Mine detail: El Alacran

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Location

Lat / long:

30.85294, -110.17705

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Latite
Associated type:	Quartz Latite
Structure:	Local Structure Trends N 45 E And N 45 W.
Alteration processes:	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.

References

MRDS	MX00024
DEP	10048854
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:: 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.}
Reporter	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)