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Cananea

Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008518
MRDS ID D000737
Record type Site
Current site name Cananea

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.30066, 30.95015 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE FOR THE TOWN OF CANANEA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOLYBDENITE FOUND IN EAST BRECCIA PIPE OF CANANEA BRECCIA PIPE COMPLEX

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.30066, 30.95015
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1963

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Anaconda Co.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1962
    Total resources 27210000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.78 wt-pct Copper Major 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, 1962, WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING: NOV.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, V.D., 1961, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MINERALIZED BRECCIA PIPES: AIME PREPRINT NO. 61I78

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MIN. WORLD, 1962

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1987 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Anaconda Co. — dissolved ~1977
    Acquired by Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) in 1977 and shut down most operations in the 1980s. Mineral assets were sold off piecemeal; some are now in Glencore via intermediate owners.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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