Durango
Producer
Cerro De Mercado
Durango, Mexico
Iron
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Commodities
Primary
Iron
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Replacement
Model
158: Volcanic-hosted magnetite
Deposit size
L
Orebody form
TABULAR, PINCH OUT AT DEPTH
Materials
Ore minerals
Limonite, Magnetite
Gangue
Apatite, Augite
Geology
Host rock
Mafic Intrusive Rock,Rhyolite,Latite · Rhyolite, Latite
Associated rock
Rhyolite,Latite
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10107388
MRDS ID
W032793
Alternate names
El Cerro De Mercado
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
24.05042, -104.66714
References
FLORES, TEODORO, 1950, GEOLOGIC AND STRUCTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF MEXICO: ECON. GEOL., 1950; V. 45, P. 105-126