Durango
Producer
Cerro San Gilberto
Durango, Mexico
Mercury
Manganese
Copper
Fluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
Primary
Mercury
Tertiary
Manganese, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity type
B
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Unknown
Ore control
Localized Below Shale Bed. No Strong Structural Control, Apparently. A Small N40w Fault Dipping 55 Ne May Influence Location.
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Malachite
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Limestone
Structure
Deposit Is On Nw Side Of Anticline. There, The Beds Strike N10w, Dip Ssw. Ns Fractures Dip E.
Alteration
Local Silicification Of Limestone
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10100761
MRDS ID
MX09000
Alternate names
Cerro Prieto, Mina El Cua
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
25.80035, -103.66712
References
GALLAGHER, D., 1943, MEMORANDUM TO MR. HEWITT: THE MERCURY DEPOSIT AT CERRO SAN GILBERTO, DURANGOGALLAGHER, 1943