Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formSHOOTS ()
Ore controlOre Defies Gross Structural Control, Cutting Across Bedding And Faults. Hand Specimens Do Show Control In Detail. Veinlets Occur In Joints And Ore Is Generally Beneath Shale Or Fault Gouge.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone
Associated rockRhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10050542
MRDS IDMX29002
Alternate namesMina Mercurio
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates23.83376, -103.21711
References
STORM, L.W., AND RIGBY, J.H., 1942, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SAIN ALTO DISTRICT, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.BAILEY, 1959, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, USGS.GALLAGHER, D., 1959, UNPUBLISHED NOTES.BAILEY, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.STORM AND RIGBY, 1942.