Mine detail: La Union Mine Group

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Location: Guerrero, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 18.25068, -99.66703
dep_id: 60001054
mrds_id: MX11002
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Minor mineral: Mercury, Antimony
Trace mineral: Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: HYDROTHERMAL STOCKWORK
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Prospect
alteration: SOME ANHYDRITE AND DOLOMITE ARE PREORE HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF LIMESTONE
conc_proc: ALKALI SOLUTIONS ENCOUNTER NATIVE SULFUR
ore_ctrl: SOLUTION CHIMNEYS AND BRECCIA ALIGNED ALONG JOINTS
Structure: PRE-ORE REVERSE FAULTS, BRECCIATION, ISOCLINAL FOLDS. TREND N-NW. PREORE BLOCK FAULTS?
References:
  • Deposit:: TUNNELL, G., ET AL, 1976, ON THE ORIGIN OF LIVINGSTONITE DEPOSITS AT HUITZUCO, GUERRERO, MEXICO: MINER. DEPOSITA, 11, P. 71-82.
  • Deposit:: MCALLISTER, J.F., AND HERNANDEZ ORTIZ, D., 1945, QUICKSILVER ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF HUITZUCO, GUERRERO, MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 946-B, P. 49-71.
  • Deposit:: VAUPELL, C.W., 1937, MERCURY DEPOSITS OF HUITZUCO, GUERRERO, MEXICO: AM. INST. MINING METALL. ENGINEERS TECH PUB. 842, P. 1-14.
  • Deposit:: CHASE, H., RINGS OF FIRE, THE STORY OF MERCURY, UNPUBLISHED DATA.
  • Deposit:: CAREAGA, J., ET AL, 1974, LA SITUACION DEL MINERA DEL MERCURIO EN MEXICO: CONGR. INT. MERCURIO (TRABAJOS), NO. 1, VOL. 2, P. 425-42?.
  • Deposit:: BOLIVAR, J.M., 1963, GEOLOGIA DEL AREA DELIMITADA POR EL TOMATAL, HUITZUCO Y MAYANALAN, ESTADO DE GUERRERO: UNIV. NAC. AUTO. DE MEX. BOL. 69, PP. 26-28.
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