Mine detail: Xichu District

Previously called 'La Aurora Mine'

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Location: Guanajuato, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 21.32274, -100.03224
dep_id: 60001052
mrds_id: MX10080
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper, Gold
Trace mineral: Mercury, Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: CARBONATE-HOSTED AG-PB-ZN (AU-CU) SKARN AND VEINS
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
model: 73: Polymetallic replacement + skarn Zn-Pb
ore_ctrl: STRUCTURE AND STRATIGRAPHY
Structure: NW AND NE FAULTS, N40W ANTICLINE AT EL ORO AND N40W SYNCLINE AT XICHU 4.3 KM SW OF LA AURORA MINE.
References:
  • Deposit:: INEGI, 1973, GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC, 1:50,000 QUADRANGLE.
  • Deposit:: CONSEJO RECURSOS MINERALES, 1992, GEOLOGICAL-MINING MONOGRAPH OF THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO: SECRETARIA DE ENERGIA, MINAS E INDUSTRIA PARAESTATAL, 136 P.
  • Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, MAPA METALLOGENICO DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES, PUBLICATION 21E, MEXICO D.F., 188 P.
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