Mine detail: El Encino

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Location: Jalisco, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 19.08396, -103.33375
dep_id: 10084859
mrds_id: W700077
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Iron
Minor mineral: Silica, Ferrosilicon
Trace mineral: Calcium, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Hematite, Magnetite
model: 158: Volcanic-hosted magnetite
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_type: Monzonite,Limestone,Latite
arock_type: Monzonite,Latite
References:
  • Deposit:: GOMEZ RUIZ, DAVID, 1961, INVENTARIO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFEROS DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES, PUBLICACION 3-E.
  • Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 1693, P. 173.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 175, NO. 11, P. 99.
  • Deposit:: KLEMIC, HARRY, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, PUERTO RICO, MEXICO, AND CENTRAL AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 411-477.
  • Production:: KLEMIC, 1970
  • Reserve-Resource:: 1974 ESTIMATE IS FROM EMJ, 1974; THE 1970 ESTIMATE IS FROM KLEMIC, 1970; THE LAST ESTIMATE IS FROM GOMEZ RUIZ, 1961.
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