Oversight

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049284
MRDS ID MX00563
Record type Site
Current site name Oversight
Alternate or previous names Capote No. 17
Related records 10133599

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.33816, 30.97515 (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

  • ESTIMATED TO WITHIN 0.5 KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Pyritic

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.33816, 30.97515

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK: PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE ADJACENT TO TERTIARY QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY. ROUNDED LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS FROM BEDS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET HIGHER FOUND SLUMPED INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE PIPE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cananea/Capote Basin

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE UNDERGROUND LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF LENTICULAR ORE BODIES IN BRECCIA PIPE. 1000 FT LONG ZONE OF SECONDARY CHALCOCITE AND NATIVE CU. TOP OF ORE BODY AT 200 FT DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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