Mine detail: El Monte & El Carrizal

Previously called '2010210006El Monte and El CarrizalZimapanCarrizal AreaZimapan/Carrizal Unit Old Seq#'

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Location

Lat / long: 20.75057, -99.38363

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Zinc, Lead
Tertiary: Copper, Gold
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Meneghinite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1632

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1920

Geology

References

MAS2010210005
DEP10158027
Reference{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1978 PP 153, 318.}{Deposit:: MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1981 PP 327, 332.}{Geology:: SIMONS, FRANK S., AND MAPES, EDUARDO V., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ZIMAPAN MINING DISTRICT, STATE OF HIDALGO, MEXICO, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PROF. PAP. 284, 1956.}{Production:: ROVIROSA, NOCOLAS Y., HYDROMET MAY FREE SMALL LEAD DISTRICTS FROM THE SMELTER, MINING ENGINEERING, FEB. 1979, PP 147-149}{Reserve-Resource:: INDUSTRIAS PENOLES, S.A. DE C.V., PENOLES GRUPO MINAS, COMPANY REPORT, CIA. FRESNILLO, S.A. DE C.V., UNIDAD ZIMAPAN, JUNIO (JUNE), 1991.}
ReporterDifrancesco, Carl A. / Buckingham, David A.