Mine detail: La Mariquita

Previously called 'Mariquita'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.05571, -110.42149

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Specularite
Gangue: Plagioclase, Quartz
Orebody form: HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Bucarit Group
Host type:Sandstone,Conglomerate,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff,Basalt
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Andesite
Alteration processes:Potassic

References

MRDSMX00023
DEP10048853
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:: 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.}
ReporterStaude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)