Mine detail: El Trinidad Group

Previously called 'Sangre De CristoSan JoseSan Antonio De Padua MineLas Animas'

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Location: San Luis Potosi, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 23.00048, -100.50036
dep_id: 60001067
mrds_id: MX22002
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: STOCKWORK, DISSEMINATIONS, OCCASIONAL VEINS OF CINNABAR
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
alteration: LIMESTONE IS SEVERELY BRECCIATED BY GEYSER ACTION TO A GRAVEL OR IMPERVIOUS GRAVELLY CLAY. THE GYPSUM BEDS ARE ALSO DERIVED FROM LIMESTONE.
conc_proc: GYPSUM RICH HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS
ore_ctrl: DISTINCT FISSURE ON FAULT SYSTEM, OFTEN PARALLELING BEDDING. MINERALIZATION OF FOOTWALL OF FAULT BRECCIAS IS COMMON.
Structure: PRE-ORE FAULTS AND FISSURES (INTRUSION ASSOCIATED?)
References:
  • Deposit:: COLLINS, H.F., 1897, QUICKSLIVER MINING IN THE DISTRICT OF GUADALCAZAR, STATE OF SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO: INST. MINING METALL TRANS., V. 4, P. 121-150.
  • Deposit:: MOCTEAR, J. 1897, MINING AND METALLURGY OF QUICKSILVER IN MEXICO: INST. MINING METALL. TRANS., V. 4, P. 64-120.
  • Deposit:: WITTICH, E., AND ROGOTZY, F., 1921, LA GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION MINERO DE GUADALCAZAR, SAN LUIS POTOSI: BOL. MINERO, V. 12
  • Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED USGS REPORT, 1959.
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