Mine detail: Charcas Mine

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Location: San Luis Potosi, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 23.13018, -101.11066
dep_id: 10089349
mrds_id: W018916
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Zinc
Minor mineral: Lead, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Limestone
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
alteration: Wall Rock Alteration
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Shales
hrock_type: Shale
Year first produced: 1910
References:
  • Deposit:: LOZANO, J.M.M., 1967, GEOLOGIA Y MINERALIZACION DE LOS PRINCIPALES DISTRITOS DEL ESTADO DE SAN LUIS POTOSI; GEOLOGIA Y METALURGIA V. 3 NO. 20 P. 26 - 29
  • Production:: E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY, 1976, P 255. LOZAN, J. M. M., 1967, GEOLOGIA Y METALLURGIA V 3, NO 20 P. 29.
  • Reserve-Resource:: E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1976, P. 255
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