Database name: |
World Fe-oxide+/-Cu-Au-U (IOCG) deposits |
Compilers: |
Sunil S. Gandhi |
Release date: |
2015-03-04 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Cerro de Mercado |
Political location(s): |
Mexico; Province or state: Durango; Nearest community: Durango |
Deposit clan (type): |
Kiruna-type |
Deposit (sub) types: |
volcanogenic stratabound; Mercado Iron Member includes four facies: layered martite, sandy magnetite, blocky, and tabular and dyke-like bodies |
Deposit status: |
past producer; Size category: medium; Status comments: Cerro de Mercado deposits were mined in 1950s; the main deposit was mined by open pit at a rate of 2000 to 4000 tpd; the ore averaged 65 to 70 % Fe |
Geologic province: |
Sierra Madre Occidental Volcanic Province |
Geologic district: |
Cerro de Mercado |
Commodities: |
Fe |
Geological ages: |
Oligocene (mineralization) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental (host rocks) |
References: |
Lyons, J. I., 1988 |
Volcanogenic Iron Oxide Deposits, Cerro de Mercado and Vicinity, Durango, Mexico |
Economic Geology, Volume 83, p. 1886 - 1906 |
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