Mine detail: Canoas District

Previously called 'Winze 48San Alfredo MineLa Cruz MineJesus MineSan Antonio MineSanta Catarina MineShaft 120'

Location:	Zacatecas, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	22.2005, -101.83369
dep_id:	60001074
mrds_id:	MX29000
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Mercury
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	DISSEMINATED IN STOCKWORK
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
alteration:	LATER ALKALINE SOLUTIONS DEPOSITED OPAL, MONTMORILLONITE, CHALCEDONY AND CINNABAR.
conc_proc:	HYDROTHERMAL AT VERY SHALLOW DEPTH. POSSIBLE COLLOIDAL PROCESS.
ore_ctrl:	COMPLEX FRACTURES IN THE TOP OF THE LATITE FORM SIX MAJOR LODES. THE FRACTURING WAS CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH TECTONIC DOMING AND ALLOWED MORE INTENSE ALTERATION. THE INDIVIDUAL FRACTURES OF EACH LODE ARE 1 MM - 2 CM THICK AND ARE SO DENSE IN THE UPPER PART OF THE ORE ZONE AS TO BE A STOCKWORK.
Structure:	INTERSECTING FRACTURES IN CREST OF LATITE STRUCTURAL DOME. FLOW STRUCTURES IN RHYOLITE INDICATE PRESENCE OF DOME.
References:	Deposit:: GALLAGHER, D., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF CANOAS, ZACATECAS, MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 975-B, PP. 47-85. Deposit:: GALLAGHER, D., 1957, GEOLOGIA DE LOS YACIMIENTOS MERCURIALES DE CANOAS, ESTADO DE ZACATECAS: INST. NAC. INV. REC. MIN. BOL. NO 39, 47 P. (SPANISH TRANSLATION BY GUTIERREZ) Deposit:: GONZALEZ REYNA, JENACA, 1946, LA INDUSTRIA MINERA EN EL ESTADO DE ZACATECAS: COM. DIR. INV. RECURSOS MIN. BOL. 4, 127 P. Deposit:: GALLAGHER, D. 1942, MEMO TO MR. HEWETT: RECONNAISSANCE VISIT TO CANOAS MERCURY DISTRICT, UNPUBLISHED. Deposit:: BAILEY, E., 1959, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, USGS.