Mine detail: Cerro San Gilberto

Previously called 'Cerro PrietoMina El Cua'

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Location

Lat / long:

25.80035, -103.66712

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Manganese, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Malachite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Structure:	Deposit Is On Nw Side Of Anticline. There, The Beds Strike N10w, Dip Ssw. Ns Fractures Dip E.
Alteration processes:	Local Silicification Of Limestone

References

MRDS	MX09000
DEP	10100761
Reference	{Deposit:: GALLAGHER, D., 1943, MEMORANDUM TO MR. HEWITT: THE MERCURY DEPOSIT AT CERRO SAN GILBERTO, DURANGO}{Production:: GALLAGHER, 1943}
Reporter	Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.)