Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryZinc, Lead, Silver
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model58: Porphyry Cu, skarn-related
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formIRREGULAR, ROUGHLY CONFORMABLE TO BEDDING
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Magnetite, Specularite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Garnet
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockDiorite · Cuitaca Granodiorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10098743
MRDS IDMX00342
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.00016, -110.38816
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.EMMONS, S.F., 1910, CANANEA MINING DISTRICT OF SONORA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 5, P. 312-356.MEINERT, L.D., 1982, SKARN, MANTO AND BRECCIA PIPE FORMATION IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE CANANEA MINING DISTRICT, SONORA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 77, NO. 4, P. 919-949.MEINERT, L.D., 1979, DEVELOPMENT OF MINERALIZED SKARNS, MANTOS AND BRECCIA PIPES IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN THE CANANEA DISTRICT, SONORA, MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 11, NO. 7, P. 477-478.MEINERT, 1982.