Scientific data near [15.99000,-96.34000]

Search area extends approximately 2.2 km east-west and 2.3 km north-south.

Geographic context

Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
Oaxaca	state
Mexico	country
North America	continent
Land	continent

Major mineral deposits of the world

Regional locations and general geologic setting of known deposits of major nonfuel mineral commodities. Originally compiled in five parts by diverse authors, combined here for convenience despite likely inconsistencies among the regional reports.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Commodity
Pinos	Hydrothermal	Silver, gold

Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources

Deposits, prospects, and permissive tracts for porphyry and sediment-hosted copper resources worldwide, with estimates of undiscovered copper resources.

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Tract name	Deposit type	Geology
Southwest Mexico	porphyry copper	Paleocene to Miocene continental magmatic arc rocks along the Pacific coast of Mexico, from the state of Nayarit southeast to Oaxaca