Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlIgneous/Carbonate Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueAxinite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Diopside, Garnet, Idocrase, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMarble
Associated rockDiorite
StructureCaverns And Wide Fissures In Marble Extend As Far Down As Deepest Workings, 93 M Below Surface.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1917
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10104175
MRDS IDMX00229
Alternate namesRosa De Castilla
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.13342, -116.13415
References
FRIES, CARL AND SCHMITTER, EDUARDO, 1945, SCHEELITE DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF SIERRA DE JUAREZ NORTHERN TERRITORY LOWER CALIFORNIA, MEXICO: USGS BULL 946-C, P. 73-101.GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: USGS CIRCULAR 858-A,B.SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 186-189.FRIES AND SCHMITTER, 1945, P. 83.