Mine detail: La Bretana Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

24.66569, -99.08644

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron, Copper
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Magnetite, Malachite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Specularite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metamorphic
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Limestone
Associated type:	Diabase
Alteration processes:	Garnetization In Diorite Porphyry, Recrystallized Limestone, Diabase Dike Unaltered Except For Much Secondary Calcite

References

MRDS	MX25023
DEP	10111482
Reference	{Deposit:: BASTIN, E.S., 1937, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, IN KELLUM, L.B., ED., THE GEOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: ANN ARBOR, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS, P. 159-206.}{Deposit:: KEMP, J.F., 1906, THE COPPER DEPOSITS AT SAN JOSE, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 36, P. 178-203.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.)