| Deposit ID | 10049286 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | MX00566 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | La Colorada |
| Alternate or previous names | Colorada Pit |
| Related records | 10182596 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.32566, 30.96682 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Mexico | Sonora |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tennantite | Ore |
| Alunite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 79 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 21a |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu-Mo |
| Mark3 model number | 2 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Mesa Volcanics; Dominantly Andesite |
| Rock description | Mesa Volcanics; Dominantly Andesite |
| (1) | -110.32566, 30.96682 |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cananea |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MX00566 |
EINAUDI, M.T., 1982, DESCRIPTION OF SKARNS ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY COPPER PLUTONS; SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA IN TITLEY, S.R., (ED.), ADVANCES IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS; SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA: TUCSON, ARIZONA, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS, P. 171-175.
RUBEN VELASCO, J., 1956, GEOLOGIA DEL MINERAL DE CANANEA, SONORA, MEXICO IN GEOLOGIA MINERA DEL NOROESTE DE MEXICO; DEPOSITOS DE COBRE DE CANANEA, SONORA Y DE COBRE Y MANGANESO DE EL BOLEO Y LUCIFER, BAJA CALIFORNIA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, EXCURSIONES A-1 Y C-4, P. 43-51, FIGS. 2-7.
MEINERT, 1982.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | HIGH-GRADE BRECCIA PIPE AND DISSEMINATED SUPERGENE CU-ORE ASSOCIATED WITH NW-TRENDING SERIES OF QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY INTRUSIVES IN MESA VOLCANICS. HIGH-GRADE CU ORE ENCLOSED IN PEGMATITIC QUARTZ-PHLOGOPITE SHEATH WITHIN COLLAPSE BRECCIA NEAR THE APEX OF A QUARTZ PORPHYRY PLUG. MASSIVE MOLYBDENITE-CHALCOPYRITE-CHALCOCITE ORE FORMED RING WITHIN QUARTZ SHELL, WITH PYRITE ZONED PERIPHERALLY AND IN OVERLYING QUARTZ VEINLETS. LOW-GRADE QUARTZ-CHALCOPYRITE-MOLYBDENITE VEINLETS EXTENDED DOWNWARDS AT LEAST 500 M BELOW PIPE. LATE STAGE MINERALIZATION CONSISTED OF PYRITE-ALUNITE VEINS WITH LUZONITE-TENNANTITE-COVELLITE-SPHALERITE-GALENA ASSEMBLAGE FORMED WITHIN THE MASSIVE SULFIDE RING CONCURRENT WITH BRECCIATION OF THE EARLY SULFIDE ORE. TOP OF PIPE: 200 M BELOW SURFACE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1988 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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