Mine detail: Oro Blanco

Previously called 'Bacadehuachi'

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Location: Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 29.83769, -109.09784
dep_id: 10048895
mrds_id: MX00069
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sodium
Trace mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: STRATIFORM
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Orris, Greta J.
Structure: N-S Trending Normal (Basin And Range-Type) Faults.
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:: 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:: GONZALEZ S., J.R., 1985, RECURSOS MINERALES NO METALICOS Y ROCAS INDUSTRIALES DEL ESTADO DE SONORA: HERMOSILLO, SONORA, DIRECCION DE MINERIA, GEOLOGIA Y ENERGETICOS, 44 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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