CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
1276 Mexico (Coahuila) 27.02.00 N -- 102.27 W Sierra La Madera Cu; Ag; Pb; Zn; F
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Sierra La Madera
Political location(s): Mexico; Province or state: Coahuila; Nearest community: Cuatrocienegas (35 km W)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; copper occurrence hosted in shale at the base of limestone of cupido fm and on top of san marcos fm
Geologic province: Coahuila Copper-Silver District
Commodities: Cu; Ag; Pb; Zn; F
Geological ages: Cretaceous (host rocks)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) copper occurrence hosted in shale at the base of limestone of Cupido fm and on top of San Marcos fm
References:
Larson, J. E., 1997
Geology and Exploration of the Coahuila Copper-Silver District, Northeastern Mexico - Extended Abstract
in Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Cu (+/- Co) Deposits: Genesis and Exploration, Department of Geology, University of Toronto, February 7, Edited by Anonymous, Abstracts, Department of Geology, University of Toronto

Mckee, J. W.; Jones., N. W.; Long, L. E., 1990
Stratigraphy and Provenance of Trata Along the San Marcos Fault, Central Coahuila, Mexico
Geological Society of America Bulletin, Volume 102, p. 593 - 614


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