Mine detail: Cerro San Gilberto

Previously called 'Cerro PrietoMina El Cua'

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Location

Lat / long: 25.80035, -103.66712

Resource(B)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Manganese, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Malachite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Shale,Limestone
Structure:Deposit Is On Nw Side Of Anticline. There, The Beds Strike N10w, Dip Ssw. Ns Fractures Dip E.
Alteration processes:Local Silicification Of Limestone

References

MRDSMX09000
DEP10100761
Reference{Deposit:: GALLAGHER, D., 1943, MEMORANDUM TO MR. HEWITT: THE MERCURY DEPOSIT AT CERRO SAN GILBERTO, DURANGO}{Production:: GALLAGHER, 1943}
ReporterSlagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.)