Mine detail: El Choro

Previously called 'El Chorro'

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Location

Lat / long: 29.3627, -111.15067

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Goethite, Hematite
Gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Epidote, Garnet, Plagioclase, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:Roof Pendant

References

MRDSMX00070
DEP10048896
Reference{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:: 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, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 188.}{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.}
ReporterStaude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.