Commodities
PrimaryIron, Copper
TertiaryLead, Arsenic, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeCONTACT METAMORPHIC
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlMOST ORE WITHIN ENDOSKARN (DIORITE)
Geology
AlterationSKARN: MAINLY GARNET, EPIDOTE, ALSO TREMOLITE, ACTINOLITE, SCAPOLITE, ZOISITE, CHLORITE, AUGITE, DIOPSIDE, VESUVIANITE, WOLLASTONITE
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID60001071
MRDS IDMX25015
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates24.67681, -99.07953
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.