Mine detail: El Volcan

Previously called 'Piedra Iman'

Location:	Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	27.75026, -109.30894
dep_id:	10048874
mrds_id:	MX00045
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite
gangue:	Apatite, Biotite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz
model:	158: Volcanic-hosted magnetite
alteration:	Magnetite Altered To Hematite
Reporter:	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_type:	Rhyolite
arock_type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Discordant To Outline Of Rhyolite Dome
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:: LONG, JR. 1956. MAGNETOMETER SURVEY AND GEOLOGIC EXAMINATION OF THE EL VOLCAN IRON DEPOSIT, SONORA, MEXICO,INT.REP. A.R.C. LABORATORIES, 8 P. Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 188. Deposit:: GOMEZ R., D., 1961, INVENTARIO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFEROS DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES PUBLICACION 3 E, (SONORA LOC. 2). Deposit:: DUTTON, C.E., 1955, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES; OCCURRENCE, APPRAISAL AND USE: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 179-208. IN THE SOUTHERN CORDILLERA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 14, P. 237-262. Deposit:: CABRERA F., F.J., VEGA G., E.L., AND PEREZ S., E., 1983, LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE FIERRO EN SONORA, EVALUACION GEOLOGICA REGIONAL: GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA, DIRECCION DE MINERIA, GEOLOGIA, Y ENERGETICOS, PUBLICACION NO. 5, 64 P. Production:: LONG, 1956 Reserve-Resource:: CABRERA, ET.AL., 1983, TABLE VI; PEREZ SEGURA, 1985.