Mine detail: Washington

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Location:	Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	29.8988, -110.06315
dep_id:	10048858
mrds_id:	MX00028
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten
Minor mineral:	Silver, Gold
Trace mineral:	Lead, Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm:	COLLAPSE BRECCIA
model:	53: Porphyry Cu
alteration:	Phyllic, Potassic, Local Silicification And Tourmalinization
Reporter:	Leonard, Kenneth R., Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.)
hrock_type:	Shale,Limestone,Trachyte,Latite,Andesite
arock_type:	Diorite
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:: DOMINQUEZ, 1979, EVALUACION GEOLOGICA DE LAS BRECHAS CIRCUNDANTES A LA MINA WASHINGTON,UEPAC, SON. REPORTE INTERNO, SERVICIOS INDUSTRIALES PENOLES, S. C. L., 36 P. Deposit:: DACO, A.C., 1978, GEOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE WASHINGTON MINE AREA, HUEPAC, SONORA: PRIMERO SIMPOSIO SOBRE LA GEOLOGIA Y POTENCIAL MINERO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA, RESUMENES 1, HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, P. 39-40. Deposit:: SIMMONS, S.F., AND SAWKINS, F.J., 1983, MINERALOGIC AND FLUID INCLUSION STUDIES OF THE WASHINGTON CU-MO-W-BEARING BRECCIA PIPE, SONORA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 78, NO. 3, P. 521-526. Deposit:: COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P. Reserve-Resource:: SIMMONS AND SAWKINS, 1983.