Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryCopper, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlOre Associated With Pegmatites, Qm Intrusive, And Suborthogonal Fracture System.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Wolframite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Feldspar, Garnet, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Pegmatite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1953
Identification
Deposit ID10098742
MRDS IDMX00295
Alternate namesEl Jaralito, Baviacora
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.67797, -110.28121
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.GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA, LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S.G.S. CIRC. 858-B, 72 P.SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 188.DUNN, D.P., AND BURT, D.M., 1979, SKARN MINERALIZATION RELATED TO PEGMATITES AT THE SAN ANTONIO TUNGSTEN MINE, BAVIACORA, SONORA, MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 11, NO. 7, P. 417.MEAD, R.D., AND KESLER, S.E., 1984, RELATION OF SONORAN TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION TO THE METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION OF MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. ?, NO. ?, P. 591-592.DUNN AND BURT, 1979.