Mine detail: Hercules

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Location: Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 28.05027, -103.76714
dep_id: 10084873
mrds_id: W700093
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Iron
Minor mineral: Silica, Ferrosilicon, Calcium, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Trace mineral: Aluminum, Sulfur, Titanium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite
gangue: Apatite, Calcite, Chalcedony
model: 158: Volcanic-hosted magnetite
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_type: Limestone,Rhyolite,Trachyandesite,Andesite,Basalt
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
References:
  • 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;
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