteration: Silicic
ore_ctrl: Fracture Controlled
Reporter: Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.), Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diabase
Structure: Abundent N-S Faults
disc_yr: 1899
References:
  • Deposit:: GONZALEZ-REYNA, J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, MEXICO, 1956, P. 120-125.
  • Deposit:: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOLGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNEMNT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000
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