Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBrecciation Along Footwall Contact Of Rhyolite And Andesite; Ore Also In Rich 2-10 Inch Thick Seams At Top Of Rhyolite Controlled By High Angle Fractures.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockFelsic Volcanic Rock
StructureHigh Angle Ew And Ne-Sw Trending Faults With Pronounced Shear Zones; Basal Brecciation Due To Interformational Downcreep; Regional Tilt 30 Ne.
AlterationLocal Kaolinitization Increases Degree Of Impregnation.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1932
Identification
Deposit ID10049592
MRDS IDMX02354
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates28.41692, -107.11723
References
SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO, MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1985, CHIHUAHUA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.MINING WORLD, 1957, OLD MEXICO'S NEWEST MERCURY MINE DEVELOPED BY CIA. MINERA PERALTA: MINING WORLD, V. 19, NO. 9, P. 47.CIMRIMINING WORLD, 1957, V. 19, NO. 9, P. 47.