Mine detail: Descubridora

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Location: Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 28.67525, -106.03386
dep_id: 10049531
mrds_id: MX02269
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Iron, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Calcite, Selenite
orebody_fm: MANTO
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.), Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_type: Limestone
disc_yr: 1899
References:
  • Deposit:: GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, 20TH, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 195-197.
  • 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, 1985, CHIHUAHUA
  • Production:: GONZALEZ, 1956.
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