Mine detail: Nacozari

Previously called 'Nacozari De Garcia'

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Location: Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 30.4335, -109.70064
dep_id: 10048893
mrds_id: MX00067
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite
model: 53: Porphyry Cu
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
References:
  • Deposit:: GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-B, 72 P..
  • Deposit:: PANCZNER, WILLIAM D., 1987, MINERALS OF MEXICO: VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY, NEW YORK, 459 P.
  • Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 188.
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