Mine detail: Cuesta De Fierro

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

28.92939, -109.46312

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Biotite, Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Plagioclase, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Roof Pendant, Many Nnw-Sse Trending Normal Faults Of Similar Age.
Tectonic:	Laramide Intrusions Along Continental Margin.

References

MRDS	MX00042
DEP	10048871
Reference	{Deposit:: PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENICA DE SONORA 1:250,000}{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.}
Reporter	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.