Description
Compania Quiquilco S.A. (Cyprus Mining Company)
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
SecondaryGold
TertiaryIron, Selenium, Bismuth, Antimony, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model60: Skarn Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlContact Between Intrusive And Limestone. Selected Beds In Limestone.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Iron, Manganese Ox-Hydrous, Sphalerite
GangueFluorite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Benigno
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
AlterationGarnet-Mafics Skarn
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1991
Discovery year1986
Identification
Deposit ID10049395
MRDS IDMX02014
Alternate namesCerros Bismark
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.23266, -107.58448
References
GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A AND -B.GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL (DURANGO, MX), P. 47.CLARK, K.F., AND GOODELL, P.C., (EDS.), 1983, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA: EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, GUIDEBOOK, 1983 FIELD CONFERENCE, 0CT. 7-9, 1983, PLATE 1, SCALE 1:500000.MINING MAGAZINE, 1986, V. 154, NO. 4, P. 293.SHARP, W.B., AND GOODELL, P.C., 1990, AN OVERVIEW OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE BISMARK DISTRICT, CERRO DE BISMARK, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, IN GOODELL, P.C., AND SHARP, W.B., EDS., FIELDTRIP GUIDEBOOK, CERRO DE BISMARK, CHIHUAHUA: SYMPOSIUM ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHIHUAHUA DESERT, FEB. 16-18, 1990, EL PASO, TX, P. 23-34.CIMRIMINE STAFF