Mine detail: Inguaran

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Location: Michoacan De Ocampo, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 18.88148, -101.64121
dep_id: 10024810
mrds_id: ISM0562
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Sinclair, W.David
hrock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure: Breccia Pipe In Cretaceous Granodiorite Batholith
tectonic: Cenozoic Orogenic Belt
Year first produced: 1971
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1987
References:
  • Deposit:: SILLITOE,R.H., 1976, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MEXICAN PORPHYRY BELT: INSTITU TION OF MINING AND METALLURGY TRANSACTIONS, SECTION B, VOL. 85, P. B170-B189.
  • Deposit:: SAWKINS,F.J., 1978, FLUID INCLUSION STUDIES OF THE INGUARAN COPPER-BEARING BRECCIA PIPES, MICHOACAN, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 74, NO. 4, P. 924-927.
  • Deposit:: MINERALS BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL AND ENERGY AFFAIRS, REPUBLIC OF SOUT H AFRICA, 1982, MEXICO, A MINERALS INDUSTRY SURVEY; INTERNAL REPORT 81, P. 58.
  • Production:: PA1: (RF3)
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