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Los Verdes

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048864
MRDS ID MX00034
Record type Site
Current site name Los Verdes
Related records 10304597

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.152, 28.37246 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 KM S OF TRES PIEDRAS CU DEPOSIT.

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 79
USGS model code 21a
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Mo
Mark3 model number 2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Chronological age 58.5
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Chronological age 58.5

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.152, 28.37246
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form COLLAPSE BRECCIA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tecoripa/Yecora

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.2 wt-pct Copper Major 1985
    Molybdenum Mo 0.25 wt-pct Molybdenum Major 1985
    Tungsten Wo3 0.2 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINIMUM ESTIMATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT FOLLOWS FAULTED, BRECCIATED ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

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