Mine detail: El Fenomeno

Previously called 'Rosa De Castilla'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.13342, -116.13415

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Tertiary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Scheelite
Gangue:	Axinite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Diopside, Garnet, Idocrase, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1917

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1917

Geology

Host type:	Marble
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Caverns And Wide Fissures In Marble Extend As Far Down As Deepest Workings, 93 M Below Surface.

References

MRDS	MX00229
DEP	10104175
Reference	{Deposit:: FRIES, CARL AND SCHMITTER, EDUARDO, 1945, SCHEELITE DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF SIERRA DE JUAREZ NORTHERN TERRITORY LOWER CALIFORNIA, MEXICO: USGS BULL 946-C, P. 73-101.}{Deposit:: GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: USGS CIRCULAR 858-A,B.}{Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 186-189.}{Production:: FRIES AND SCHMITTER, 1945, P. 83.}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R., Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.)