Mine detail: Hercules

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 28.05027, -103.76714

Resource(B)

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Silica, Ferrosilicon, Calcium, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Aluminum, Sulfur, Titanium
Ore: Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite
Gangue: Apatite, Calcite, Chalcedony

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Limestone,Rhyolite,Trachyandesite,Andesite,Basalt
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDSW700093
DEP10084873
Reference{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER, 1974, P. 98-99.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, P. 173.}{Deposit:: KLEMIC, HARRY, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PUERTO RICO, MEXICO, AND CENTRAL AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 411-477.}{Deposit:: VALASCO HERNANDEZ, J., 1964, ESTUDIOS GEOLOGICO Y GEOFISICO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFEROS DE HERCULES, COAHUILA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES BOLETIN 68.}{Deposit:: GOMEZ RUIZ, DAVID, 1961, INVENTARIO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFEROS DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES PUBLICACION 3E.}{Reserve-Resource:: VELASCO HERNANDEZ, 1964;}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R.