Mine detail: Cerro Colorado

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 26.23366, -107.40056

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Molybdenum
Tertiary: Cobalt
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: INTRUSIVE-HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated type:Andesite,Plutonic Rock
Alteration processes:Molybdenite Associated With Seircite, Kaolinite After Feldspar

References

MRDSMX02787
DEP10092813
Reference{Deposit:: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.}{Deposit:: SCHULTZE, G., 1952B, UN IMPORTANTE YACIMIENTO DE MOLIBDENITA EN EL MUNICIPIO DE GUADALUPE Y CALVO,CHIHUAHUA; CONCEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES, INSTITUTO NACIONAL PARA LA INVESTIGACION DE RECURSOS MINERALES, BULLETIN 34-D, P. 31-42.}{Deposit:: DAMON, P.E., SHAFIQULLAH, M., AND CLARK, K.F., 1983, GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS AND RELATED MINERALIZATION OF MEXICO: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, V. 20, NO. 6, P. 1052-1071.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterStaude, John-Mark G.