Mine detail: Punta Norte

Previously called 'Esperanza'

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Location

Lat / long:

28.3616, -115.24133

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1890
Last production ended:	1917

Geology

Host rock:	Choyal Formation
Host type:	Greenstone
Associated type:	Granite

References

MRDS	MX00575
DEP	10049295
Reference	{Deposit:: WISSER, E., 1954, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 1, P. 44-76.}{Deposit:: KILMER, F.H., 1984, GEOLOGY OF CEDROS ISLAND, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO: ARCATA, CA, FRANK H. KILMER, 69 P., 1 MAP, SCALE 1:75000. (PRINTED AT HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY)}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)