Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model158: Volcanic-hosted magnetite
Deposit sizeM
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite, Pyrite
GangueApatite, Biotite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite,Andesite
StructureDiscordant To Outline Of Rhyolite Dome
AlterationMagnetite Altered To Hematite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10048874
MRDS IDMX00045
Alternate namesPiedra Iman
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates27.75026, -109.30894
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.LONG, JR. 1956. MAGNETOMETER SURVEY AND GEOLOGIC EXAMINATION OF THE EL VOLCAN IRON DEPOSIT, SONORA, MEXICO,INT.REP. A.R.C. LABORATORIES, 8 P.SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 188.GOMEZ R., D., 1961, INVENTARIO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFEROS DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES PUBLICACION 3 E, (SONORA LOC. 2).DUTTON, C.E., 1955, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES; OCCURRENCE, APPRAISAL AND USE: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 179-208. IN THE SOUTHERN CORDILLERA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 14, P. 237-262.CABRERA F., F.J., VEGA G., E.L., AND PEREZ S., E., 1983, LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE FIERRO EN SONORA, EVALUACION GEOLOGICA REGIONAL: GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA, DIRECCION DE MINERIA, GEOLOGIA, Y ENERGETICOS, PUBLICACION NO. 5, 64 P.LONG, 1956CABRERA, ET.AL., 1983, TABLE VI; PEREZ SEGURA, 1985.