Mine detail: Guadalupe Mine

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Location: Nuevo Leon, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 26.8906, -100.22008
dep_id: 10050128
mrds_id: MX17001
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
ore_ctrl: Ore Found Only In Fault Zones, Narrow And Lean In Shale, Lensoid In Limestone, And Filling Breccias Where Faults Intersect Porphyry Dikes.
Reporter: Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.), Mosier, Dan
hrock_unit: Washita-Fredericksburg (Aurora Formation);Eagle Ford Formation (San Felipe Formation)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Elongated Fold Dome, E-W Fault Dips S
tectonic: Sierra Madre Oriental
yr_lst_prd: 1919
References:
  • Deposit:: WHITING, F.B., 1954, ORE CONTROLS AT THE GUADALUPE MINE, NUEVO LEON, MEXICO: ECON. GEOL., V. 49, P. 493-500
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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