Mine detail: Guadalupana Mine

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Location: Guanajuato, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 20.91723, -100.50036
dep_id: 10098790
mrds_id: MX10000
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
alteration: Rhyolite May Be Altered Or Replaced By Opaline Quartz Or Clay
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Fractured Zones And More Altered Or Ashy Beds. Possible Fault Control.
Reporter: Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.), Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Faults, Not Mapped
References:
  • Deposit:: STORM, 1942, RECON. REPORT ON GUADALUPANA MERCURY MINE, NEAR OBREGON, GTO, USGS.
  • Deposit:: STONE, P.W., 1942, LETTER TO ANTHONY GIBBON: UNPUBLISHED.
  • Production:: STORM, 1942.
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