Sonora
Producer

La Caridad

Sonora, Mexico
MolybdenumCopperSilverZincLead
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Description

Consejo De Recursos Naturales

Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum, Copper
SecondarySilver
TertiaryZinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model79: Porphyry Cu-Mo
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formELONGATE
Ore controlFault Controlled Breccia
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Digenite, Galena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
GangueBarite, Quartz, Sericite
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Latite,Pegmatite
Associated rockLatite
StructureReg.Struct: Nw Structural Trend., 1> Ns, W-Dipping Fault System Cuts Center Of Deposit; 2> Ew, S-Dipping En Echelon Fault System Across S End.
AlterationPervasive Phyllic Alteration Grades Outward Into Poorly Defined Argillic Zone, Enveloped By Thin Band Of Propylitic Alteration. Leached Cap Indicates That Main Economic Copper Mineralization Was Secondary. Local Tourmalinization. No Significant Potassic Alteration.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1979
Discovery year1967
Identification
Deposit ID10049231
MRDS IDMX00496
Alternate namesLa Caridad Vieja
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates30.34324, -109.52424
References
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