Mine detail: Fresnillo

Previously called 'Fresnillo MineCerro De ProanoMinas De ProanoUnidad FresnilloHacienda Proano'

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Location

Lat / long:

23.17516, -102.87792

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Zinc
Other material:	Argentite, Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Marmatite, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Discovery year:	1554

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Plant
First production started:	1926

Geology

References

MAS	2010610001
DEP	10230494
Reference	{Deposit:: BIBLIOG.: GEOLOGIA,METODOS DE EXPLOTACION 7 BENEFICIO DE LOS}{Deposit:: YACIMIENTOS MINERALES EN EL DISTRITO DE FRESNILLO,ZAC. EN}{Deposit:: VELAZQUEZ S., MANUEL MENDEZ CH., CARLOS E. RABLING, RAFAE}{Deposit:: TORREZ P. FRESNILLO,AGOSTO 1973}{Deposit:: LOS RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES DE MEXICO, CRNNR BUL 73}{Deposit:: RTZ MINE INFORMATION SYSTEM, 1973}{Reserve-Resource:: INDUSTRIAS PENOLES, S.A. DE C.V., PENOLES GRUPO MINAS, CIA.}{Reserve-Resource:: FRESNILLO, S.A. DE. C.V., UNIDAN FRESNILLO, JUNE 1991,}{Reserve-Resource:: PAGE 11.}{Reserve-Resource:: AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE 1993,}{Reserve-Resource:: P. 31, 38, 44, 48.}
Reporter	Peterson, Gary R.