Chihuahua
Producer

El Potosi

Chihuahua, Mexico
ZincLeadSilverCopper
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Description

Spanish

Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Silver
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formMANTO, CHIMNEY
Ore controlStructural Control Provided By N-S Trending Fissure Zones And N50e-Trending Cross Faults. Mantos Follow Fissures For Up To 4 Km And Chimneys Often Found At The Intersection Of The Two Structural Trends. Stratigraphically Constrained By The Tert. Volcanic Cap.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Fayalite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Ilvaite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diabase
StructureReg.Struct: Mine Area Is Located On The West Limb Of The Southward-Plunging Portion Of A Broad Nnw-Trending, Doubly Plunging Anticline., Six Subparallel N-S Trending Fissure Zones, N50e-Trending Cross Faults. E-W Trend Occupied By Late-Stage Dikes. N20e And N70w Structures Locally Control Ore And Dike Emplacement.
Tectonic settingWestern Edge Of Chihuahua Trough, A Nnw-Trending Belt Of Folded And Thrusted Pre-Tert Rocks.
AlterationAlteration Is Very Limited. Narrow Zones Of Silicification, Bleaching, Recrystallization, And Some Minor Zones Of Hydrothermal Dolomite.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1707
Last production1988
Discovery year1591
Identification
Deposit ID10049492
MRDS IDMX02214
Alternate namesSanta Eulalia-West Camp, Buena Tierra
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates28.60581, -105.87136
References
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