Mine detail: Cobachi

Previously called 'Cerro Cobachi'

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Location

Lat / long: 28.82939, -110.19647

Resource(N)

Primary: Barium-Barite
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: STRATIFORM
Discovery year: 1978

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Guayacan Group
Host type:Mudstone,Siltstone,Sandstone,Limestone,Chert
Structure:Broad Nw Trending Fold Axis., Ne Trending Folds In Lower To Mid Paleozoic Strata; Thrust And Reverse Faulting Along Sw Dipping Fault Planes; Typical Horst And Graben (Basin And Range) Style Block-Faulting.

References

MRDSMX00216
DEP10049010
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:: NOLL, J.H., 1981, GEOLOGY OF THE PICACHO COLORADO AREA, NORTHERN SIERRA DE COBACHI, CENTRAL SONORA, MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 13, NO. 2, P. 99.}{Deposit:: PREGGER, B.H., 1981, A RECENTLY DISCOVERED DEVONIAN BEDDED BARITE DEPOSIT IN CENTRAL SONORA, MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 13, NO. 2, P. 101.}{Deposit:: DAMON, P.E., CLARK, K.F., SHAFIQULLAH, M., ROLDAN Q., J., ISLAS L., J., 1981, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN SONORA AND THE SONORAN SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL (ROADLOG) IN ORTLIEB, L. AND ROLDAN Q., J., (EDS.), 1981, GEOLOGY OF NORTHWESTERN MEXICO AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA; FIELD GUIDES AND PAPERS: HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, U.N.A.M., P. 381-382.}{Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1982, RECENT MINERAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PACIFIC METALLOGENETIC PROVINCES OF MEXICO, IN WATSON, S.T., ED., TRANSACTIONS OF THE THIRD CIRCUM-PACIFIC ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES CONFERENCE, AUGUST 22-28, 1982, HONOLULU, HAWAII:}{Deposit:: POOLE, F.G., MURCHEY, B.L., AND STEWART, J.H., 1983, MIDDLE AND UPPER PALEOZOIC BEDDED BARITES IN CENTRAL SONORA, MEXICO [ABS.]: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 15, NO. 5, P. 299.}{Deposit:: GONZALEZ S., J.R., 1985, RECURSOS MINERALES NO METALICOS Y ROCAS INDUSTRIALES DEL ESTADO DE SONORA: HERMOSILLO, SONORA, DIRECCION DE MINERIA, GEOLOGIA Y ENERGETICOS, 44 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.), Orris, Greta J.