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CONFIDENTIAL
MERCURY MINES OF THE WORLD
CHART NO. IX
No.
Name and Location
Ownership and Nation-
Production
ORE DEPOSITS AND ORE RESERVES
PRODUCTION METHODS
TRANSPORTATION
on
of Mine or Produc-
ality of Controlling
Year
Flasks of
Geological and Mineralogical Notes and Ore Analysis
and Plant Capacities
Labor Employed
Map
ing Area
Capital
76 pounds
and Other Data
MEXICO (Cont'd.)
41.
Unidad Benificidora
Unidad Benificiadora
1942
10-12 per
Fracture zones in sandstone and shale. Cinnabar in
Underground mining, along vein,
Mercury shipped by
Sain Alto district.
Sain Alto
month
veinlets of variable width, mine workings are
hand methods. Small retort fur-
truck 16 miles to
Reached by R.R. via
Mexican Control.
shallow.
nace.
Cantuna. R.R. to
Durango branch to
Laredo, Texas. Sold
Cantuna. Road 10
to Financiera Minera.
miles to Sain Alto
then 6 miles to
mine.
State: Zacatecas.
42.
Carlos Fernandez
Carlos Fernandez
1942
100 per
Fracture zones in sandstone and shale; veins of
Deposit developed to depth of
Mercury shipped by
Property. Sain
Owner-Operator.
month
cinnabar in stringers and bunches of variable width.
100 feet and 200 feet in length.
truck 15 miles to
Alto District.
Mexican Control.
Ore averages 11% Hg.
Hand mining methods. Denver
Cantuna, Zacatecas;
5 miles by road
Flotation equipment.
R.R. to Lar edo, Texas
from Sain Alto mine.
Sold to Financiera
State: Zacatecas.
Minera.
43.
Felipe Martinez
Felipe Martinez
1942
30 per
Fracture zones in sandstone and shale. Cinnabar in
Deposit developed to d epth of
Mercury shipped 16
property.
Mexican Control.
month
stringers and bunches 2 - 6 feet wide.
150 feet and length of 150 feet.
miles to Cantuna by
6 miles by road to
Hand mining methods. Retort fur-
truck then R.R. to
mine from Sain Alto.
nace "D" type, tons capacity.
Laredo. Sold to
State: Zacatecas.
Financiera Minera.
25 workmen employed.
44.
Canoas Mine
Thomas B. Miller and
1942 about 100
Fracture zones in rhyolite. Cinnabar in veinlets,
Mine developed by 2 shafts, 130
Mercury shipped 12
Reached via Loreto
Enrique Lopez, owners.
per month
quartz gangue, ground honeycombed by holes. Average
feet deep, mined by hand. Gaso-
miles over dirt road
on Aguascalientes
Mexican Control.
grade .3 to 1% Hg.
line hoists. 1 - 40 ton Nichols-
to Loreto by truck
San Luis Potosi R.R.
Herreschoff furnace. 5-pipe re-
then to Laredo, Texas
and 12 miles via
tort furnaces.
by R.R. Sold to
dirt road.
Credito Minero.
State: Zacatecas.
Large past production.
150 men employed.
Diesel power.
45.
Santa Brigida Mine
Pablo Parkman, Owner.
1943 Est. 100
Two well-defined veins in limestone and shale con-
Veins developed 200 feet in
To Pozos by truck.
2 miles east of
Soc. de Mineros Mexi-
per month
taining cinnabar, calcite and quartz. Veins are 3
depth and 650 feet in length.
R.R. to Laredo,
Pozos, R.R. to
conos Operators.
and 10 feet in width. Ore varies from 1 to 5% Hg.
Mining by hand methods. Flo-
Texas. Sold to
Pozos, via good
Mexican Control.
tation plant. 15-ton Scott fur-
Credito Minero and
dirt road to mine.
nace and 7-ton pipe retort fur-
Financiera Minera.
State: Guanajuato.
nace.
Several hundred tons
of mercury already
produced. Also some
copper.
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