| Valencia, V. A., Eastoe, C., Ruiz, J., Ochoa-Landin, L., Gehrels, G., Gonzalez-Leon, C., Barra, F., Espinoza, E. (2008) Hydrothermal Evolution of the Porphyry Copper Deposit at La Caridad, Sonora, Mexico, and the Relationship with a Neighboring High-Sulfidation Epithermal Deposit. Economic Geology, 103 (3) 473-491 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.103.3.473 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Evolution of the Porphyry Copper Deposit at La Caridad, Sonora, Mexico, and the Relationship with a Neighboring...LUCAS OCHOA-LANDIN, Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Sonora, Rosales y Transversal, Hermosillo...Noroeste, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Hermosillo Sonora, México FERNANDO BARRA, Department...Arizona 85721, and Instituto de Geologia Economica Aplicada, Universidad de Concepción, Chile AND ENRIQUE...ENRIQUE ESPINOZA Grupo Mexico, Unidad La Caridad, Sonora, Mexico Abstract Four main stages of alteration | | | Report (issue) | Trip 4 & 12 Mexican Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposits: La Caridad, Pilares, Cananea, Maria, Mariquita, Milpillas... September 19, 1994 Dear Participants: Welcome to Mexico and Sonora. and beneficial to you. I hope this trip...field trip "Mexican Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposits: La Caridad, Pilares, Cananea, Maria, Mariquita, Milpillas"...the porphyry molybdenum deposits of northern Sonora. and breccia copper- It will point out the...the near future. The trip will start out at La Caridad on the southern most end and finish with Milpillas | | | Report (issue) | SURVEY PRELIMINARY DEPOSIT-TYPE MAP OF NORTHWESTERN MEXICO By Kenneth R. Leonard U.S. Geological Survey...Figure 4. of Mineral Deposits in Northwestern Mexico Los Gavilanes Tungsten District El Antimonio District... Preliminary Deposit-Type Map of Northwestern Mexico Kenneth R. Leonard Introduction The following...economic data on mineral deposits and occurrences in Sonora, North Baja California, South Baja California and...and the northern part of Chihuahua, Mexico. The area is important for the evaluation or mineral deposits | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | copper tenor. 64° 72° SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS LA PAZ Cuajone Bolivia Quellaveco Mocha Toquepala...sampled intrusive phases at Quellaveco, laser-ablation (LA-) ICP-MS methods were used to date zircons from the...described the analytical methods employed in 1 cm the LA-ICP-MS study. Analytical data are reported in Table...(2.51 ± 0.61 m.y.; Fig. 2). Discussion The use of LA-ICP-MS dating methods on large numbers of zircon...Chuquicamata 3.5 ± 0.4 m.y. (Ballard et al., 2001), Bajo de la Alumbrera ~3 m.y. (Harris et al., 2008), El Teniente | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Porphyry copper deposits account for 60% of the world's mine production of copper and constitute 80% of ore reserves...SI SAI SAI SP 35. La Verde 36. Cananea SA Colombia 37. Mocoa X Peru 38. La Granja SA 39. 40.... SA 51. La Escondida SA SA 47. EI Abra Arsenopyrite c X SAI 33. Red Mountain Mexico 34. La Caridad...(dickite, kaolinite, pyrophyllite, diaspore, or alunite). Intermediate argillic: Feldspar altered to clay...the top, although information from drillholes and mine exposures is more limited. Sulfide zoning usually | | | Report (issue) | Susana A. Alaniz-Álvarez Centro de Geociencias Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Apartado postal 1-742...F. Nieto-Samaniego Centro de Geociencias Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Apartado postal 1-742...Mexicana in the following issues of the Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, Volumen Conmemorativo...Grandes Fronteras Tectónicas de México, and no. 2, Aspectos Históricos de la Geología en México, edited...Ángel F. Nieto-Samaniego; and no. 3, Temas Selectos de la Geología Mexicana, edited by Ángel F. Nieto-Samaniego | | | Book | "'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'« u~ o V :¾ MEXICO r - ·•-.. ·-··-··-··-·· < •• ....... V S TATES...org/details/mineralsofmexico0000panc MINERALS OF MEXICO • ERALS OF ~XICO M ______ William D. Panczner...Berkshire RG 11 2PY, England Yan Nostrand Reinhold 480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy-Collectors and collecting-Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral...mineral resources-Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This boo i | | | Book | anc MINERALS OF MEXICO 7 | : = Pras #0 AaprTTARE ; | MINERALS OF MEXICO William D. Panczner...Berkshire RG11 2PY, England Van Nostrand Reinhold 480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy— Collectors and collecting— Mexico. 2. Mines and...and mineral resources— Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This book...Boletin nuimeros 40 and 41 (Instituto Geoldgico de México, 1922, 1923), has an author been able | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | productsof magmatic-hydrothermal and hydromag- the Cabeza de Vaca district (Sillitoe and Sawkins, matic processesand...San Antonio de La Huerta pipe in posits, unconformity-typeuranium deposits, and Sonora,Mexico, divides downward...type mineralization,CopperCreek (Grimour,1977) Pedro de Cachiyuyodistrict (Sillitoe and Sawkins, andKidston(R...SanAntoniode tion for mineralizedbrecciapipes.Knownexamples La Huerta pipe (R. H. Sillitoe,unpub.rept., 1975), range...desitic volcanics Ortiz, New Quartzite, pyroclas- Mexico rounded tiary rounded Oligocene 3/1 970 X | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | alteration minerals in the leached capping of the La Caridad porphyry copper deposit. A map of the occurrence...of hematite and goethite at the Highland uranium mine in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Ordovician...mostly of finegrained quartz with lesser amounts of alunite and kaolinite and may be recognized in the field...mineral names are as follows: Ab, albite; A1, alunite; B, biotite; Cris, cristobalite;D, diaspore;GT...RelationshipsBetweenSampleReflectance and Mineralogy Quartz and alunite were the most abundant minerals in samples fr | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Idaho-Montana porphyry belt and the La Caridad-Mineral Park belt (from northern Mexico to western Arizona) and thus...AT IC PA C Black Hills n lai C C T Porphyry La id ar al th er in oli –M ad th rk Pa lt...Epithermal Mineral Park MEXICO Mother Lode N 0 100 200 km R La Caridad EXPLANATION Thrust fault—Sawteeth...anomalies. 0361-0128/98/000/000-00 $6.00 In order to de-emphasize both long wavelengths (related to sources...epithermal class include hot spring gold-silver, quartz-alunite vein, and quartz-adularia vein (including Comstock | | Voudouris, P. C., Melfos, V., Spry, P. G., Kartal, T., Schleicher, H., Moritz, R., Ortelli, M. (2013) THE PAGONI RACHI/KIRKI Cu-Mo Re Au DEPOSIT, NORTHERN GREECE: MINERALOGICAL AND FLUID INCLUSION CONSTRAINTS ON THE EVOLUTION OF A TELESCOPED PORPHYRY-EPITHERMAL SYSTEM. The Canadian Mineralogist, 51 (2) 253-284 doi:10.3749/canmin.51.2.253 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ORTELLI Section des Sciences de la Terre et de l’environnement, Université de Genève, Rue des Maraîchers...epithermal Cu-Au deposits in northern Luzon, Philippines, La Famatina and Agua Rica, Argentina, and the Maricunga...intermediate to high-sulfidation mineralization and mine portal; northern sector, St. Philippos deposit....Thames, New Zealand (Brathwaite et al. 2001), La Caridad, Mexico (Valencia et al. 2008), and Agua Rica, Argentina...muscovite/sericite-stable (phyllic), through clay-(argillic), to alunite-stable assemblages (advanced argillic) alteration | | Vikre, P. G., Graybeal, F. T., Fleck, R. J., Barton, M. D., Seedorff, E. (2014) Succession of Laramide Magmatic and Magmatic-Hydrothermal Events in the Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Economic Geology, 109 (6) 1667-1704 doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.6.1667 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | deposits in Paleozoic carbonate rocks at the Flux mine (~71 Ma). An event at 65 to 62 Ma is marked by emplacement...a Cu-Mo breccia deposit at Red Hill (Four Metals mine), both of which formed in large-volume quartz monzonite...spatially from Arizona to western New Mexico and northwestern Mexico (Dickinson, 1989; McMillan, 2004; Barra...Hydrothermal biotite, muscovite, adularia, and alunite were dated by the 40Ar/39Ar method to establish...laser-ablation, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) at the University of Arizona, using a spot | | | Book | label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...Mineral Province, Brazil Gustavo Henrique Coelho de Melo, Marco Antônio Delinardo da Silva, Benevides...83, p. 11–13. Sillitoe, R.H., Perelló, J., and García, A., 2010, Sulfide-bearing veinlets throughout...1968, Dick then spent three years with the Instituto de Investigaciones Geológicas (Chilean Geological Survey)...organizations, acted as Associate Editor, Revista Geológica de Chile (1986−present), Member of the Editorial Board | | | Report (issue) | quartz-adularia type 82 Epithermal gold, quartz-alunite type 90 Nickel laterite-oxide type 95 Country...Name Country Ace of Spades Adobe Canyon Gp. Alice Mine Allan (Johnson) Alta Hill Althouse Alyce and Blue...Chrome, etc. Buttercup Chrome Camden Mine Camptonvilie area Castro Mine Cattle Springs Cavyell Horse C (continued...Cleopatra Clover Leaf Codd Prospect Coggins Col lard Mine Commander Coon Mt. Nos. 1-3 Copper Creek (Low Divide)...Fourth of July French Hill Friday Gallagher Gardner Mine Gas Canyon Geach Bibsonville Glory Ho Griffin Chromite | | | Report (issue) | include El Teniente and El Salvador in Chile, Bajo de la Alumbrera in Argentina, Grasberg in Indonesia, and...of the Questa porphyry molybdenum deposit in New Mexico suggests that the ore fluid was probably derived...2006; Rowan and others, 2006). Argillic minerals alunite, and kaolinite have doublet absorption features...2006). Argillically altered rocks (containing alunite and kaolinite) of porphyry copper systems were...(Green and others, 1998; Berger and others, 2003). Alunite, kaolinite, pyrophyllite, and muscovite were mapped | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the most representative examples occurring in Mexico. The occurrence of the two subtypes of IS are largely...being the important source of precious metals for Mexico, the United States, Canada, Chile, Peru, Papua...based on a summary of 35 of epithermal deposits in Mexico, noting an atypical epithermal style with upper...gangue minerals (carbonate absent), and quartz – alunite – pyrophyllite – dickite as main proximal alteration...alteration minerals. Lithocap: blankets of alunite, kaolinite, and vuggy quartz formed from acid leaching | | Scherkenbach, Daryl A., Sawkins, Frederick J., Seyfried, William E. (1985) Geologic, fluid inclusion, and geochemical studies of the mineralized breccias at Cumobabi, Sonora, Mexico. Economic Geology, 80 (6) 1566-1592 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.80.6.1566 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | GeochemicalStudiesof the Mineralized Breccias at Cumobabi, Sonora, Mexico* D^l•YL A. SCHEI•KENB^CH,** FREDERICK J. SAWKINS...the abbreviations east of Hermosillo in the Sierra de Santa Margarita for copperandmolybdenum alongwith...43/1566-27 $2.50 15 66 BRECCIAS AT CUMOBABI,MEXICO A U.S.A. 1567 checkingwere doneto complement...1976) extends for 2,500 kmalongthe westernsideof Mexico (Fig. 1A). The diorite to quartzmonzoniticplutons...associatedwith mineralization, especiallythosein Sonora,are Laramidein age(5075 m.y.).Knownporphyrydepositsin | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | approximately 1.5 km south-southeast of shaft 9 of the Magma mine and 120 km north of the city of Tucson, Arizona...Bisbee Patagonia Milpillas Mariquita El Alacrán La Caridad Florida / Barrigón 111" Copper Flat / Hillsboro...Tyrone Chino NEW MEXICO Copper mine, present or past producer Maria Cananea SONORA Pinos Altos Porphyry...supergene enrichment (Ransome, 1914). Renamed the Magma mine, over the succeeding decades the base metal lode...than 3 km along strike (Hammer and Peterson, 1968). Mine development followed the Magma vein eastward beneath | | | Book | presented in this volume, the Lowell and Guilbert model de- scribes deposits in which the quartz-bearing mineralized...Washington . Preface . Introduction 1 © Porphyry Copper De posi of the Pens Orogen INTRODUCTION . ; GEOLOGIC...Mepors, , ct 5 i¢ lst 7 6 7 as 4 ‘ a Al) de“fone rs. a =ot te ore Re eae re *. Aa: 1! ...available in the literature. For this reason, tables on de- L. H. Hart was especially helpful in the past ...Pi ee, el “a ip Rome ’ " ate Ae OIE, 4 de Cor r ee Lee ie ae, cea ai are aap eT re | | | Book | guidebook will be augmented by materials provided by mine geological staffs. lUniversity of Arizona, Tucson.... OTHER ROADWAY ~~_.; MINE OR o DIST~~ X' SCALE 40 miles km J MEXICO FIGURE 1 Sketch map of relevant...map of the western United States and northeastern Mexico showing Arizona and its relationship to some major...States and the edge of the Chihuahua Terrane of Mexico (Campa and Coney, 1983) is interpreted to approximate...facies rocks, thickens significantly into northern Mexico where sections may locally exceed 4 km. Upper Cretaceous | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | of quartz and chalcedony, the opalized zone has alunite and kaolinite deposits, and the argillized zone...distribution of ferric iron minerals on a vertical mine face using derivative analysis of hyperspectral...Geology and mineralization of La Caridad porphyry copper deposit, Sonora, Mexico. Econ. Geol. 69, 1060–1077 | | | Report (volume) | quartz-alunite Au, by Byron R. Berger 155 158 Grade and tonnage model of epithermal quartz-alunite Au...epithermal quartz-alunite vein deposits 160 Gold grades of epithermal quartz-alunite vein deposits 160...epithermal quartz-alunite vein deposits 161 Copper grades of epithermal quartz-alunite vein deposits 161...based on considerations that extend far beyond the mine itself, in some instances relating to the overall...subject, as in a scale model of the workings of a mine, to a unifying concept that explains or describes | | | Report (issue) | rubidium-strontium; Re/Os, rhenium-osmium; U/Pb, uranium-lead (LA-ICP-MS, laser ablation inductively coupled plasma...weighted average of 30.6 Ma. This age is corroborated by LA-ICP-MS analysis of 11 grains giving weighted mean...37.62±0.05 Ma (MSWD = 0.53). Reported as Copper Mine Point granodiorite, same pluton as Cox and others...Location derived from Wikipedia for Copper Mine Point copper mine; accuracy of location relative to this...using constants of Steiger and Jager (1977). Copper Mine Point, Virgin Gorda batholith. Two concordant fractions | | Chiaradia, M., Schaltegger, U., Spikings, R., Wotzlaw, J.-F., Ovtcharova, M. (2013) How Accurately Can We Date the Duration of Magmatic-Hydrothermal Events in Porphyry Systems?--An Invited Paper. Economic Geology, 108 (4) 565-584 doi:10.2113/econgeo.108.4.565 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | minerals (e.g., biotite, sericite, K-feldspar, alunite: Harrison et al., 1985; Lovera et al., 1997; Love...be performed using both in situ techniques (SIMS-LA-ICP-MS), which have a high spatial resolution (≥15−30...higher precision (currently down to 0.1% vs. 2−3% for LA-ICP-MS and SIMS: Stern and Amelin, 2003; Sylvester...ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) and secondary ion-mass spectrometry (SIMS...use of in situ zircon dating techniques, notably LA-ICP-MS and SIMS (Ballard et al., 2001; Maksaev et |
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