Mine detail: El Oro

Previously called 'Los Tajos'

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Location

Lat / long:

28.41413, -109.41729

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena
Gangue:	Limonite, Quartz
Other material:	Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Andesite
Associated type:	Diorite,Andesite
Structure:	Many High-Angle Normal Faults

References

MRDS	MX00186
DEP	10048982
Reference	{Deposit:: COX, DENNIS P., SINGER, DONALD, A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, 397 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.}
Reporter	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.