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Area:
1,972,550 km2
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French:
Mexique
German:
Mexiko
Italian:
Messico
Russian:
Мексика
Simplified Chinese:
墨西哥
Spanish:
México
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Meksiko
Albanian:
Meksika
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المكسيك
Belarusian:
Мексіка
Bulgarian:
Мексико
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Mèxic
Czech:
Mexiko
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Mexico
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Mexico
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Mehhiko
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مکزیک
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Meksiko
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México
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Hindi:
मेक्सिको
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Mexikó
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Mexíkó
Indonesian:
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Mexiko
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Mehiko
Thai:
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Turkish:
Meksika
Ukrainian:
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Mexico is one of the world’s most important mineral-producing countries and has a long and well-documented mining history extending from pre-Columbian times to the present day. The country is particularly notable for its prolific silver deposits and is consistently ranked among the leading global producers of silver, along with significant production of gold, copper, lead, zinc, fluorite, barite, and a wide variety of industrial and gem minerals.
Geologically, Mexico is highly diverse and is dominated by the interaction of several major tectonic plates, including the North American, Pacific, Cocos, Rivera, and Caribbean plates. Much of the country’s mineral wealth is associated with Mesozoic and Cenozoic magmatism related to subduction along the western margin of North America. The Sierra Madre Occidental hosts extensive epithermal silver–gold vein systems and large polymetallic districts, while the Sierra Madre Oriental contains important carbonate-hosted lead–zinc and fluorite deposits. Porphyry copper deposits occur mainly in northern and northwestern Mexico, particularly in Sonora.
Mexico contains numerous world-class mining districts, including Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Pachuca–Real del Monte, Fresnillo, Taxco, Parral, and Cananea. Many of these districts have been worked continuously, or intermittently, for several centuries. Colonial-era mining infrastructure remains preserved in several regions, reflecting the historical importance of mining to the development of New Spain and later the Mexican Republic.
Mexico’s mineral localities span all 32 federal entities, with especially high locality density in states such as Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Guanajuato, and Guerrero. The country remains an active and economically significant mining nation, with modern large-scale operations coexisting alongside small-scale and historic workings.
Geologically, Mexico is highly diverse and is dominated by the interaction of several major tectonic plates, including the North American, Pacific, Cocos, Rivera, and Caribbean plates. Much of the country’s mineral wealth is associated with Mesozoic and Cenozoic magmatism related to subduction along the western margin of North America. The Sierra Madre Occidental hosts extensive epithermal silver–gold vein systems and large polymetallic districts, while the Sierra Madre Oriental contains important carbonate-hosted lead–zinc and fluorite deposits. Porphyry copper deposits occur mainly in northern and northwestern Mexico, particularly in Sonora.
Mexico contains numerous world-class mining districts, including Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Pachuca–Real del Monte, Fresnillo, Taxco, Parral, and Cananea. Many of these districts have been worked continuously, or intermittently, for several centuries. Colonial-era mining infrastructure remains preserved in several regions, reflecting the historical importance of mining to the development of New Spain and later the Mexican Republic.
Mexico’s mineral localities span all 32 federal entities, with especially high locality density in states such as Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Guanajuato, and Guerrero. The country remains an active and economically significant mining nation, with modern large-scale operations coexisting alongside small-scale and historic workings.
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities858 valid minerals. 101 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 5 erroneous literature entries.
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q96 |
| GeoNames ID: | 3996063 |
Localities in this Region
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References
citeseerx.ist.psu.edu (n.d.) https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.872.8114&rep=rep1&type=pdf
www.researchgate.net (n.d.) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279340550_Geology_and_eruptive_history_of_some_active_volcanoes_of_Mexico
www.researchgate.net (n.d.) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259530942_Epithermal_deposits_in_Mexico-Update_of_current_knowledge_and_an_empirical_reclassification
www.researchgate.net (n.d.) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281092153_Mesozoic_volcanogenic_massive_sulfide_VMS_deposits_in_Mexico
Megaw, Peter K. M., Ruiz, Joaquin, Titley, Spencer R. (1988) High-temperature, carbonate-hosted Ag-Pb-Zn(Cu) deposits of northern Mexico. Economic Geology, 83 (8) 1856-1885 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.83.8.1856
