Mine detail: El Cobre

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

28.7169, -110.03397

Resource(M)

Primary:	Molybdenum, Tungsten, Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1910

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated type:	Granite
Alteration processes:	Secondary Oxides Prominent In Upper 40 Ft Of The Veins.

References

MRDS	MX00277
DEP	10049062
Reference	{Deposit:: WIESE, JOHN H., AND CARDENAS, SALVADOR, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF SONORA, MEXICO: USGS BULL 946, P. 103-130.}{Deposit:: RADELLI, L., 1985, SCHEELITE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL SONORA, MEXICO: BOLETIN DEL DEPATAMENTO DE GEOLOGIA UNI-SON, SEGUNDA EPOCA, V. 2, NUM. 1-2, P. 65-73.}{Production:: WIESE AND CARDENAS, 1945.}
Reporter	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.