Mine detail: Huahuaxtla Mine

Previously called 'San LuisEsperanzaAurora'

Location:	Guerrero, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	18.40067, -99.60033
dep_id:	10050115
mrds_id:	MX11000
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Mercury
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
orebody_fm:	SERIES OF PODLIKE SHOOTS BETWEEN MULLIONS
work_type:	Surface/Underground
alteration:	Ore Mineral Depends On Oxygen Availability As Indicated By Fe Mineralogy And Pyrite-Marcasite.
conc_proc:	From Solutions. Red Cinnabar Indicates Alkaline Depositional Environment. Metacinnabar Indicates Neutral To Acid? Native Hg Deposited In Reducing Carbonaceous Shales?
ore_ctrl:	Huahuaxtla Fault; Breccia; Tenor And Form Strongly Controlled By Long Mullions. Best Ore Down Dip Of Mullions In Limestone Footwall Breccia. Also In The Finer Shale Breccia Which Offers Max. Specific Surface.
Reporter:	Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.), Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type:	Shale,Limestone
arock_type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Normal Faults With Strike-Slip Component. Very Little Evidence Of Compression.
Year first produced:	1925
References:	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 Deposit:: GALLAGHER, D., 1941, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON MERCURY DEPOSITS IN THE STATE OF GUERRERO, MEXICO: UNPUBLISHED REPORT.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.