Mine detail: Tayoltita

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Location: Durango, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 24.10041, -105.93384
dep_id: 10084804
mrds_id: W700015
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Acanthite, Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite
gangue: Albite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite
model: 150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
alteration: Silicic, Propylitic
ore_ctrl: Faults
Reporter: Orris, Greta J., Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_type: Lake Sediments,Rhyolite,Andesite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Ne-, E-, And Nw-Trending Faults
disc_yr: 1757
References:
  • Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1666, P. 26-27.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.
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