Mine detail: Taxco Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

19.53395, -98.01696

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Tin
Ore:	Cassiterite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEINS & BEDS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1940

Geology

Host rock:	Schist;Limestone;Shale (Calcareous)
Host type:	Schist,Shale,Limestone
Structure:	Numerous Faults

References

MRDS	W018930
DEP	10073106
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.