Mine detail: El Mesquite Gacho

Previously called 'Rio Grande'

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Location: Zacatecas, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 23.83376, -102.9171
dep_id: 10050545
mrds_id: MX29007
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Mercury
orebody_fm: PLANAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Significantly Absent
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Nw Trending Faults Containing Calcite, Locally Silicified
Reporter: Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.)
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
arock_type: Trachyte,Andesite
References:
  • SCHUETTE, C.N., 1931, REPORT ON QUICKSILVER PROPERTY NEAR TETILLAS, ZACATECAS, MEXICO, UNPUBLISHED
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