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: Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 30.60436, -105.82137
dep_id: 10049477
mrds_id: MX02184
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Vanadium
Trace mineral: Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Brochantite, Descloizite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Hydrozincite, Limonite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Willemite, Wulfenite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Sulfur
orebody_fm: MANTO
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
alteration: Dolomitization Associated With Ore Pipes.
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)
hrock_unit: Los Lamentos Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Year first produced: 1927
disc_yr: 1923
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:: 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.
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