Mine detail: La Colorada

Previously called 'Colorada Pit'

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Location

Lat / long: 30.96682, -110.32566

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead, Zinc
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Gangue: Alunite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Mesa Volcanics; Dominantly Andesite
Host type:Andesite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:Pipe Surrounded By 15-60 M Halo Of Silicic And Sericitic Alteration.

References

MRDSMX00566
DEP10049286
Reference{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:: RUBEN VELASCO, J., 1956, GEOLOGIA DEL MINERAL DE CANANEA, SONORA, MEXICO IN GEOLOGIA MINERA DEL NOROESTE DE MEXICO; DEPOSITOS DE COBRE DE CANANEA, SONORA Y DE COBRE Y MANGANESO DE EL BOLEO Y LUCIFER, BAJA CALIFORNIA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, EXCURSIONES A-1 Y C-4, P. 43-51, FIGS. 2-7.}{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.}{Production:: MEINERT, 1982.}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)