| Location: | Oaxaca, Mexico, North America |
| Lat / long: | 17.8507, -96.86693 |
| dep_id: | 10106755 |
| mrds_id: | I002005 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Asbestos |
| Trace mineral: | Magnesite, Manganese, Talc-Soapstone |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Metamorphic |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Brucite, Chrysotile, Pyrolusite |
| gangue: | Aragonite, Calcite, Cordierite, Garnierite, Magnetite, Pectolite, Talc, Tremolite |
| model: | 18: Serpentine-hosted asbestos |
| Reporter: | Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Acatlan Formation |
| hrock_type: | Schist,Serpentinite |
| arock_type: | Diabase,Granite |
| Structure: | Nw-Trending Fracturing |
| tectonic: | Peninsula De Oaxaca |
| References: |
- Deposit:: RAMIREZL., J.C., 1991, GEOLOGY OF THE PEGASO ASBESTOS DEPOSIT, CONCEPCION, PAPALO, SUICATLAN, OAXACA, IN SALAS, G.P., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, MEXICO: BOULDER, COLORADO, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA, V. P-3, P. 343-347
- Other Database:: CIMRI
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