Mine detail: Las Truchas Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 18.00069, -102.3504

Resource(B)

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Sulfur, Copper, Silica, Ferrosilicon
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore: Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite
Gangue: Epidote, Garnet

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Diorite

References

MRDSW700041
DEP10084828
Reference{Deposit:: GOMEZ RUIZ, DAVID, 1961, CRNNR PUB 3E.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1974, NOVEMBER, P. 98-99.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, P. 95.}{Deposit:: TORON VILLEGAS, LUIS, AND ESTEVE TORRES, ADRIAN, 1948, THE PROGRAM FOR THE SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF RAW MATERIAL RESERVES IN THE MEXICAN IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE BANK OF MEXIC* OFFICE OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH: OFICINA DE INVESTIGACIONES INDUSTRIALES DE BANCO DE MEXICO, 23 P.}{Reserve-Resource:: THE 1948 FIGURE IS FROM TORON VILLEGAS AND ESTEVE TORRES, 1948; THE 1974 ESTIMATE WAS PUBLISHED IN EMJ, 1974; AND THE 1961 ESTIMATE IS FROM GOMEZ RUIZ, 1961.}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R.