Mine detail: Pachuca - Real Del Monte

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Location

Lat / long:

20.25059, -98.75031

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron
Ore:	Acanthite, Allophane, Anglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Manganite, Marcasite, Miargyrite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Siderite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Albite, Anhydrite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Chlorite, Dolomite, Epidote, Feldspar, Fluorite, Goethite, Gypsum, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Opal, Prehnite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sericite
Discovery year:	1522

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite
Alteration processes:	Propylitic, Silicic, Sericitic, Argillic, Potassium Silicate

References

MRDS	W700016
DEP	10084805
Reference	{Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1666, P. 22-23.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1990, MEXICAN SALE OF PACHUCA: MINING JOURNAL, V. 314, NO. 8060, P. 171.}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J., Bolm, Karen S.