Mine detail: Pachuca - Real Del Monte

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Location: Hidalgo, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 20.25059, -98.75031
dep_id: 10084805
mrds_id: W700016
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
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
model: 106: Epithermal vein, Creede
alteration: Propylitic, Silicic, Sericitic, Argillic, Potassium Silicate
Reporter: Orris, Greta J., Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite
disc_yr: 1522
References:
  • 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.
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