Mine detail: Charcas

Previously called 'Charcas Unit'

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Location

Lat / long: 23.11716, -101.10038

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper, Lead, Silver
Other material: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1583

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer

Geology

References

MAS2010450007
DEP10303253
Reference{Deposit:: EMJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1975.}{Deposit:: EMJ, FOUR CONCENTRATES FROM CHARCAS UNIT, NOV. 1980,}{Deposit:: PP. 125-126.}{Deposit:: INTERNAT. LEAD AND ZINC STUDY GROUP, LEAD AND ZINC NEW MINE}{Deposit:: AND SMELTER PROJECTS, DEC. 1980.}{Deposit:: LOS RECUROS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES DE MEXICO. BULLETIN 73.}{Reserve-Resource:: PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, JANUARY 1989}{Reserve-Resource:: AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE, 1993,}{Reserve-Resource:: P. 38.}
ReporterDifrancesco, Carl A.