Mine detail: Caracahui

Previously called 'Cornelio'

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Location: Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 30.25434, -111.034
dep_id: 10048870
mrds_id: MX00041
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Hematite, Magnetite
gangue: Actinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Quartz, Vesuvianite, Wollastonite
model: 62: Skarn Fe
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Layers Subparallel To Sedimentary Bedding.
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)
hrock_unit: Represo
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Roof Pendant
References:
  • Deposit:: CABRERA, F.J., 1983, LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE FIERRO EN SONORA, TESIS PROF., DEPT. DE GEOL. UNI-SON, 56 P.
  • Deposit:: PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250,000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA, GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA, HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 61P.
  • Deposit:: CABRERA F., F.J., VEGA G., E.L., AND PEREZ S., E., 1983, LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE FIERRO EN SONORA, EVALUACION GEOLOGICA REGIONAL: GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA, DIRECCION DE MINERIA, GEOLOGIA, Y ENERGETICOS, HERMOSILLO, SONORA, 64 P.
  • Reserve-Resource:: CABRERA, ET.AL., 1983, TABLE VI.
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