Mine detail: Piedras Verdes

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Location

Lat / long:

27.16834, -109.02004

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	STOCKWORK

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Barranca Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Schist
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Sericite

References

MRDS	MX00145
DEP	10048957
Reference	{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:: PEARCE, S.L., 1910, PIEDRAS VERDES DISSEMINATED-COPPER ZONE: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 89, P. 920.}
Reporter	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.