Mine detail: Tayoltita

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

24.10041, -105.93384

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Acanthite, Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite
Gangue:	Albite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite
Discovery year:	1757

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Lake Sediments,Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Ne-, E-, And Nw-Trending Faults
Alteration processes:	Silicic, Propylitic

References

MRDS	W700015
DEP	10084804
Reference	{Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1666, P. 26-27.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J., Staude, John-Mark G.