Mine detail: Avino

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Location: Durango, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 24.51707, -104.23379
dep_id: 10084806
mrds_id: W700017
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
gangue: Quartz
alteration: Silicic
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Syenite,Quartz Monzonite,Dacite,Andesite
disc_yr: 1550
References:
  • Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1666, P. 12-13.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.
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