Porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit.
References:
- Anderson, T.H., and Silver, L.T. (1977): U-Pb isotope ages of granitic plutons near Cananea, Sonora. Economic Geology 72, 827–836.
- Meinert, L.D. (1982): Skarn, manto, and breccia pipe formation in sedimentary rocks of the Cananea Mining District, Sonora, Mexico. Economic Geology 77, 919–949.
- Bushnell, S.E. (1988): Mineralization at Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, and the paragenesis and zoning of breccia pipes in quartzofeldspathic rock. Economic Geology 83, 1760-1781.
- Barra, F., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V.A., Ochoa-Landín, L., Chesley, J.T., and Zurcher, L. (2005): Laramide porphyry Cu-Mo mineralization in northern Mexico: age constraints from Re-Os geochronology in molybdenite. Economic Geology 100, 1605–1616.
- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.
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Map Reference: 30°57'N , 110°18'W
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