Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model156: Epithermal Mn
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsManganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Wad
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Gypsum, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite · Comondu Formation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10049233
MRDS IDMX00500
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates26.97722, -112.0779
References
GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE EL GAVILAN, LA AZTECA Y GUADALUPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO IN GONZALEZ R., J., (ED.), 1956, SYMPOSIUM SOBRE YACIMIENTOS DE MANGANESO, TOMO III: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, MEXICO, 1956, P. 79-96.TRASK, P.D. AND RODRIGUEZ C., J. JR., 1948, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF MEXICO: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 954-F, P. 228-238, 293-295, TABLE 17.