Mine detail: La Fortuna

Previously called 'GaleanaInca Y FortunaVeins: Fortuna, Santo Nino, Virgin Julieta, San David'

Location:	Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	30.13741, -107.80198
dep_id:	10049495
mrds_id:	MX02218
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Silver
Minor mineral:	Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral:	Barium-Barite
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Quartz
model:	106: Epithermal vein, Creede
alteration:	Wallrock Alteration Restricted To A Few Meters Of Silicification And Quartz Veining In Volcanics, And Local Chloritization In Diorite.
Reporter:	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
arock_type:	Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure:	Many Nw Trending 10-20 Km Long Structures Cut Sierra San Joaquin-Sierra Del Cristo Areas.
References:	Deposit:: GILES, D.A., 1983, EXPLORATION AT THE FORTUNA SILVER PROPERTY, 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. 317. Deposit:: GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL (DURANGO, MX), P. 44-45. 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:: GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A,B. 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. Deposit:: SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1983, NUEVO CASAS GRANDES: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000. Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 189. Production:: GILES, 1983.