Mine detail: El Potosi

Previously called 'Santa Eulalia-West CampBuena Tierra'

Location:	Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	28.60581, -105.87136
dep_id:	10049492
mrds_id:	MX02214
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
gangue:	Calcite, Fayalite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Ilvaite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	MANTO, CHIMNEY
work_type:	Underground
model:	72: Polymetallic replacement
alteration:	Alteration Is Very Limited. Narrow Zones Of Silicification, Bleaching, Recrystallization, And Some Minor Zones Of Hydrothermal Dolomite.
ore_ctrl:	Structural Control Provided By N-S Trending Fissure Zones And N50e-Trending Cross Faults. Mantos Follow Fissures For Up To 4 Km And Chimneys Often Found At The Intersection Of The Two Structural Trends. Stratigraphically Constrained By The Tert. Volcanic Cap.
Reporter:	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Kibbe, R.D.
hrock_type:	Limestone
arock_type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diabase
Structure:	Reg.Struct: Mine Area Is Located On The West Limb Of The Southward-Plunging Portion Of A Broad Nnw-Trending, Doubly Plunging Anticline., Six Subparallel N-S Trending Fissure Zones, N50e-Trending Cross Faults. E-W Trend Occupied By Late-Stage Dikes. N20e And N70w Structures Locally Control Ore And Dike Emplacement.
tectonic:	Western Edge Of Chihuahua Trough, A Nnw-Trending Belt Of Folded And Thrusted Pre-Tert Rocks.
Year first produced:	1707
ylp_ba:	>
yr_lst_prd:	1988
disc_yr:	1591
discr:	Spanish
References:	Deposit:: MORRIS, H.T., 1986, DESCRIPTIVE MODEL OF POLYMETALLIC REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., (EDS.), 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, P. 99. Deposit:: MALDONADO E., D., AND MEGAW, P.K.M., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE SANTA EULALIA MINING DISTRICT, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA; GUIDEBOOK FOR THE 1983 FIELD CONFERENCE: EL PASO, TEXAS, EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 367-376. Deposit:: HEWITT, W.P., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MAIN MINERAL ZONE OF THE SANTA EULALIA DISTRICT, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: A.I.M.E - S.M.E. TRANSACTIONS, V. 241, P. 228-260. Deposit:: SKINNER, E.N., AND PLATE, H.R., 1915, MINING COSTS OF THE WORLD: NEW YORK, N.Y., MCGRAW-HILL BOOK CO., INC., P. 191-192. Deposit:: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOLGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNEMNT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000 Deposit:: SPP, 1982, SIERRA OBSCURA TOPO QUAD Deposit:: MEGAW, ET AL, 1988, Deposit:: SPP, 1978, AQUILES SERDAN (H13C67) Deposit:: MIRANDA G., M.A., MEGAW, P.K.M., 1986, Deposit:: MEGAW, P.K.M., 1986A, Deposit:: MEGAW, P.K.M., ET AL, 1986, Deposit:: 1988, TETONIC LOCALIZATION AND CONTROLS ON HIGH-TEMPERATURE, CARBONITE HOSTED AG-PB-ZN DEPOSITS OF MEXICO Deposit:: HEINRICHS M., ERNESTO, 1983, MINA EL POTOSI Deposit:: DE LA FUENTE L., F.E., 1969 Deposit:: HEWITT, W.T., 1943, Deposit:: MEGAW, PETER K.M., 1990, Deposit:: PADILLA, G.R.A., 1987