Mine detail: San Antonio Mine

Previously called 'Nuevo Potosi Co. Mines'

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Location: San Luis Potosi, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 23.00048, -100.50036
dep_id: 10050455
mrds_id: MX22004
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
other_matl: Fluorite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Limestone Is Sometimes Rotten, Sometimes Silicious
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Fissures And Faults May Connect The San Antonio, El Quiote, Santa Maria, And El Trinidad Groups
Reporter: Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Small Faults - Intrusion Related
References:
  • Deposit:: COLLINS, H.F., 1897, QUICKSILVER MINING IN THE DISTRICT OF GUADALCAZAR, STATE OF SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO: INST. MINING METALL., V. 4, P. 121-150.
  • Deposit:: MACTEAR, J., 1897, MINING AND METALLURGY OF QUICKSILVER IN MEXICO: INST. MINING , METALL. TRANS., V. 4, P. 64-120.
  • Deposit:: WITTICH, E. AND ROGOTZY, F., 1921, LA GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION MINERA DE GUADACAZAR, SAN LUIS POTOSI: BOL. MINERO, V.?
  • Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED USGS REPORT, 1959.
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