Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Iron
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures And Faults May Connect The San Antonio, El Quiote, Santa Maria, And El Trinidad Groups
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Other materialsFluorite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockGranite
StructureSmall Faults - Intrusion Related
AlterationLimestone Is Sometimes Rotten, Sometimes Silicious
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10050455
MRDS IDMX22004
Alternate namesNuevo Potosi Co. Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates23.00048, -100.50036
References
COLLINS, H.F., 1897, QUICKSILVER MINING IN THE DISTRICT OF GUADALCAZAR, STATE OF SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO: INST. MINING METALL., V. 4, P. 121-150.MACTEAR, J., 1897, MINING AND METALLURGY OF QUICKSILVER IN MEXICO: INST. MINING , METALL. TRANS., V. 4, P. 64-120.WITTICH, E. AND ROGOTZY, F., 1921, LA GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION MINERA DE GUADACAZAR, SAN LUIS POTOSI: BOL. MINERO, V.?UNPUBLISHED USGS REPORT, 1959.