Mine detail: Punta Norte

Previously called 'Esperanza'

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Location: Baja California, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 28.3616, -115.24133
dep_id: 10049295
mrds_id: MX00575
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)
hrock_unit: Choyal Formation
hrock_type: Greenstone
arock_type: Granite
Year first produced: 1890
yr_lst_prd: 1917
References:
  • 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)
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