Mine detail: Cerro De Mercado

Previously called 'El Cerro De Mercado'

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Location

Lat / long:

24.05042, -104.66714

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Limonite, Magnetite
Gangue:	Apatite, Augite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, PINCH OUT AT DEPTH

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Rhyolite, Latite
Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Rhyolite,Latite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Latite

References

MRDS	W032793
DEP	10107388
Reference	FLORES, TEODORO, 1950, GEOLOGIC AND STRUCTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF MEXICO: ECON. GEOL., 1950; V. 45, P. 105-126
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S.