Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Zinc
SecondaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formVEINS AND A FEW MANTOS AND CHIMNEYS (DISSEMINATED)
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSiltstone
StructureSmall Quartz Porphyry Stock, A Few Dikes
AlterationOxidation To 100 M Depth
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1554
Discovery year1554
Identification
Deposit ID10073099
MRDS IDW018917
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates23.15046, -102.85042
References
STONE, J. B., 1956, NOTES ON THE FRESNILLO MINING DISTRICT OF ZACATECAS; INTL. GEOL. CONG., 20TH, GUIDEBOOK A-2 (ENG TRANS) P. 111-113VILLASENOR, LUIS, 1968, APPLICATION OF GEOLOGY IN DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLOITATION OF THE NAICA AND FRESNILLO MINES, MEXICO; ECON. GEOL. V. 63 P 701KOCH, G. S. JR., LINK, R. F., 1967, GEOMETRY OF METAL DISTRIBUTION IN 5 VEINS OF THE FRESNILLO MINE, ZACATECAS, MEXICO; U.S. BU MINES REP. INV. 6919, 64 P.RAUSCH, D. O., MARIACHER, B. C., 1970, AIME SYMP. PB-ZN V.I P. 924. STONE, J.B., 1956, FRESNILLO, INTL. GEOL. CONG. 20TH, GUIDEBOOK A-2 (ENG. TRANS.) P 111.