Mine detail: El Picacho

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

30.59184, -110.08121

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Iriginite, Molybdenite, Torbernite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite
Alteration processes:	Phyllic

References

MRDS	MX00210
DEP	10049004
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:: MARQUINA MARTINEZ, O.E., 1983, ALGUNAS EVIDENCIAS URANIFERAS EN ROCAS VOLCANICAS FELSICAS EN LA PORCION NORTE-CENTRAL DEL ESTADO DE SONORA: GEOMIMET, V. 3, NUM. 123, P. 63-74.}
Reporter	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.