Mine detail: El Mesquite Gacho

Previously called 'Rio Grande'

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Location

Lat / long:

23.83376, -102.9171

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury
Orebody form:	PLANAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Associated type:	Trachyte,Andesite
Alteration processes:	Significantly Absent

References

MRDS	MX29007
DEP	10050545
Reference	SCHUETTE, C.N., 1931, REPORT ON QUICKSILVER PROPERTY NEAR TETILLAS, ZACATECAS, MEXICO, UNPUBLISHED
Reporter	Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.)