Mine detail: Taxco Mines

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Location: Guerrero, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 19.53395, -98.01696
dep_id: 10073106
mrds_id: W018930
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Cassiterite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Actinolite, Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEINS & BEDS
ore_ctrl: Faults (Vein Deposits) Favorable Host Rock Lithology (Replacement Beds In Shale)
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Schist;Limestone;Shale (Calcareous)
hrock_type: Schist,Shale,Limestone
Structure: Numerous Faults
Year first produced: 1940
References:
  • Deposit:: FOWLER, G. M. ET AL, 1948, THE TAXCO MINING DISTRICT, GUERRERO; INTL. GEOL. CONG. 18TH, SYMP. ON ORES OF PB, ZN, P 107 - 11
  • Reserve-Resource:: E/MJ INTL DIRECTORY 1975, P.
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