Mine detail: Manuel Benavides

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Location: Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 29.04607, -103.91714
dep_id: 10049515
mrds_id: MX02244
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite, Magnetite
gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Limonite, Quartz
model: 62: Skarn Fe
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Hornblendite
Structure: Large Anticline.
References:
  • Deposit:: GOMEZ R., D., 1961, INVENTARIO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFEROS DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES PUBLICACION 3 E, (CHIHUAHUA LOC. 3).
  • Deposit:: GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, 20TH, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 170-177.
  • Deposit:: COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.
  • 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, 1984, MANUEL BENAVIDES: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.
  • Reserve-Resource:: GOMEZ, 1961.
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