Cobre Rico

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Molybdenum, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049115
MRDS ID MX00347
Record type Site
Current site name Cobre Rico
Related records 10230649

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.99092, 29.89047 (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 NEAREST MINUTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 79
USGS model code 21a
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Mo
Mark3 model number 2

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.99092, 29.89047

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STOCKWORK, BRECCIA

Comments on the geologic information

  • REGIONAL GEOLOGY: ANDESITES, DACITES, ANDESITIC TUFFS, LITHIC TUFFS, RHYOLITES, AND TRACHYTES INTRUDED BY BODIES OF GRANODIORITE AND RHYOLITE DIKES. ALL ROCKS OF LARAMIDE AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cumpas

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

    CENDEJAS F., C., Y BARCENAS R., A., 1978, GEOLOGIA DE LA REGION CUPRIFERA DEL TRANSVAAL, MUNICIPIO DE CUMPAS, SONORA: PRIMERO SIMPOSIO SOBRE LA GEOLOGIA Y POTENCIAL MINERO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA, RESUMENES 1, HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, P. 27-29.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOLYBDENITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN COLLAPSE-TYPE BRECCIA IN PROPYLITIC ZONE OF LARGE PORPHYRY SYSTEM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.