Milpillas

Mexico· SonoraUnknown
Contained Copper
2.0 Mt
Average Grade
0.85%
Deposit Type
Porphyry Cu-Mo
Discovery Year
1975

Overview

20 km NW of Cananea. Tonnage includes 30 Mt at 2.5% Cu of enrichment blankets; primary sulfide mineralization contains 0.15?0.2% Cu. Entirely covered by Tertiary and Quaternary gravels 50?250 m thick. U-Pb age of th mineralized quartz monzonite porphyry is 63.9��1.3 Ma.

Geological Context

Host Rock: breccia, quartz monzonite porphyry (63.0��0.4 (Re-Os))

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 2006

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS | coordinate: Mindat

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