Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryVanadium
TertiaryMolybdenum, Copper, Zinc, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formMANTO
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Brochantite, Descloizite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Hydrozincite, Limonite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Willemite, Wulfenite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Sulfur
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Los Lamentos Formation
AlterationDolomitization Associated With Ore Pipes.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1927
Discovery year1923
Identification
Deposit ID10049477
MRDS IDMX02184
Alternate namesOre Bodies: Berenda, Mexico, Mines: Erupcion, Ahumada, La Victoria, El Labrador,, Ano Nuevo Y Prosperidad
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates30.60436, -105.82137
References
GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A AND -B.SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 189.CLARK, K.F., AND DE LA FUENTE L., F.E., 1978, DISTRIBUTION OF MINERALIZATION IN TIME AND SPACE IN CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V.13, P.33.FOSHAG, W.F., 1934, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF LOS LAMENTOS, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.29, NO.4, P.330-345.GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL (DURANGO, MX), P. 162-164.GONZALEZ, 1956.