Mine detail: Florida-Barrigon

Previously called 'La Florida De Nacozari'

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Location

Lat / long:

30.38073, -109.72286

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Molybdenum
Tertiary:	Zinc, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Apatite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Sphene

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Dacite
Structure:	N-S Structural Trend
Alteration processes:	Potassic Alteration Followed By Quartz-White Mica-Pyrite Alteration Contemporaneous With Introduction Of Stockwork.

References

MRDS	MX00021
DEP	10048851
Reference	{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.}{Deposit:: THEODORE, T.G., AND PRIEGO DE WIT, M., 1978, PORPHYRY-TYPE METALLIZATION AND ALTERATION AT LA FLORIDA DE NACOZARI, SONORA, MEXICO: USGS JOURNAL OF RESEARCH, V. 6, NO. 1, P. 59-72. (SAME AS OFR 76-760)}{Deposit:: COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.}
Reporter	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.