The La Guitarra Mine is located within the mineral rich
Temascaltepec Mining District on Highway 134, a two and a half hour
drive southwest of the Mexico City Airport. The La Guitarra mine
has been in silver and gold production since at least 1555, when
records indicate that the first Spanish miners arrived. Today the
mine continues to produce these precious metals from both the La
Guitarra and San Rafael veins, which are only two of over one
hundred veins within the Temascaltepec Mining District.
Geographically, the District sits within the prolific silver belt
of the Sierra Madre Mountains, which hosts some of the largest
silver mining districts in the world such as Fresnillo, Taxco,
Guanajuato and Agangueo, as well as Mexico’s largest historic gold
producing district El Oro. The Temascaltepec Mining District is
wholly-owned by Genco Resources and covers 7257 hectares of land,
with over 15 kilometers of strike length.