Mine detail: Coacoyula District

Previously called 'San VidalSanta LuciaRositaSan GrimaldoTabachinNeriSan JoseGuadalupeBonateSan AntonioConchitaLa Luz'

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Location: Guerrero, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 18.30068, -99.55033
dep_id: 10050123
mrds_id: MX11009
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stockwork
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Iron
other_matl: Cinnabar
orebody_fm: CHAMBERS CONNECTED BY LODES
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Solution Cavaties Filled With Breccia, Which Formed By Enlargement Or Fractures And Faults
Reporter: Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.)
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Fractures Enlarged By Solution Are Associated With Thrust Faults Along Bedding Planes. Only The Vertical Fractures Are Productive.
References:
  • Deposit:: NORBERTO DE LA ROSA, 1943, INFORME GENERAL SOBRE EL DISTRITO DE MERCURIO DE COACOYULA EN EL ESTADO DE GUERRERO, MEXICO: ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, DIRECCION GENERAL DE MINAS Y PETROLEO.
  • Deposit:: FOSHAG, 1942, MEMORANDUM. REPORT ON MERCURY OCCURRENCES AT COACOYULA, GUERRERO, MEXICO, USGS.
  • Deposit:: RIES, 1942, MEMO, USGS.
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