Mine detail: El Creston

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Location:	Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	29.93074, -110.6576
dep_id:	10048860
mrds_id:	MX00030
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Molybdenum
Minor mineral:	Copper
Trace mineral:	Zinc, Lead
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Chlorite, Epidote, Kaolin, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
orebody_fm:	STOCKWORK, BRECCIA, DISSEMINATED
model:	80: Porphyry Mo, low-F
alteration:	Potassic, Propylitic, Argillic, Phyllic. Silicification And Moly Mineralization Most Common In Phyllic Zone. Potassic Alt. Considered To Be Pre-Mineral.
Reporter:	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_unit:	Creston Granite;Meztli Diorite
hrock_type:	Diorite,Gneiss
arock_unit:	Sonoran Batholith
arock_type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure:	Within Large Roof Pendant Of Metamorphic Rocks Overlying Sonoran Batholith., Two Major Low-Angle Faults, Subparallel; Gemini Fault: N 60 W, 30 Ne Dip, 200 M Dip-Slip. Creston Fault: 30-35 Ne Dip, 450 M Dip-Slip.
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:: THEODORE, T.G. AND MENZIE, W.D., 1983, FLOURINE-DEFICIENT PORPHYRY MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN THE WESTERN NORTH AMERICA CORDILLERA: PROCEEDINGS OF I AGOD SYMPOSIUM, TBIKIS, USSR, SEPT. 1982. Deposit:: LEON, F.L., AND MILLER, C.P., 1981, GEOLOGY OF THE CRESTON MOLYBDENUM-COPPER DEPOSIT IN ORTLIEB, L. AND ROLDAN Q., J., (EDS.), 1981, GEOLOGY OF NORTHWESTERN MEXICO AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA; FIELD GUIDES AND PAPERS: HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, U.N.A.M., P. 223-238. Deposit:: LEON, F.L., AND MILLER, C.P., 1981, GEOLOGY OF THE CRESTON MOLYBDENUM-COPPER DEPOSIT, OPODEPE, SONORA, MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 13, NO. 2, P. 66. Deposit:: SUTULOV, A., 1983, INTERMET MOLYBDENUM YEARBOOK 1983: SANTIAGO, CHILE, INTERMET PUBLICATIONS, 297 P. Deposit:: COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.