Mine detail: La Cruz Mine Zone

Location:	Guerrero, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	18.25068, -99.66703
dep_id:	60001056
mrds_id:	MX11004
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Antimony, Mercury
Trace mineral:	Sulfur
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	HYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT AND STOCKWORK
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
alteration:	DOLONITE IS HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF LIMESTONE. ANHYDRITE BOTH SEDIMENTARY AND ALTERED FROM LIMESTONE.
conc_proc:	ALKALI SOLUTIONS ENCOUNTER NATIVE SULFUR
Structure:	PRE-ORE REVERSE FAULTS, BRECCIATION, ISOCLINAL FOLDS. N TO NW TREND. ALSO POSSIBLE PRE-ORE BLOCK FAULTING
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 Deposit:: CHASE, H., RINGS OF FIRE, THE STORY OF MERCURY, UNPUBLISHED DATA.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.