Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryFluorine-Fluorite
TertiaryUranium, Tin
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlFault Controlled, N-S Striking Faults
Materials
GangueChlorite, Garnet, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Other materialsFluorite
Geology
Host rockShale,Siltstone,Sandstone,Carbonate,Rhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureDomal Structure Cut By Three Large Normal Faults Striking Roughly E-W.
AlterationWidespread Potassic And Silicic Alteration, Most Intense Along Fractures. Coarse Euhedral Andradite At The Se End Of The Dome Suggests Early Thermal Metamorphism. Chlorite, Montmorillonite, And Kaolinite Present As Alteration Products. Fluorite Abundant In The Mine Openings And Faulted Areas.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10048877
MRDS IDMX00049
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.05015, -109.83398
References
ARRIGA MELENDEZ, HILARIO (ED.), 1984, INFORME CONSOLIDADO DEL AREA MAGALLANES: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES GERENCIA DE ESTUDIOS ESPECIALES, HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 64P.THEOBALD, PAUL, 1984, MEMO TO JOSE LEE-MORENO ON MAGALLANAS FIELD STUDY, 9P.CIMRI