Mine detail: Inguaran

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Location: Michoacan De Ocampo, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 32.41675, -115.50081
dep_id: 10081091
mrds_id: W032792
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite
model: 53: Porphyry Cu
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Typical Gas Fluxion Breccia Pipes
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith S.
hrock_type: Granite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Two Fracture Systems N10 W/E And N40 E/Nw-Se
Year first produced: 1971
References:
  • Deposit:: SAWKINS, F.J., 1979, FLUID INCLUSIONS OF THE INGURAN COPPER-BEARING BRECCIA PIPES, MICHOCAN, MEXICO: ECON. GEOL., V. 74, P. 924-927.
  • Deposit:: MM 1980; E/MJ 1978.
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