Commodities
PrimaryGold, Tellurium
SecondaryUranium
TertiaryLead, Mercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model84: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Gold
GangueBarite, Calcite, Fluorite, Illite, Kaolin, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockAndesite
StructureDeposit Lies Along Trend Of Rancho Arenillas Fault System., Country Rock Has Been Folded And Faulted.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1936
Discovery year1935
Identification
Deposit ID10098739
MRDS IDMX00208
Alternate namesMoctezuma Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.68492, -109.69369
References
PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.MCANULTY, W.N., 1981, GOLD-SILVER-TELLURIUM ORE DEPOSITS IN SIERRA BLANCA NEAR MOCTEZUMA, SONORA, MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 13, NO. 2, P. 95.MARRS, C.K., AND GUILBERT, J.M., 1981, GEOLOGY AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE OPOSURA MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, SONORA, MEXICO IN ORTLIEB, L. AND ROLDAN Q., J., (EDS.), 1981, GEOLOGY OF NORTHWESTERN MEXICO AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA; FIELD GUIDES AND PAPERS: HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, U.N.A.M., P. 169-212.GAINES, R.V., 1970, THE MOCTEZUMA TELLURIUM DEPOSIT: MINERALOGIC RECORD, V. 1, NO. 2, P. 40-43.GAINES, 1970.