Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Iron
SecondaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlJointing
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockPhonolite
AlterationGarnet-Pyrite Endoskarn, Augite-Pyrite Endoskarn Cut By Quartz Veins
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10050480
MRDS IDMX25022
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates24.6768, -99.08783
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