San Juan-San Antonio

Mexico· JaliscoUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
0.20%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1800

Overview

Stockwork, veins, veinlets, pipes, 5-6 m diameter, Grandeza (Minas del Oro) 125 m long, 70 m high, 20-50 m wide elliptical seams, pockets, pipes; Las Talpas 150 m SE of Grandeza, 2 steep pipe-like bodies of veins and disseminations, 100 m vertical extent, 10-25 m wide; San Juan 2 m thick cross-cutting veins. Calc-alkaline island arc setting.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Production Start: 1800

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS