Mine detail: Huahuaxtla Mine

Previously called 'San LuisEsperanzaAurora'

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Location

Lat / long:

18.40067, -99.60033

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Orebody form:	SERIES OF PODLIKE SHOOTS BETWEEN MULLIONS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1925

Geology

Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Normal Faults With Strike-Slip Component. Very Little Evidence Of Compression.
Alteration processes:	Ore Mineral Depends On Oxygen Availability As Indicated By Fe Mineralogy And Pyrite-Marcasite.

References

MRDS	MX11000
DEP	10050115
Reference	{Deposit:: GALLAGHER, D., AND SILICEO, R.P., 1948, GEOLOGY OF THE HAUHUAXTLA MERCURY DISTRICT, STATE OF GUERRERO, MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 960-E, PP. 149-175.}{Deposit:: CAREAGA, J., 1974, LA SITUACION DE LA MINERIA DEL MERCURIO EN MEXICO: CONGR. INT. MERCURIO (TRABAJOS) 1, P. 425-427.}{Deposit:: GALLAGHER, D., AND SILICEO, R.P., 1942, GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATION AT HUAHUAXTLA, MEMO TO DIRECTOR OF INST. GEOL. DE MEX.}{Deposit:: ANON., 1927, EL MINERAL DE HUAHUAXTLA, GUERRERO, BOL. MINERO, V. 24, PP. 10-16.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1932, V. 16, NO. 6, P. 25.}{Deposit:: GALLAGHER, D., 1941, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON MERCURY DEPOSITS IN THE STATE OF GUERRERO, MEXICO: UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}{Production:: GALLAGHER AND SILICEO; GALLAGHER, D., 1941.}
Reporter	Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.), Bolm, Karen S.