Mine detail: Cuatro Amigos

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Location: Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 30.55018, -107.46725
dep_id: 10049408
mrds_id: MX02043
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Minor mineral: Silver, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
model: 156: Epithermal Mn
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
arock_type: Rhyodacite
References:
  • Deposit:: GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A AND -B.
  • Deposit:: TRASK, P.D. AND RODRIGUEZ C., J. JR., 1948, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF MEXICO: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 954-F, P. 278-248, 293-295, TABLE 17.
  • Deposit:: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO, MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.
  • Deposit:: SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1983, NUEVO CASAS GRANDES: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.
  • Production:: TRASK AND RODRIGUEZ, 1948.
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