Mine detail: San Narciso Mine

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Location: Tamaulipas, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 24.68902, -99.07866
dep_id: 10050475
mrds_id: MX25016
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
gangue: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
model: 59: Skarn Cu
alteration: Garnet-Epidote Skarn
Reporter: Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.)
hrock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: BASTIN, E.S., 1937, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, IN KELLUM, L.B., ED., THE GEOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: ANN ARBOR, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS, P. 159-206.
  • Deposit:: KEMP, J.F., 1906, THE COPPER DEPOSITS AT SAN JOSE, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 36, P. 178-203.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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