Sonora
Past Producer

Oversight

Sonora, Mexico
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite
Geology
AlterationSericitic, Pyritic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10049284
MRDS IDMX00563
Alternate namesCapote No. 17
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates30.97515, -110.33816
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.MEINERT, 1982.