Mine detail: Naica

Previously called 'Naica MineMina Gibraltar'

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Location

Lat / long: 27.86697, -105.50051

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Copper, Cadmium, Gold, Tungsten
Other material: Molybdenite, Scheelite
Discovery year: 1794

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1951

Geology

References

MAS2010110010
DEP10181941
Reference{Deposit:: GEOLOGIA DE LOS DISTRITOS MINEROSEN EL DISTRITO NAICA, ESTAD}{Deposit:: CHIHUAHUA. COMPANIA FRESNILLO S.A. ENG. ERASMO A. DUARTE}{Deposit:: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS-MEXICO,}{Deposit:: CONFIDENTIAL REPORT TO DAVY MCKEE CORP. FOR MINE/DEPOSIT}{Deposit:: PROFILE REPORT.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, 1980}{Deposit:: FRESILLO FINDING WAY TO EXPAND ENGINEERING AND MINING}{Deposit:: JOURNAL, NOV. 1980.}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1981.}{Reserve-Resource:: E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1980.}{Reserve-Resource:: AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE 1993,}{Reserve-Resource:: P. 31.}
ReporterDifrancesco, Carl A.