Mine detail: Fresnillo Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

23.15046, -102.85042

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEINS AND A FEW MANTOS AND CHIMNEYS (DISSEMINATED)
Discovery year:	1554

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1554

Geology

Host type:	Siltstone
Structure:	Small Quartz Porphyry Stock, A Few Dikes
Alteration processes:	Oxidation To 100 M Depth

References

MRDS	W018917
DEP	10073099
Reference	{Deposit:: STONE, J. B., 1956, NOTES ON THE FRESNILLO MINING DISTRICT OF ZACATECAS; INTL. GEOL. CONG., 20TH, GUIDEBOOK A-2 (ENG TRANS) P. 111-113}{Deposit:: VILLASENOR, LUIS, 1968, APPLICATION OF GEOLOGY IN DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLOITATION OF THE NAICA AND FRESNILLO MINES, MEXICO; ECON. GEOL. V. 63 P 701}{Deposit:: KOCH, G. S. JR., LINK, R. F., 1967, GEOMETRY OF METAL DISTRIBUTION IN 5 VEINS OF THE FRESNILLO MINE, ZACATECAS, MEXICO; U.S. BU MINES REP. INV. 6919, 64 P.}{Production:: RAUSCH, D. O., MARIACHER, B. C., 1970, AIME SYMP. PB-ZN V.I P. 924. STONE, J.B., 1956, FRESNILLO, INTL. GEOL. CONG. 20TH, GUIDEBOOK A-2 (ENG. TRANS.) P 111.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.