Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSTOCKWORK, DISSEMINATIONS, OCCASIONAL VEINS OF CINNABAR
Deposit sizeM
Ore controlDISTINCT FISSURE ON FAULT SYSTEM, OFTEN PARALLELING BEDDING. MINERALIZATION OF FOOTWALL OF FAULT BRECCIAS IS COMMON.
Geology
StructurePRE-ORE FAULTS AND FISSURES (INTRUSION ASSOCIATED?)
AlterationLIMESTONE IS SEVERELY BRECCIATED BY GEYSER ACTION TO A GRAVEL OR IMPERVIOUS GRAVELLY CLAY. THE GYPSUM BEDS ARE ALSO DERIVED FROM LIMESTONE.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID60001067
MRDS IDMX22002
Alternate namesSan Jose, Sangre De Cristo, Las Animas, San Antonio De Padua Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates23.00048, -100.50036
References
COLLINS, H.F., 1897, QUICKSLIVER MINING IN THE DISTRICT OF GUADALCAZAR, STATE OF SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO: INST. MINING METALL TRANS., V. 4, P. 121-150.MOCTEAR, J. 1897, MINING AND METALLURGY OF QUICKSILVER IN MEXICO: INST. MINING METALL. TRANS., V. 4, P. 64-120.WITTICH, E., AND ROGOTZY, F., 1921, LA GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION MINERO DE GUADALCAZAR, SAN LUIS POTOSI: BOL. MINERO, V. 12UNPUBLISHED USGS REPORT, 1959.