Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formSTRATIFORM
Ore controlOre Seems To Follow Certain Beds. Ore Underlies Rhyolite Seal. Vein Geometry Not Known. Also, Noneconomic Cinnabar In Clefts In The Rhyolite.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureFolding Of Sediments. Overlying Rhyolite Is Flat.
AlterationHydrothermal Decomposition Of Limestone To Soft Calcareous Aggregate And Residual Clay Caps. Also Redistribution Of Iron Minerals In Weathered Zone.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10050120
MRDS IDMX11006
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates18.25068, -99.667
References
SCHULZE, G., 1942, LETTER TO MR. J.F. FERNANDEZ DEL VALLE, UNPUBLISHEDSCHULZE, 1942.