Mine detail: Palmarejo

Previously called 'Juan De Dios'

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Location

Lat / long:

27.37528, -108.42142

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Argentite, Cerargyrite, Gold, Silver, Stephanite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1824

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Andesite,Granite

References

MRDS	MX02238
DEP	10049511
Reference	{Deposit:: GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 98-102}{Production:: GONZALEZ, 1956.}{Reserve-Resource:: Bogan, Jesse, 2009, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; Forbes, May 25, 2009, pp 56-58.}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Schruben, Paul