Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Iron
SecondaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Molybdenite
GanguePyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
AlterationGarnetization And Pyritization (Diorite) Pyrite-Tremolite (Limestone) Garnet-Epidote-Magnetite Endo/Exo Skarn
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10050478
MRDS IDMX25020
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates24.68013, -99.08005
References
BASTIN, E.S., 1937, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, IN KELLUM, L.B., ED., THE GEOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: ANN ARBOR, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS, P. 159-206.KEMP, J.F., 1906, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF SAN JOSE, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 36, P. 178-203.CIMRI