Mine detail: Las Torres

Previously called 'PurishmaCerro Minera Las TorresGuanajuato UnitSan RafealCedros'

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Location

Lat / long:

21.00056, -101.25038

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1976

Geology

Host rock:	Conglomerate-Footwall
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Granite;Rhyolite-Hanging Wall
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Veta Madra Fault

References

MRDS	W032794
DEP	10081092
Reference	{Deposit:: GROSS, W.H., 1975, NEW ORE DISCOVERY AND SOURCE OF SILVER AND GOLD VEINS, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO: ECON. GEOL., V. 70, P. 1175-1189.}{Deposit:: E/MJ 1978}{Deposit:: WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.}{Production:: GROSS, 1975, P. 1176}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S.