Commodities
PrimaryIron, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Magnetite, Malachite
GanguePyrite, Specularite
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Limestone
Associated rockDiabase
AlterationGarnetization In Diorite Porphyry, Recrystallized Limestone, Diabase Dike Unaltered Except For Much Secondary Calcite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10111482
MRDS IDMX25023
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates24.66569, -99.08644
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 AT SAN JOSE, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 36, P. 178-203.CIMRI