Mine detail: El Maguey

Previously called 'Leon Area'

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Location: Guanajuato, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 21.18526, -101.52816
dep_id: 10050082
mrds_id: MX10037
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Tungsten, Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bismuthinite, Scheelite
gangue: Chlorite, Epidote, Pyrite, Quartz, Specularite
orebody_fm: STRATIFORM VEIN
ore_ctrl: Ore Not On Lineament.
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_type: Felsic Volcanic Rock
Structure: N45w Normal Fault, West Down. N50w, 40sw Vein 375 M Long, 3.5 M Wide.
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Deposit:: INEGI, 1975, GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC 1:50,000 QUADRANGLE.
  • Deposit:: CONSEJO RECURSOS MINERALES, 1992, GEOLOGICAL-MINING MONOGRAPH OF THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO: SECRETARIA DE ENERGIA, MINAS E INDUSTRIA PARAESTATAL, 136 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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