Mine detail: Noche Buena Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

18.25068, -99.667

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	STRATIFORM

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Folding Of Sediments. Overlying Rhyolite Is Flat.
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Decomposition Of Limestone To Soft Calcareous Aggregate And Residual Clay Caps. Also Redistribution Of Iron Minerals In Weathered Zone.

References

MRDS	MX11006
DEP	10050120
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHULZE, G., 1942, LETTER TO MR. J.F. FERNANDEZ DEL VALLE, UNPUBLISHED}{Reserve-Resource:: SCHULZE, 1942.}
Reporter	Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.)