Mine detail: San Ignacio

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Location: Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 30.59185, -106.31722
dep_id: 10049458
mrds_id: MX02144
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
ore_ctrl: Fracture Controlled
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_type: Dacite
References:
  • Deposit:: GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A AND -B.
  • Deposit:: GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, 20TH, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 159-161.
  • 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.
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