Mine detail: Capote

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Location:	Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	30.97932, -110.34233
dep_id:	10048962
mrds_id:	MX00150
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
gangue:	Quartz
work_type:	Underground
model:	58: Porphyry Cu, skarn-related
alteration:	Intense Sericitic, Pyritic, And Silicic Alteration.
Reporter:	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_unit:	Cananea Granite;Bolsa Quartzite
hrock_type:	Quartzite,Limestone,Granite
References:	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:: EMMONS, S.F., 1910, CANANEA MINING DISTRICT OF SONORA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 5, P. 312-356. Deposit:: PERRY, V.D., 1961, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MINERALIZED BRECCIA PIPES: A.I.M.E. TRANS., V. 220, P. 216-226. Deposit:: EINAUDI, M.T., 1982, DESCRIPTION OF SKARNS ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY COPPER PLUTONS; SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA IN TITLEY, S.R., (ED.), ADVANCES IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS; SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA: TUCSON, ARIZONA, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS, P. 171-175. Deposit:: MEINERT, L.D., 1982, SKARN, MANTO AND BRECCIA PIPE FORMATION IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE CANANEA MINING DISTRICT, SONORA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 77, NO. 4, P. 919-949. Deposit:: RUBEN VELASCO, J., 1956, GEOLOGIA DEL MINERAL DE CANANEA, SONORA, MEXICO 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. 43-51, FIGS. 2-7. Deposit:: COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P. Production:: MEINERT, 1982.