Mine detail: Caborca

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Location: Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 30.71682, -112.16738
dep_id: 10048841
mrds_id: MX00009
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper
Minor mineral: Antimony
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite
model: 172: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Metasedimentary Rock
References:
  • Deposit:: GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-B, 72 P.
  • Deposit:: SALAS, GUILLERMO, 1973, LOS RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES, BOLETIN 73, P.84-85.
  • Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 188.
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