Mine detail: La Mariquita

Previously called 'Mariquita'

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Location: Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 31.05571, -110.42149
dep_id: 10048853
mrds_id: MX00023
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Specularite
gangue: Plagioclase, Quartz
orebody_fm: HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA
model: 53: Porphyry Cu
alteration: Potassic
ore_ctrl: Breccia
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)
hrock_unit: Bucarit Group
hrock_type: Sandstone,Conglomerate,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff,Basalt
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Andesite
References:
  • 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:: MARAVILLA S., S., 1978, MINAS EN PRODUCCION, MINAS EN PREPARACION Y DEPOSITOS CON RESERVAS MAS O MENOS CONOCIDAS EN EL ESTADO DE SONORA IN NAJERA-GARZA, J., AND ORTLIEB, L., (EDS.), 1978, PRIMERO SYMPOSIO SOBRE LA GEOLOGIA Y POTENCIAL MINERO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA; RESUMENES: HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, U.N.A.M., P. 85-87.
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