Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryZinc
TertiaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model58: Porphyry Cu, skarn-related
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Escabrosa Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Tuff · Henrietta Formation
StructureElisa Fault: E-W, Subvertical, Forms The N Side Of Large Horst.
AlterationSericitic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10049278
MRDS IDMX00556
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates30.99182, -110.35483
References
EMMONS, S.F., 1910, CANANEA MINING DISTRICT OF SONORA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 5, P. 312-356.EINAUDI, M.T., 1982, DESCRIPTION OF SKARNS ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY COPPER PLUTONS; SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA IN TITLEY, S.R., (ED.), ADVANCES IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS; SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA: TUCSON, ARIZONA, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS, P. 171-175.MEINERT, L.D., 1982, SKARN, MANTO AND BRECCIA PIPE FORMATION IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE CANANEA MINING DISTRICT, SONORA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 77, NO. 4, P. 919-949.LEE, M.L., 1912, A GEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE ELISA MINE, SONORA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 7, P. 324-339.MEINERT, 1982.