Mine detail: San Antonio Del Cobre

Previously called 'San Antonio De La HuertaEl Cobre Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 28.62801, -109.62007

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Uranium
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite, Tenorite
Gangue: Barite, Magnetite, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Specularite
Orebody form: PIPE

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Barranca Formation
Host type:Argillite,Arkose
Associated type:Dacite
Alteration processes:Considerable Argillic And Silicic Alteration Within Breccia Pipe. Peripheral Chlorite-Epidote-Calcite-Pyrite-Specularite Assemblage.

References

MRDSMX00031
DEP10048861
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:: SALAS, GUILLERMO, 1973, LOS RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES, BOLETIN 73, P.84-85.}{Deposit:: DAMON, P.E., CLARK, K.F., SHAFIQULLAH, M., ROLDAN Q., J., ISLAS L., J., 1981, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN SONORA AND THE SONORAN SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL (ROADLOG) 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. 394-400.}{Deposit:: GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: USGS CIRCULAR 858-A,B.}
ReporterStaude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.