Mine detail: Los Borregos

Previously called 'VerdunRussell.Ampliacion WallitoCorrienteNueva CarolinaConsolidada'

Location:	Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	31.05461, -107.29225
dep_id:	10049445
mrds_id:	MX02111
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Manganese
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Hematite
model:	156: Epithermal Mn
Reporter:	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_type:	Dacite,Andesite
arock_type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Two Normal Fault Systems.
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:: TRASK, P.D. AND RODRIGUEZ C., J. JR., 1948, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 954-F, P. 238-239. Deposit:: WILSON, I.F., 1956, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE SIERRA DE BORREGOS, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO IN GONZALEZ R., J., (ED.), 1956, SYMPOSIUM SOBRE YACIMIENTOS DE MANGANESO, TOMO III: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, MEXICO, 1956, P. 109-117. 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:: 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. Production:: TRASK AND RODRIGUEZ, 1948; WILSON, 1956.