Mine detail: El Cobre

Previously called 'San Bartola'

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Location: Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 26.96696, -108.71726
dep_id: 10048965
mrds_id: MX00153
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
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:: 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.
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