Mine detail: La Cruz Mine

Previously called 'Mina Mercurio'

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Location: Zacatecas, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 23.83376, -103.21711
dep_id: 10050542
mrds_id: MX29002
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: SHOOTS ()
work_type: Unknown
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Ore Defies Gross Structural Control, Cutting Across Bedding And Faults. Hand Specimens Do Show Control In Detail. Veinlets Occur In Joints And Ore Is Generally Beneath Shale Or Fault Gouge.
Reporter: Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.)
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
arock_type: Rhyolite
References:
  • Deposit:: STORM, L.W., AND RIGBY, J.H., 1942, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SAIN ALTO DISTRICT, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, 1959, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, USGS.
  • Deposit:: GALLAGHER, D., 1959, UNPUBLISHED NOTES.
  • Production:: BAILEY, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
  • Reserve-Resource:: STORM AND RIGBY, 1942.
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