Sonora
Occurrence

Los Amoles

Sonora, Mexico
UraniumLeadZincCopperBarium-Barite
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryLead, Zinc, Copper, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal Vein
Model155: Volcanogenic U
Deposit sizeU
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Galena, Pitchblende, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Uraninite, Zippeite
Other materialsBarite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockTrachyandesite
Associated rockTrachyandesite,Andesite
StructureNw Trending Horst.
AlterationSilicic
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1960
Identification
Deposit ID10049095
MRDS IDMX00318
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates29.77658, -110.47427
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.ROLDAN-QUINTANA, J., 1979, BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE OF SONORA, MEXICO IN ANDERSON, T.H., AND ROLDAN-QUINTANA, J., (EDS.), 1979, GUIDEBOOK, FIELD TRIP 27; GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN SONORA: U.N.A.M.- UNIV. PITTSBURG, P. 72.GOMEZ-TAGLE, A.V., AND GUTIERREZ, R.B., 1982, GEOLOGY OF LOS AMOLES PROJECT, SONORA STATE, MEXICO: AIME ANNUAL URANIUM SEMINAR, 6TH, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, SEPT. 11-14, 1982, P. 21-23.