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San Antonio Del Cobre

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Uranium
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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. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048861
MRDS ID MX00031
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio Del Cobre
Alternate or previous names San Antonio De La Huerta, El Cobre Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.62007, 28.62801 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 KM N OF TECORIPA ON THE W BANK OF THE RIO YAQUI.

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 Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALSO REPORTED: DIGENITE, URANIFEROUS SPECULARITE, HEMATITE AND SIDERITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Barite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Considerable Argillic And Silicic Alteration Within Breccia Pipe. Peripheral Chlorite-Epidote-Calcite-Pyrite-Specularite Assemblage.

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Chronological age 57.4
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Barranca Formation
    Rock description Barranca Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.62007, 28.62801
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE
    Length 450M
    Width 150M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK: ARGILLITES AND META-ARKOSES OF BARRANCA FM. INTRUDED AND BRECCIATED BY LARAMIDE AGE ANDESITE AND DACITE PORPHYRY DIKES AND SILLS. LATE ANDESITE DIKES AND SILLS ALONG PERIPHERY OF THE BRECCIA PIPE AND ALONG PLANES OF WEAKNESS IN SURROUNDING ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Soyopa/San Antonio De La Huerta

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Luz Del Cobre, S. A.
    First year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • LOCATED IN THE SOYOPA MINING DISTRICT

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 42000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.38 wt-pct Copper Major 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UNDER INVESTIGATION AS POSSIBLE MINE.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS ADITS. PIPE ROOTS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY BELOW 547-LEVEL. MILL CONSTRUCTED A1980.

Comments on development

  • IN-SITU LIXIFICATION STUDY UNDERWAY IN 1985.

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.

  • Deposit

    SALAS, GUILLERMO, 1973, LOS RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES, BOLETIN 73, P.84-85.

  • Deposit

    DAMON, P.E., CLARK, K.F., SHAFIQULLAH, M., ROLDAN Q., J., ISLAS L., J., 1981, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN SONORA AND THE SONORAN SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL (ROADLOG) IN ORTLIEB, L. AND ROLDAN Q., J., (EDS.), 1981, GEOLOGY OF NORTHWESTERN MEXICO AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA; FIELD GUIDES AND PAPERS: HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, U.N.A.M., P. 394-400.

  • Deposit

    GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: USGS CIRCULAR 858-A,B.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED BRECCIA PIPE, PROBABLY PART OF A DEEPLY BURIED PORPHYRY SYSTEM. CU MINERALS OCCUR AS CAVITY FILLINGS IN COLLAPSE BRECCIA. CU MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF 65% CHALCOCITE-COVELLITE, 15% CHALCOPYRITE, 10% CUPRITE-TENORITE, AND 10% CHRYSOCOLLA-MALACHITE-AZURITE. MINOR MOLYBDENITE. METATORBERNITE OCCURRENCE. OXIDATION MINERALS: GOETHITE, MALACHITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, HEMATITE, LIMONITE, PITCH, AND NEOTOCTITE. HYPOGENE MINERALS: SPECULARITE, PYRITE, QUARTZ, SIDERITE, MAGNETITE, CHALCOPYRITE, SERICITE, BARITE, ORTHOCLASE. PERVASIVE HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION.
Deposit STOCKWORK BRECCIA DEPOSIT OF PORPHYRY COPPER. NORTHERN LIMIT OF LARGE NE TRENDING ZONE THAT INCLUDES THE AURORA AND PILARES PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

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