Mine detail: Inguaran

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 18.88148, -101.64121

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Tungsten

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1971
Last production ended: 1987

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:Breccia Pipe In Cretaceous Granodiorite Batholith
Tectonic:Cenozoic Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSISM0562
DEP10024810
Reference{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)}
ReporterSinclair, W.David