Mine detail: Cananea

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Location: Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 30.95015, -110.30066
dep_id: 10008518
mrds_id: D000737
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
model: 53: Porphyry Cu
Reporter: King, Robert U., Orris, Greta J., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Limestone
Year first produced: 1963
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING WORLD, 1962, WHA* GOING ON IN WORLD MINING: NOV.
  • Deposit:: PERRY, V.D., 1961, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MINERALIZED BRECCIA PIPES: AIME PREPRINT NO. 61I78
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.
  • Reserve-Resource:: MIN. WORLD, 1962
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