Mine detail: Aurora

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

28.52662, -109.62146

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Molybdenum, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA
Discovery year:	1889

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1889

Geology

Host rock:	Barranca Formation
Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Local Structure Trends N 80 E
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Alteration (Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline), And Propylitic Alteration

References

MRDS	MX00020
DEP	10048850
Reference	{Deposit:: PANCZNER, WILLIAM D., 1987, MINERALS OF MEXICO: VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY, NEW YORK, 459 P.}{Deposit:: PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.}
Reporter	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.