Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Silver
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryGold, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formSTRATIFORM, STRATABOUND LENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Fluorite, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Tuff · Arenillas Formation;Candelaria Lithic Tuff
Associated rockTuff,Dacite · Oposura Volcanic Group;Revancha Rhyolite
StructureMajor N 20 W Trending Faults; Minor Cross-Faults: Ne, Wnw.
AlterationUbiquitous Chlorite-Epidote.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10049119
MRDS IDMX00351
Alternate namesLas Arenillas
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.73075, -109.75342
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.MARRS, C.K., AND GUILBERT, J.M., 1981, GEOLOGY AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE OPOSURA MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, SONORA, MEXICO 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. 169-212.GOMEZ, H.D., 1981, PROYECTO OPOSURA 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. 213-219.MARAVILLA S., S., 1978, MINAS EN PRODUCCION, MINAS EN PREPARACION Y DEPOSITOS CON RESERVAS MAS O MENOS CONOCIDAS EN EL ESTADO DE SONORA: PRIMERO SIMPOSIO SOBRE LA GEOLOGIA Y POTENCIAL MINERO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA, RESUMENES 1, 1978, P.87.MARRS, C.D., 1978, MINERALIZATION AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE OPOSURA (VOLCANOGENIC) MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, EAST-CENTRAL SONORA, MEXICO (ABS): GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 10, NO. 3, P. 115-116.MARRS AND GUILBERT, 1981.MARAVILLA, 1978; PEREZ, 1985.