Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryZinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model80: Porphyry Mo, low-F
Deposit sizeU
Orebody formSTOCKWORK, BRECCIA, DISSEMINATED
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
GangueChlorite, Epidote, Kaolin, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Gneiss · Creston Granite;Meztli Diorite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite · Sonoran Batholith
StructureWithin Large Roof Pendant Of Metamorphic Rocks Overlying Sonoran Batholith., Two Major Low-Angle Faults, Subparallel; Gemini Fault: N 60 W, 30 Ne Dip, 200 M Dip-Slip. Creston Fault: 30-35 Ne Dip, 450 M Dip-Slip.
AlterationPotassic, Propylitic, Argillic, Phyllic. Silicification And Moly Mineralization Most Common In Phyllic Zone. Potassic Alt. Considered To Be Pre-Mineral.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10048860
MRDS IDMX00030
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates29.93074, -110.6576
References
PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.THEODORE, T.G. AND MENZIE, W.D., 1983, FLOURINE-DEFICIENT PORPHYRY MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN THE WESTERN NORTH AMERICA CORDILLERA: PROCEEDINGS OF I AGOD SYMPOSIUM, TBIKIS, USSR, SEPT. 1982.LEON, F.L., AND MILLER, C.P., 1981, GEOLOGY OF THE CRESTON MOLYBDENUM-COPPER DEPOSIT IN ORTLIEB, L. AND ROLDAN Q., J., (EDS.), 1981, GEOLOGY OF NORTHWESTERN MEXICO AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA; FIELD GUIDES AND PAPERS: HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, U.N.A.M., P. 223-238.LEON, F.L., AND MILLER, C.P., 1981, GEOLOGY OF THE CRESTON MOLYBDENUM-COPPER DEPOSIT, OPODEPE, SONORA, MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 13, NO. 2, P. 66.SUTULOV, A., 1983, INTERMET MOLYBDENUM YEARBOOK 1983: SANTIAGO, CHILE, INTERMET PUBLICATIONS, 297 P.COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.