Mine detail: Cerro De Mercado

Previously called 'El Cerro De Mercado'

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Location: Durango, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 24.05042, -104.66714
dep_id: 10107388
mrds_id: W032793
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Limonite, Magnetite
gangue: Apatite, Augite
orebody_fm: TABULAR, PINCH OUT AT DEPTH
model: 158: Volcanic-hosted magnetite
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith S.
hrock_unit: Rhyolite, Latite
hrock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock,Rhyolite,Latite
arock_type: Rhyolite,Latite
References:
  • FLORES, TEODORO, 1950, GEOLOGIC AND STRUCTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF MEXICO: ECON. GEOL., 1950; V. 45, P. 105-126
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