Commodities
PrimaryAntimony, Mercury
TertiarySulfur
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeHYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT AND STOCKWORK
Deposit sizeM
Geology
StructurePRE-ORE REVERSE FAULTS, BRECCIATION, ISOCLINAL FOLDS. N TO NW TREND. ALSO POSSIBLE PRE-ORE BLOCK FAULTING
AlterationDOLONITE IS HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF LIMESTONE. ANHYDRITE BOTH SEDIMENTARY AND ALTERED FROM LIMESTONE.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID60001056
MRDS IDMX11004
Alternate namesEl Coahoilote, La Sopresa
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates18.25068, -99.66703
References
TUNNELL, G., ET AL, 1976, ON THE ORIGIN OF LIVINGSTONITE DEPOSITS AT HUITZUCO, GUERRERO, MEXICO: MINER. DEPOSITA, 11, P. 71-82.MCALLISTER, J.F., AND HERNANDEZ ORTIZ, D., 1945, QUICKSILVER ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF HUITZUCO, GUERRERO, MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 946-B, P. 49-71.VAUPELL, C.W., 1937, MERCURY DEPOSITS OF HUITZUCO, GUERRERO, MEXICO: AM. INST. MINING METALL. ENGINEERS TECH PUB. 842, P. 1-14.CHASE, H., RINGS OF FIRE, THE STORY OF MERCURY, UNPUBLISHED DATA.CAREAGA, J., ET AL, 1974, LA SITUACION DEL MINERA DEL MERCURIO EN MEXICO: CONGR. INT. MERCURIO (TRABAJOS), NO. 1, VOL. 2, P. 425-42?.BOLIVAR, J.M., 1963, GEOLOGIA DEL AREA DELIMITADA POR EL TOMATAL, HUITZUCO Y MAYANALAN, ESTADO DE GUERRERO: UNIV. NAC. AUTO. DE MEX. BOL. 69, PP. 26-28.