Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite, Silver, Zinc
SecondaryLead
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model212: Bedded barite
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Galena, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Tuff,Rhyolite
StructureSmall Graben Basins. Deposit Is On The Se Nose Of A Doubly Plunging, N60w-Trending Regional Domal Structure Cut By 2 N30e-Trending Normal Faults.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1976
Identification
Deposit ID10023539
MRDS IDI000636
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates18.86897, -103.28542
References
GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXICO'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS MEETING MANANA'S CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.DE LA CAMPA J., G., 1991, GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE LA MINITA BARITE DEPOSIT, MICHOACAN, IN SALAS, G.P., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, MEXICO: BOULDER, COLORADO, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, THE GEOLGOY OF NORTH AMERICA, V. P-3, P. 333-337.CIMRIGRIFFITHS, 1988; DE LA CAMPA J., 1991.