Mine detail: Luz Julieta

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

28.41692, -107.11723

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1932

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Felsic Volcanic Rock
Structure:	High Angle Ew And Ne-Sw Trending Faults With Pronounced Shear Zones; Basal Brecciation Due To Interformational Downcreep; Regional Tilt 30 Ne.
Alteration processes:	Local Kaolinitization Increases Degree Of Impregnation.

References

MRDS	MX02354
DEP	10049592
Reference	{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, 1985, CHIHUAHUA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: MINING WORLD, 1957, OLD MEXIC * NEWEST MERCURY MINE DEVELOPED BY CIA. MINERA PERALTA: MINING WORLD, V. 19, NO. 9, P. 47.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: MINING WORLD, 1957, V. 19, NO. 9, P. 47.}
Reporter	Staude, John-Mark G., Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.)