Mine detail: La Perla

Previously called 'Cerro De FierroLa Vibora'

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Location

Lat / long: 28.28359, -104.56049

Resource(B)

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Silica, Ferrosilicon
Tertiary: Sulfur, Calcium, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore: Hematite, Magnetite, Specularite
Gangue: Apatite, Calcite, Gypsum, Quartz, Selenite
Orebody form: FLATTENED CONE WITH ELLIPTICAL BASE
Other material: Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
Last production ended: 1988

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Trachyte
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Diabase,Felsic Volcanic Rock,Andesite,Basalt
Alteration processes:Local Silicification.

References

MRDSMX02091
DEP10049435
Reference{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.}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Kibbe, R.D., Orris, Greta J.