Mine detail: Aurora

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Location: Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 28.52662, -109.62146
dep_id: 10048850
mrds_id: MX00020
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Molybdenum, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
orebody_fm: HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA
model: 79: Porphyry Cu-Mo
alteration: Hydrothermal Alteration (Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline), And Propylitic Alteration
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_unit: Barranca Formation
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure: Local Structure Trends N 80 E
Year first produced: 1889
disc_yr: 1889
References:
  • Deposit:: PANCZNER, WILLIAM D., 1987, MINERALS OF MEXICO: VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY, NEW YORK, 459 P.
  • 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.
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