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Coacoyula District

Past Producer in Guerrero, Mexico with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050123
MRDS ID MX11009
Record type Site
Current site name Coacoyula District
Alternate or previous names San Vidal, Santa Lucia, Rosita, San Grimaldo, Tabachin, Neri, San Jose, Guadalupe, Bonate, San Antonio, Conchita, La Luz

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.55033, 18.30068 (WGS84)
Elevation 840
Relative position 25 KM SW OF IGUALA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Guerrero

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Cinnabar Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.55033, 18.30068
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures Enlarged By Solution Are Associated With Thrust Faults Along Bedding Planes. Only The Vertical Fractures Are Productive.

Ore body information

  • General form CHAMBERS CONNECTED BY LODES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Solution Cavaties Filled With Breccia, Which Formed By Enlargement Or Fractures And Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coacoyula District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 32M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORBERTO DE LA ROSA, 1943, INFORME GENERAL SOBRE EL DISTRITO DE MERCURIO DE COACOYULA EN EL ESTADO DE GUERRERO, MEXICO: ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, DIRECCION GENERAL DE MINAS Y PETROLEO.

  • Deposit

    FOSHAG, 1942, MEMORANDUM. REPORT ON MERCURY OCCURRENCES AT COACOYULA, GUERRERO, MEXICO, USGS.

  • Deposit

    RIES, 1942, MEMO, USGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Slagle, Letha P. (Rytuba, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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