Mine detail: Cobre Grande

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 30.97515, -110.31316

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Mesa Volcanics
Host type:Andesite

References

MRDSMX00560
DEP10049281
Reference{Deposit:: EMMONS, S.F., 1910, CANANEA MINING DISTRICT OF SONORA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 5, P. 312-356.}{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.}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)