Mine detail: Santa Elena Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

24.68013, -99.08005

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Iron
Secondary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Molybdenite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Pyrrhotite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Alteration processes:	Garnetization And Pyritization (Diorite) Pyrite-Tremolite (Limestone) Garnet-Epidote-Magnetite Endo/Exo Skarn

References

MRDS	MX25020
DEP	10050478
Reference	{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:: KEMP, J.F., 1906, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF SAN JOSE, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 36, P. 178-203.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.)