Mine detail: El Batamote

Previously called 'Batamote'

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Location: Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 30.48211, -109.75342
dep_id: 10048855
mrds_id: MX00025
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
model: 53: Porphyry Cu
alteration: Intrusive Surrounded By Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic, And Advanced Argillic Alteration Zones With Associated Tourmaline Breccia Zone. Phyllic And Argillic Alt. Most Evident In Volcaniclastics. Potassic Zone Best Developed In Stock.
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_type: Diorite,Tuff,Andesite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure: Nw And Ne Structural Trends., Western Part Of Intrusive Complex Offset By Faulting.
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:: WENDT, C.J., 1981, GEOLOGY, MINERALIZATION AND ALTERATION OF THE BATEMOTE AREA, NORTHERN SONORA, MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 13, NO. 2, P. 113.
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