| Lat / long: | 27.2836, -112.30069 |
| Primary: | Copper, Zinc |
| Secondary: | Silver |
| Tertiary: | Manganese, Lead, Cobalt |
| Ore: | Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Malachite, Melaconite, Pyrolusite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Chalcedony, Gypsum, Jasper, Montmorillonite |
| Discovery year: | 1868 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host rock: | Boleo Formation |
| Host type: | Meta-Argillite,Conglomerate |
| Structure: | Reg.Struct: Underlying Miocene Volcanics Are Cut By Normal Faults With Displacements Of 50-100 M Into A Series Of E Tilted Blocks Upon Which Post-Miocene Sediments And Tuffs Were Deposited (With Initial Dips). Section Was Later (Pliocene To Recent) Cut By En-Echelon Normal Faults Striking N 10-45 W And Dipping 65-70 Sw And Ne. Major Faults Inclined Towards The Sw, With Maximum Vertical Displacement Of 250 M (Sta. Agueda Fault). Most Faults Show Less Than 80 M Of Displacement. |
| Alteration processes: | Argillic |
| MRDS | MX00125 |
| DEP | 10048940 |
| 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:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 187.}{Deposit:: WILSON, I.F., 1956, GEOLOGIA DEL DISTRITO CUPRIFERO DEL BOLEO, BAJA CALIFORNIA IN GEOLOGIA MINERA DEL NOROESTE DE MEXICO; DEPOSITOS DE COBRE DE CANANEA, SONORA Y DE COBRE Y MANGANESO DE EL BOLEO Y LUCIFER, BAJA CALIFORNIA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, EXCURSIONES A-1 Y C-4, P. 53-68.}{Deposit:: WILSON, I.F., 1955, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BOLEO COPPER DISTRICT, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 273, 134 P.}{Deposit:: COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.}{Production:: WILSON, 1955; WILSON, 1956.}{Reserve-Resource:: WILSON, 1955.} |
| Reporter | Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R. |