Mine detail: El Choro

Location:	Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	29.3627, -111.15067
dep_id:	10048896
mrds_id:	MX00070
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Goethite, Hematite
gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Epidote, Garnet, Plagioclase, Quartz
model:	62: Skarn Fe
Reporter:	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_type:	Limestone
arock_type:	Andesite
Structure:	Roof Pendant
References:	Deposit:: GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-B, 72 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. Deposit:: SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 188. 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, HERMOSILLO, SONORA, 64 P. Reserve-Resource:: CABRERA, ET.AL., 1983, TABLE VI.