Location: | Queretaro De Arteaga, Mexico, North America |
Lat / long: | 20.86726, -99.61703 |
dep_id: | 60001064 |
mrds_id: | MX20001 |
Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Mercury |
Trace mineral: | Strontium, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Nickel, Lead, Zirconium, Copper, Arsenic |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | SULFIDE HG SMALL VEIN |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore_ctrl: | MINES ARE STRUNG ALONG POSTULATED FAULT. NATIVE HG IS IN FRACTURES AT LA NEGRA FACIES, A LIMESTONE WITH CHERT LENSES. |
Structure: | POSTULATED FAULT IN ORDUNA STREAM |
References: |
- Deposit:: ZAMORA, S., 1970, DEPOSITOS MINERALES, IN MINERIA PREHISPANICA EN LA SIERRA DE QUERETARO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES.
- Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, METALLOGENIC MAP OF MEXICO, SCALE 1:2,000,000: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PLATE 1.
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