Mine detail: Florida-Barrigon

Previously called 'La Florida De Nacozari'

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Location: Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 30.38073, -109.72286
dep_id: 10048851
mrds_id: MX00021
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Molybdenum
Trace mineral: Zinc, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
gangue: Actinolite, Apatite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Sphene
model: 53: Porphyry Cu
alteration: Potassic Alteration Followed By Quartz-White Mica-Pyrite Alteration Contemporaneous With Introduction Of Stockwork.
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Dacite
Structure: N-S Structural Trend
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:: THEODORE, T.G., AND PRIEGO DE WIT, M., 1978, PORPHYRY-TYPE METALLIZATION AND ALTERATION AT LA FLORIDA DE NACOZARI, SONORA, MEXICO: USGS JOURNAL OF RESEARCH, V. 6, NO. 1, P. 59-72. (SAME AS OFR 76-760)
  • Deposit:: COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.
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