| Lat / long: | 23.00048, -100.50036 |
| Primary: | Mercury |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | STOCKWORK, DISSEMINATIONS, OCCASIONAL VEINS OF CINNABAR |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Structure: | PRE-ORE FAULTS AND FISSURES (INTRUSION ASSOCIATED?) |
| Alteration processes: | LIMESTONE IS SEVERELY BRECCIATED BY GEYSER ACTION TO A GRAVEL OR IMPERVIOUS GRAVELLY CLAY. THE GYPSUM BEDS ARE ALSO DERIVED FROM LIMESTONE. |
| MRDS | MX22002 |
| DEP | 60001067 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: MOCTEAR, J. 1897, MINING AND METALLURGY OF QUICKSILVER IN MEXICO: INST. MINING METALL. TRANS., V. 4, P. 64-120.}{Deposit:: WITTICH, E., AND ROGOTZY, F., 1921, LA GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION MINERO DE GUADALCAZAR, SAN LUIS POTOSI: BOL. MINERO, V. 12}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED USGS REPORT, 1959.} |