Mine detail: Telixtlahuaca

Previously called 'San Francisco Telixtlahuaca'

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Location

Lat / long: 17.33405, -96.86692

Resource(N)

Primary: Graphite
Discovery year: 1950

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1980
Last production ended: 1985

Geology

Host rock:Complejo Metamorfico;Complejo Metamorfico;
Host type:Gneiss

References

MRDSISM0074
DEP10106765
Reference{Deposit:: ZAMORA, S.M. ET AL., 1975: GEOLOGIA DE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE GRAFITO CRISTALINO EN EL ESTADO DE OAXACA.- CONS. RECURS. MIN; 5.EXPLOR. SEMINAR, MEXICO 1975}{Deposit:: GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXIC* INDUSTRIAL MINERALS MEETING MANAN* CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.}{Deposit:: HARRIES-REES, KAREN, 1993, GRAPHITE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 305, P. 27-45.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: MINERALS YEARBOOK, USBM, VOL.III; GRIFFITHS, 1988.}
ReporterKrauss, Ulrich H., Orris, Greta J.