Mine detail: El Leon

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Location: Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 30.61629, -107.66865
dep_id: 10049496
mrds_id: MX02219
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Copper, Molybdenum, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Aurichalcite, Galena, Hematite, Hemimorphite, Malachite, Mimetite, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
orebody_fm: CHIMNEY, MANTO
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
ore_ctrl: Lithologic Control, Possible Structural Control
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL (DURANGO, MX), P. 39-43.
  • 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.
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