Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper
TertiaryLead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueAlunite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite · Mesa Volcanics
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10049280
MRDS IDMX00558
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates30.96265, -110.30066
References
EMMONS, S.F., 1910, CANANEA MINING DISTRICT OF SONORA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 5, P. 312-356.PERRY, V.D., 1961, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MINERALIZED BRECCIA PIPES: A.I.M.E. TRANS., V. 220, P. 216-226.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.BUSHNELL, S.E., 1980, SULFIDE ZONING AND THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF TETRAHEDRITE AND SPHALERITE IN THE CANANEA-DULUTH BRECCIA PIPE, CANANEA, SONORA: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 12, NO. 7, P. 397.RUBEN VELASCO, J., 1956, GEOLOGIA DEL MINERAL DE CANANEA, SONORA, MEXICO IN GEOLOGIA MINERA DEL NOROESTE DE MEXICO; DEPOSITOS DE COBRE DE CANANEA, SONORA Y DE COBRE Y MANGANESO DE EL BOLEO Y LUCIFER, BAJA CALIFORNIA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, EXCURSIONES A-1 Y C-4, P. 43-51, FIGS. 2-7.MEINERT, 1982.