Mine detail: La Perla

Previously called 'Cerro De FierroLa Vibora'

Location:	Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	28.28359, -104.56049
dep_id:	10049435
mrds_id:	MX02091
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Minor mineral:	Silica, Ferrosilicon
Trace mineral:	Sulfur, Calcium, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Hematite, Magnetite, Specularite
gangue:	Apatite, Calcite, Gypsum, Quartz, Selenite
other_matl:	Pyrite
orebody_fm:	FLATTENED CONE WITH ELLIPTICAL BASE
model:	158: Volcanic-hosted magnetite
alteration:	Local Silicification.
Reporter:	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Kibbe, R.D., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Trachyte
arock_type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diabase,Felsic Volcanic Rock,Andesite,Basalt
ylp_ba:	>
yr_lst_prd:	1988
References:	Deposit:: GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A AND -B. Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 189. Deposit:: GOMEZ R., D., 1961, INVENTARIO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFEROS DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES PUBLICACION 3 E, (CHIHUAHUA LOC. 1). Deposit:: DUTTON, C.E., 1955, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES; OCCURRENCE, APPRAISAL AND USE: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 179-208. IN THE SOUTHERN CORDILLERA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 14, P. 237-262. Deposit:: GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, 20TH, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 216-218. Deposit:: CARDENAS VARGAS, J., Y DEL CASTILLO GARCIA, L., 1964, YACIMIENTOS DE HIERRO DE LA PERLA Y LA NEGRA, MUNICIPIO DE CAMARGO, CHIHUAHUA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES, BOLETIN 69, 78 P. Deposit:: COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P. 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:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1980, NOVEMBER, P. 75-83. Deposit:: GOMEZ RUIZ, DAVID, 1961, INVENTARIO DE LOS YACIMENTOS FERRIFEROS DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES NO RENOVABLES PUB 3-E. Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOV., 1974, P. 98. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46. Other Database:: CIMRI Reserve-Resource:: CARDENAS Y CASTILLO, 1964. THE FIRST 3 FIGURES ARE COMPANY DATA. THE FORTH FIGURE IS ORE TO PROBABLE (INFERED) BY MINAS DE NORTE, BUT LATER CONFIRMED AS MEASURED BY CONSEJO. THE FIFTH FIGURE IS A MEASURED ORE FIGURE AND THE SIXTH FIGURE IS INDICATED ORE FROM CRNNR.