Mine detail: Cerro Blanco

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Location: Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 29.5377, -110.19232
dep_id: 10048876
mrds_id: MX00047
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite
gangue: Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz, Serpentine, Sphene
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 62: Skarn Fe
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Roof Pendant
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:: BRACHO, F. V., 1960, YACIMIENTOS DE ESTANO EN LA SIERRA DE CHAPULTEPEC, ZAC.: MEXICO CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES, BULL. 48, 116 P.
  • 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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