Mine detail: Coacoyula District

Previously called 'San VidalSanta LuciaRositaSan GrimaldoTabachinNeriSan JoseGuadalupeBonateSan AntonioConchitaLa Luz'

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Location

Lat / long:

18.30068, -99.55033

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Gangue:	Iron
Orebody form:	CHAMBERS CONNECTED BY LODES
Other material:	Cinnabar

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stockwork
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Fractures Enlarged By Solution Are Associated With Thrust Faults Along Bedding Planes. Only The Vertical Fractures Are Productive.
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal

References

MRDS	MX11009
DEP	10050123
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.)