| Deposit ID | 10048962 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | MX00150 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Capote |
| Related records | 10302972 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.34233, 30.97932 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Mexico | Sonora |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | LOCALLY CONTAINS 20% CU. |
|---|
| Model code | 58 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18a |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu, skarn-related |
| Mark3 model number | 9 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Cananea Granite;Bolsa Quartzite |
| Rock description | Cananea Granite;Bolsa Quartzite |
| (1) | -110.34233, 30.97932 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cananea/Capote Basin |
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 487.68M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MX00150 |
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.
PERRY, V.D., 1961, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MINERALIZED BRECCIA PIPES: A.I.M.E. TRANS., V. 220, P. 216-226.
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.
COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.
MEINERT, 1982.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VERTICAL BRECCIA PIPE CUTTING PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE AND CAMBRIAN QUARTZITE AT DEPTH AND GRADING INTO MASSIVE SULFIDE REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN PALEOZOIC(?) LIMESTONE ABOVE 125 M LEVEL. KNOWN VERTICAL EXTENT: 350 M. BRECCIA CONSISTS OF ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF PORPHYRY AND WALL ROCK CEMENTED BY QUARTZ-CARBONATE-PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE-BORNITE-CHALCOCITE ASSEMBLAGE. REPLACEMENT ORE DESCRIBED AS STRATIFORM, E-DIPPING, SUPERGENE ENRICHED PYRITIC BODY, 100 M X 50 M, CONTAINING 20% CU. CAPPED BY WELL-DEVELOPED GOSSAN. |
| Deposit | ONE OF CANANEA'S FIRST HIGH-GRADE ORE BODIES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1987 | Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1988 | Leonard, Kenneth R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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