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The ore deposits occur in the volcanic Tertiary Pachuca Group, principally andesite-rhyolite flow series with intervening tuff beds. The deposits are epithermal sulfide minerals within steeply dipping normal fault veins. Acanthite and argentite are the principal silver ore minerals.
San Juan Mine. This is the most emblematic mine of Pachuca during the last 150 years for several reasons: its important production, it was a drainage center, and after the second decade of the 20 th century, this mine was the main centralization place for mineral extracted in the different mines of Pachuca, Real del Monte, El Chico and El Cerezo.
The Pachuca-Real Del Monte Gold Mine is located in close proximity to the city of Pachuca in Mexico. Its discovery dates back to the year 1522, marking its long-standing history in the mining industry. The mine has been classified as a medium-sized producer of gold.
Purísima Concepción Mine. The exploitation of this mine began in the last decades of the 19 th century, but it wasn’t until the third decade of the following century when its activity intensified, becoming one of the four most important mining units of Real del Monte and Pachuca Company after 1906.
Pachuca conservó el aspecto de un real minero hasta mediados del siglo XX, limitado en su expansión por la cañada relativamente estrecha en la que se encuentra y caracterizado por numerosos jales, o sea montículos formados durante años por los desechos de mineral, pero sobre todo por el estancamiento de la actividad minera.
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BARTOLOMÉ DE MEDINA. This is the perfect place for visitors to take a tour through the geology and history of the mining district of Real del Monte and Pachuca, Mineral del Chico, Huasca, Mineral de la Reforma and Epazoyucán. The museum is located at the headquarters of AHMMAC, in the city of Pachuca.
