| Location: | Sonora, Mexico, North America |
| Lat / long: | 30.85294, -110.17705 |
| dep_id: | 10048854 |
| mrds_id: | MX00024 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper, Molybdenum |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite |
| orebody_fm: | HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA |
| model: | 53: Porphyry Cu |
| alteration: | Potassic, Phyllic, And Propylitic Alteration, Tourmalinization, Silicification. Silicification Generally Occurs Near Surface With Kaolinization And Primary Sulfides 5-200+ M Below (Alacon, 1970). Potassic Alteration Dated At 55.4 +/- 1.2 M.Y. |
| ore_ctrl: | Mineralization And Alteration Assemblages Controlled By Host Rock Composition. |
| Reporter: | Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) |
| hrock_type: | Latite |
| arock_type: | Quartz Latite |
| Structure: | Local Structure Trends N 45 E And N 45 W. |
| 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:: ALARCON L.V., Y AGUILERA, 1970, INFORME SOBRE LOS ESTUDIOS GEOLOGICOS, GEOQUIMICOS Y GEOFISICOS EN EL PROSPECTO EL ALACRAN, SONORA HASTA 1970, IN INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS-MINERAS SOBRE COBRE EN LOS PROSPECTOS LOS ALISOS, LA CARIDAD Y EL ALACRAN- RECONIMIENTO GEOLOGICO Y GEOFISICO REGIONAL EN EL DISTRICTO DE NACOZARI, EN EL ESTADO DE SONORA: CRNNR, BOL. 79, PP. 49-75.
- Deposit:: DEAN, D.A., AND GUILBERT, J.M., 1981, EL ALACRAN; A HIGH LEVEL PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT, SONORA, MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 13, NO. 2, P. 51.
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