Mine detail: Los Lamentos

Previously called 'Ore Bodies: Berenda, MexicoMines: Erupcion, Ahumada, La Victoria, El Labrador,Ano Nuevo Y Prosperidad'

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Location

Lat / long:

30.60436, -105.82137

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Vanadium
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc, Iron
Ore:	Anglesite, Brochantite, Descloizite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Hydrozincite, Limonite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Willemite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Sulfur
Orebody form:	MANTO
Discovery year:	1923

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1927

Geology

Host rock:	Los Lamentos Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization Associated With Ore Pipes.

References

MRDS	MX02184
DEP	10049477
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:: CLARK, K.F., AND DE LA FUENTE L., F.E., 1978, DISTRIBUTION OF MINERALIZATION IN TIME AND SPACE IN CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V.13, P.33.}{Deposit:: FOSHAG, W.F., 1934, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF LOS LAMENTOS, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.29, NO.4, P.330-345.}{Deposit:: GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL (DURANGO, MX), P. 162-164.}{Production:: GONZALEZ, 1956.}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)