Mine detail: Torreoncillos

Previously called 'MercurioNeptunoDos EstrellasUranoMinerva'

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Location

Lat / long: 27.16697, -105.83385

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury, Lead
Tertiary: Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony
Ore: Cerussite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Galena, Malachite
Gangue: Barite, Pyrite, Smithsonite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Prospect
First production started: 1943

Geology

Host type:Shale,Sandstone
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Small Faults And Wrinkle Folds
Alteration processes:Oxidation And Supergene At Least 75 M Downward

References

MRDSMX02887
DEP10097322
Reference{Deposit:: GALLAGHER, D., 1943, MEMORANDUM FOR MR. HEWITT, USGS OF FILE WITH J. RYTUBA.}{Deposit:: GALLAGHER, D., (194*), REPORT ON MERCURY MINES OF SRES. RODRIGUEZ & DOMINGUEZ: UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}{Reserve-Resource:: GALLAGHER, D., 194*.}
ReporterSlagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.), Bolm, Karen S. (Staude, John-Mark G.)