Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formSERIES OF PODLIKE SHOOTS BETWEEN MULLIONS
Ore controlHuahuaxtla Fault; Breccia; Tenor And Form Strongly Controlled By Long Mullions. Best Ore Down Dip Of Mullions In Limestone Footwall Breccia. Also In The Finer Shale Breccia Which Offers Max. Specific Surface.
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureNormal Faults With Strike-Slip Component. Very Little Evidence Of Compression.
AlterationOre Mineral Depends On Oxygen Availability As Indicated By Fe Mineralogy And Pyrite-Marcasite.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1925
Identification
Deposit ID10050115
MRDS IDMX11000
Alternate namesSan Luis, Esperanza, Aurora
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates18.40067, -99.60033
References
GALLAGHER, D., AND SILICEO, R.P., 1948, GEOLOGY OF THE HAUHUAXTLA MERCURY DISTRICT, STATE OF GUERRERO, MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 960-E, PP. 149-175.CAREAGA, J., 1974, LA SITUACION DE LA MINERIA DEL MERCURIO EN MEXICO: CONGR. INT. MERCURIO (TRABAJOS) 1, P. 425-427.GALLAGHER, D., AND SILICEO, R.P., 1942, GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATION AT HUAHUAXTLA, MEMO TO DIRECTOR OF INST. GEOL. DE MEX.ANON., 1927, EL MINERAL DE HUAHUAXTLA, GUERRERO, BOL. MINERO, V. 24, PP. 10-16.MINING JOURNAL, 1932, V. 16, NO. 6, P. 25.GALLAGHER, D., 1941, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON MERCURY DEPOSITS IN THE STATE OF GUERRERO, MEXICO: UNPUBLISHED REPORT.GALLAGHER AND SILICEO; GALLAGHER, D., 1941.