| Deposit ID | 10098743 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | MX00342 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Puertecitos |
| Related records | 10304426 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.38816, 31.00016 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Mexico | Sonora |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Enargite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Specularite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Model code | 58 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18a |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu, skarn-related |
| Mark3 model number | 9 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Cuitaca Granodiorite | ||||||
| Rock description | Cuitaca Granodiorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -110.38816, 31.00016 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR, ROUGHLY CONFORMABLE TO BEDDING |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cananea |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MX00342 |
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.
EMMONS, S.F., 1910, CANANEA MINING DISTRICT OF SONORA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 5, P. 312-356.
MEINERT, L.D., 1979, DEVELOPMENT OF MINERALIZED SKARNS, MANTOS AND BRECCIA PIPES IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN THE CANANEA DISTRICT, SONORA, MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 11, NO. 7, P. 477-478.
MEINERT, 1982.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SKARN ASSOCIATED WITH CANANEA PORPHYRY CU. PRIMARY ORE: BORNITE, CHALCOPYRITE, MAGNETITE, SPECULARITE, SPHALERITE, AND MINOR GALENA. OXIDIZED ORE: MALACHITE, AZURITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, CHALCOCITE. CHALCOPYRITE PREDOMINATES OVER BORNITE IN NE-DIPPING FAULTS CUTTING IGNEOUS ROCKS NEAR CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1987 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1988 | Leonard, Kenneth R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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