Mine detail: Cumobabi

Previously called 'TransvaalSan JudasEl MolibdenoLa VerdeTransvaal West'

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Location

Lat / long: 29.87241, -109.97147

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum, Copper
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Silver, Tungsten
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Wolframite
Gangue: Anhydrite, Apatite, Biotite, Calcite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite, Tourmaline
Orebody form: COLLAPSE BRECCIA
Other material: Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1980

Geology

Host type:Tuff,Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite
Structure:At Least 6 Major Normal Faults, Generally N-S, Subordinate E-W Trend, Displacements From Essentially Nil To 100 M., Structural Trends: N 10 W And N 50 W.
Alteration processes:Potassic, Propylitic, Sericitic, Argillic, Phyllic; Tourmalinization

References

MRDSMX00346
DEP10106943
Reference{Deposit:: PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.}{Deposit:: ROLDAN-QUINTANA, J., 1979, BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE OF SONORA, MEXICO IN ANDERSON, T.H., AND ROLDAN-QUINTANA, J., (EDS.), 1979, GUIDEBOOK, FIELD TRIP 27; GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN SONORA: U.N.A.M.- UNIV. PITTSBURG, P. 69-73.}{Deposit:: CENDEJAS F., C., Y BARCENAS R., A., 1978, GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION CUPRIFERA DEL TRANSVAAL, MUNICIPIO DE CUMPAS, SONORA: PRIMERO SIMPOSIO SOBRE LA GEOLOGIA Y POTENCIAL MINERO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA, RESUMENES 1, HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, P. 27-29.}{Deposit:: SCHERKENBACH, D.A., SAWKINS, F.J., AND SEYFRIED, W.E., JR., 1985, GEOLOGIC, FLUID INCLUSION, AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF THE MINERALIZED BRECCIAS AT CUMOBABI, SONORA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 80, NO. 6, P. 1566-1592.}{Deposit:: SUTULOV, A., 1983, INTERMET MOLYBDENUM YEARBOOK 1983: SANTIAGO, CHILE, INTERMET PUBLICATIONS, 297 P.}{Deposit:: SCHERKENBACH, D.A., AND SAWKINS, F.J., 1982, THE MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT OF CUMOBABI, NORTHERN SONORA, MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 14, NO. 7, P. 609.}{Production:: INTERMET MOLYBDENUM YEARBOOK, 1983, P. 77.}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)