Mine detail: San Antonio Del Cobre

Previously called 'San Antonio De La HuertaEl Cobre Mine'

Location:	Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	28.62801, -109.62007
dep_id:	10048861
mrds_id:	MX00031
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Trace mineral:	Molybdenum, Uranium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite, Tenorite
gangue:	Barite, Magnetite, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Specularite
orebody_fm:	PIPE
model:	53: Porphyry Cu
alteration:	Considerable Argillic And Silicic Alteration Within Breccia Pipe. Peripheral Chlorite-Epidote-Calcite-Pyrite-Specularite Assemblage.
Reporter:	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_unit:	Barranca Formation
hrock_type:	Argillite,Arkose
arock_type:	Dacite
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:: 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.