Mine detail: Guanajuato District

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Location:	Guanajuato, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	21.01725, -101.26428
dep_id:	60001223
mrds_id:	MX10028
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper
Minor mineral:	Kaolin, Tin
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
model:	106: Epithermal vein, Creede
ore_ctrl:	FAULT
disc_yr:	1548
discr:	Zacatecan Prospector; Sr. Rayas Discovered Outcrops Of Veta Madre (1550).
References:	Deposit:: INEGI, 1973, GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC, 1:50,000 QUADRANGLE. Deposit:: CONSEJO RECURSOS MINERALES, 1992, GEOLOGICAL-MINING MONOGRAPH OF THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO; SECRETARIA DE ENERGIA, MINAS E INDUSTRIA PARAESTATAL, 136 P. Deposit:: AUTUNEZ, E.F., 1964, MONOGRAFIA HISTORICA Y MINERA SOBRE EL DISTRITO DE GUANAJUATO, MEXICO, D.F.: MEXICO D.F., CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES PUBLICATION 17-E, 590 P. Deposit:: CEPEDA, D., L. J. , 1967, ESTUDIO PETROLOGICO Y MINERALOGICO DE LA REGION ,EL CUBO, MINICIPIO DE GUANAJUATO, GTO: ASSOCIACION MEXICANA DE GEOLOGOS PETROLEROS BOLETIN, V. 19, P. 39-107. Deposit:: ECHEGOYEN, S.J., ROMERO, M.S., AND VELASQUEZ, S.S., 1970, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE LA PARTE CENTRAL DEL DISTRITO MINERO DE GUANAJUATO, MEXICO D.F., CONNSEJO DE RECURSAS NATURLAES NO RENOVABLES, BOLETIN 75, 36 P. Deposit:: EDWARDS, J.D., 1955, STUDIES OF SOME EARLY TERTIARY RED CONGLOMERATES OF CENTRAL MEXICO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 264-H, P. 153-185. Deposit:: GROSS, W.H., 1975, NEW ORE DISCOVERY AND SOURCE OF SIVER-GOLD VEINS, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 70, P. 1175-1189. Deposit:: PETRUCK, W., AND OWENS, D., 1974, SOME MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SILVER DEPOSITS IN THE GUANAJUATO MINING DISTRICT, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 69, P. 1078-1085. Deposit:: WANDKE, A. AND MARTINEZ, J., 1928, THE GUANAJUATO MINING DISTRICT OF MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 23, P. 1-44. Deposit:: BUCHANAN, L.J., 1980, ORE CONTROLS OF VERTICALLY STACKED DEPOSITS, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO: SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS PREPRINT N* 80-82. Deposit:: CERVANTES, R.A., 1979, ASPECTOS ESTRUCTURALES DE LA VETA MADRE EN EL AREA DE CHICHINDARO, GUANAJUATO [PROFESSIONAL THESIS]: UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSI. Deposit:: GOMEZ DE LA ROSA, 1961, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DEL DISTRITO DE A LUZ, GUANAJUATO, GTO.[PROFESSIONAL THESIS]: MEXICO, D.F., UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO. Deposit:: TAYLOR, P.S., 1972, MINERAL VARIATIONS IN THE SILVER VEINS OF GUANAJUATO [PH.D. THESIS]: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, 139 P. Deposit:: TERRAZAS, A., 1968, BRIEF NOTES ON THE GUANAJUATO MINING DISTICT (1522-1968): SANTA FE DE GUANAJUATO, SOCIEDAD COOPERATIVO DE MINERO-METALURGICO. Deposit:: VASALLO, L.F., 1980, ACERCA DE LA COMPOSICION QUIMICA Y LA TEMPERATURA DE LSISTEMA ACANTITA-AGUILARITA-NAUMANNITA DEL DEPOSITO DE TORRES, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO: MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY.