Mine detail: Realejo Basin

Previously called 'Santa Elena Fan'

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Location: San Luis Potosi, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 23.00048, -100.50036
dep_id: 10050456
mrds_id: MX22005
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin, Mercury, Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cassiterite, Cinnabar, Gold
conc_proc: Placer. Compacted But Not Cemented
ore_ctrl: Karst Topography
Reporter: Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.)
hrock_type: Gravel
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Sinkholes
References:
  • FRIES, CARL, AND SCHMITTER, EDUARDO, 1948, TIN-BEARING PLACERS NEAR GUADALCAZAR, STATE OF SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 960-D, P. 109-149
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