Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryMolybdenum, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPIPE
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite, Tenorite
GangueBarite, Magnetite, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Specularite
Geology
Host rockArgillite,Arkose · Barranca Formation
Associated rockDacite
AlterationConsiderable Argillic And Silicic Alteration Within Breccia Pipe. Peripheral Chlorite-Epidote-Calcite-Pyrite-Specularite Assemblage.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10048861
MRDS IDMX00031
Alternate namesSan Antonio De La Huerta, El Cobre Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates28.62801, -109.62007
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.SALAS, GUILLERMO, 1973, LOS RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES, BOLETIN 73, P.84-85.DAMON, P.E., CLARK, K.F., SHAFIQULLAH, M., ROLDAN Q., J., ISLAS L., J., 1981, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN SONORA AND THE SONORAN SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL (ROADLOG) 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. 394-400.GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: USGS CIRCULAR 858-A,B.