Mine detail: Pena Colorada

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Location: Colima, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 19.13821, -103.918
dep_id: 10084827
mrds_id: W700040
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Hematite, Magnetite
model: 62: Skarn Fe
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: COX AND SINGER, 1986, DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, P. 95
  • Deposit:: GOMEZ RUIZ, DAVID, 1961, CRNNR PUB. 3E.
  • Deposit:: PINEDA RAMIREZ, ALVARO, LOPEZ MENDOZA, HECTOR, LY PENA BUENDIA, ARTURO, 1969, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO, Y MAGNETOMETRICO, DEL LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFERES DE PENA COLORADA, MUNICIPIO DE MINATITLAN, COLIMA: CRNNR BOLETIN 77.
  • Reserve-Resource:: GOMEZ RUIZ, 1961
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