Mine detail: Palmarejo

Previously called 'Juan De Dios'

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Location: Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 27.37528, -108.42142
dep_id: 10049511
mrds_id: MX02238
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Gold, Silver, Stephanite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Schruben, Paul
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite,Granite
disc_yr: 1824
References:
  • Deposit:: GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 98-102
  • Production:: GONZALEZ, 1956.
  • Reserve-Resource:: Bogan, Jesse, 2009, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; Forbes, May 25, 2009, pp 56-58.
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