The Volcán, a Magmatic Iron Deposit in NW Mexico: Distribution and General Characteristics

The majority of iron deposits in Sonora are associated with skarn zones and/or replacements related to intrusive bodies of granodiorite-quartz monzonite compositions, not greater than 5 Mt and grades less than 50% total Fe. Unlike these deposits, there is the presence of iron deposits whose geologic...

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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awduron: Encinas-Aguirre, Miguel Angel, Ochoa Landín, Lucas, Del Rio Salas, Rafael
Fformat: Online
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Cyhoeddwyd: Universida de Sonora 2022
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://epistemus.unison.mx/index.php/epistemus/article/view/211
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Crynodeb:The majority of iron deposits in Sonora are associated with skarn zones and/or replacements related to intrusive bodies of granodiorite-quartz monzonite compositions, not greater than 5 Mt and grades less than 50% total Fe. Unlike these deposits, there is the presence of iron deposits whose geological characteristics, alteration-mineralization styles and tectonic context, seem to be associated with magmatic processes, which can be classified as IOCG deposits of the iron-apatite type. A typical example of this type is El Volcán, a deposit of ~ 24 Mt of Fe, with an average grade of 40 to 60% Fe. This type of mineral deposit could extend to the western side of Mexico, which represents new opportunities for exploration of this type of deposits.