Mine detail: El Arco

Previously called 'CalmalliDon Carlos'

Location:	Baja California, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	28.05579, -113.38544
dep_id:	10098728
mrds_id:	MX00099
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Molybdenum
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite
gangue:	Albite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Feldspar, Quartz, Sericite
model:	53: Porphyry Cu
alteration:	Zoned Outwardly: Silicic Core Ringed By Potassic And Propylitic Alteration Zones And Pyrite Halo. No Sericitic (Phyllic) Alteration Present.
Reporter:	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_type:	Andesite
arock_type:	Diorite,Diabase
disc_yr:	1968
References:	Deposit:: GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-B, 72 P.. Deposit:: PANCZNER, WILLIAM D., 1987, MINERALS OF MEXICO: VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY, NEW YORK, 459 P. Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 186. Deposit:: ECHAVARRI P., A., Y RANGIN, C., 1978, EL YACIMIENTO CUPRIFERO DEL ARCO, BAJA CALIFORNIA, SU AMBIENTE GEOLOGICO Y SUS CARACTERISTICAS DE ALTERACION Y MINERALIZACION: UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA, BOLETIN DEL DEPARTMENTO DE GEOLOGIA, V. 1, NUM. 1, OCT. 1978, P. 1-18. Deposit:: COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.