Mine detail: Cerro San Gilberto

Previously called 'Cerro PrietoMina El Cua'

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Location: Durango, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 25.80035, -103.66712
dep_id: 10100761
mrds_id: MX09000
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Trace mineral: Manganese, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Malachite
work_type: Unknown
alteration: Local Silicification Of Limestone
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Localized Below Shale Bed. No Strong Structural Control, Apparently. A Small N40w Fault Dipping 55 Ne May Influence Location.
Reporter: Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.)
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone
Structure: Deposit Is On Nw Side Of Anticline. There, The Beds Strike N10w, Dip Ssw. Ns Fractures Dip E.
References:
  • Deposit:: GALLAGHER, D., 1943, MEMORANDUM TO MR. HEWITT: THE MERCURY DEPOSIT AT CERRO SAN GILBERTO, DURANGO
  • Production:: GALLAGHER, 1943
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