Mine detail: Frisco & Clarines Zn, Pb, Ag, Au, F Mines

Previously called 'San Francisco & Clarines'

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Location

Lat / long:

26.93364, -105.71718

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Ilvaite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1655

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Calcareous Shale
Host type:	Shale
Associated type:	Monzonite,Rhyolite
Structure:	Assymetrical Anticline, Numerous Drag Folds And Reverse Faults.

References

MRDS	W018918
DEP	10073100
Reference	{Deposit:: KOCH, G. S. JR., 1956, THE FRISCO MINE, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO; ECON. GEOL. V. 51 NO. 1. P 1 - 40.}{Deposit:: KOCH, G. S. JR., LINK, R. F., 1963, DISTRIBUTION OF METALS IN THE DON THOMAS VEIN, FRISCO MINE, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO; ECON. GEOL. V. 58, P 1061 - 1070}{Deposit:: PICKARD, G.W., 1974, GEOLOGY OF MEXICAN FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS, IN HUTCHESON, D.W., ED., A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 22, P. 23-30.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: SKINNE * MINING INTL. YBK., 1975, P 382}{Reserve-Resource:: SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P 382}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J., Staude, John-Mark G.