| Location: | Zacatecas, Mexico, North America |
| Lat / long: | 23.08376, -102.36711 |
| dep_id: | 60001078 |
| mrds_id: | MX29009 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Mercury |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | ANTICLINE AXES, FRACTURES, INTERSECTIONS, BRECCIA ZONES |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| alteration: | SILICIFICATION OF PRE-ORE FAULTS |
| conc_proc: | HYDROTHERMAL |
| ore_ctrl: | BEST ORE AT INTERSECTION OF ANTICLINE AXES AND N 30 W FRACTURES. THE SYNCLINES AND N 10 E FRACTURES ARE BARREN. BEST ORE FOUND IN CENTRAL BLOCK, WHICH IS STRATIGRAPHICALLY LOWER AND HAS LESS SHALE. |
| Structure: | N 70 E FOLDS OF 3 SIZE ORDERS; THRUSTS DEVELOPED ALONG FOLD AXES AND ELSEWHERE; RETICULATE FRACTURES; N 10 E AND N 30 W; WIDE BRECCIA ZONES, N 70 E AND N 30 W. BAOUDARY FAULT, A RANGE FAULT, NW MORE HORST FAULTING ALONG N 70 E TREND, WITH GREATEST UPLIFT OF CENTRAL CLAVO BLOCK., REGIONAL TILT OF 25 SW |
| disc_yr: | 1940 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: GALLAGHER, D., AND PEREZ-SILICEO, 1943, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON NUEVO MERCURIO: UNPUBLISHED USGS REPORT.
- Deposit:: GALLAGHER, D., 1942, NUMEROUS LETTERS AND MEMOS TO MR. HEWETT, UNPUBLISHED.
- Deposit:: BAILEY, E., 1959, NUEVO MERCURIO DISTRICT, UNPUBLISHED SUMMARY.
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