Mine detail: San Nicolas Mine

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Location: Tamaulipas, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 24.72541, -98.87893
dep_id: 10050468
mrds_id: MX25009
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena
gangue: Calcite, Siderite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Alkalic Intrusive Rock
Year first produced: 1886
yr_lst_prd: 1912
disc_yr: 1767
discr: Spanish Colonists
References:
  • Deposit:: BASTIN, E.S., 1937, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, IN KELLUM, L.B., ED., THE GEOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: ANN ARBOR, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS, P. 159-206.
  • Deposit:: WENTWORTH, I.H., 1912, THE SAN NICOLAS DISTRICT, SAN NICOLAS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 43, P. 304-313.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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