Tract ID | 003pCu3007x | ||||||||||
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Country | Mexico-United States of America | ||||||||||
Commodity | Cu | ||||||||||
Study area name | Mexico and US revised | ||||||||||
Tectonic setting | continental margin | ||||||||||
Deposit type | porphyry copper | ||||||||||
Grade-tonnage model | General porphyry copper model (Singer and others, 2008) | ||||||||||
Geologic age |
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Identified Cu resources | 148,000,000metric tons | ||||||||||
Known prospects | 24 | ||||||||||
Mean Cu (t/sq km) | 419t/sq km | ||||||||||
Map scales used | 250K, 500K |
Assessment date | 2012 |
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Estimators | Francisco Cendejas-Cruz, Enrique Espinosa, Floyd Gray, Jane Hammarstrom, Steve Ludington, Gilpin Robinson, Efren Pérez-Segura, Martín Valencia-Morena, José Luis Rodríguez-Castañeda, Lukas Zürcher AND 1996 USGS National Mineral Resource Assessment T |
Assessment depth | 1km |
Quantitative assessment | Yes |
Number of deposits | Confidence level |
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8 | 90% |
16 | 50% |
26 | 10% |
26 | 5% |
26 | 1% |
Mean estimated deposits | 16.06 | ±6.59 | (0.41%) |
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Probability of mean | 0.38 |
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Probability of no copper | 0.01 |
Known deposits |
Total deposits |
Area (sq km) |
Deposit density per 100,000 sq km |
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46 | 62.06 | 148,110 | 42 |
Copper | 62,000,000 |
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Molybdenum | 1,700,000 |
Gold | 1,600 |
Silver | 20,000 |
Ore | 13,000 |
Confidence level | 95% | 90% | 50% | 10% | 5% |
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Tonnage | 6,700,000 | 13,000,000 | 48,000,000 | 130,000,000 | 170,000,000 |
Fraser country | Mexico |
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Fraser type | 0.68% |
Fraser high | 0.32% |
Typical cost | 1% |
High cost | 0% |
Infrastructure setting | Typical |
Comments on depth | 57% cover; default |
Expected depth distribution | |
0 - 250m | 0.25 |
250m - 500m | 0.25 |
500m - 1km | 0.5 |
Economically recoverable resources | |
Copper | 42,000,000t |
Molybdenum | 820,000t |
Gold | 840t |
Silver | 12,000t |
Probability no econ recoverable | 0.02 |
Econ NPV | 12,000x $1M |
Exp dollars | 79.93x $1M/100,000 sq km |
Exp value class | High |
General | Hammarstrom and others (2010) and U.S. Geological Survey National Mineral Resource Assessment Team (2002) |
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Economic | Robinson and Menzie (2012) |
Name | Type | State | Country | Development | Details |
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Aurora | prospect | Sonora | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
Bahuerachi | deposit | Chihuahua | Mexico | Prospect | Details |
Cananea | deposit | Sonora | Mexico | Producer | Details |
Cerro Chileno | prospect | Sinaloa | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
Cerro Colorado | prospect | Chihuahua | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
Cerro Colorado (Batopilas) | prospect | Chihuahua | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
Cobre Rico | prospect | Sonora | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
Corral De Piedra | prospect | Durango | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
Cuatro Hermanos | deposit | Sonora | Mexico | Past Producer | Details |
Cumobabi | deposit | Sonora | Mexico | Prospect | Details |
El Alacran | prospect | Sonora | Mexico | Prospect | Details |
El Batamote | deposit | Sonora | Mexico | Past Producer | Details |
El Pilar | prospect | Sonora | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
El Pulpo | prospect | Sinaloa | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
La Azulita | prospect | Sinaloa | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
La Caridad | deposit | Sonora | Mexico | Producer | Details |
La Desencantada | prospect | Sinaloa | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
La Florida | deposit | Sonora | Mexico | Prospect | Details |
Las Higueras | prospect | Sinaloa | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
Los Verdes | prospect | Sonora | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
Luz del Cobre | deposit | Sonora | Mexico | Past Producer | Details |
Malpica | deposit | Sinaloa | Mexico | Past Producer | Details |
Mariquita | deposit | Sonora | Mexico | Past Producer | Details |
Milpillas | deposit | Sonora | Mexico | Prospect | Details |
Pilares | deposit | Sonora | Mexico | Past Producer | Details |
San Javier | prospect | Sonora | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
Santo Tomas | deposit | Sinaloa | Mexico | Prospect | Details |
Satevo | prospect | Chihuahua | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
Suaqui Verde | deposit | Sonora | Mexico | Past Producer | Details |
Tahonas | prospect | Chihuahua | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
Tameapa | deposit | Sinaloa | Mexico | Prospect | Details |
Tango | prospect | Sinaloa | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
Washington | prospect | Sonora | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
Zonia | prospect | Arizona | United States | Prospect | Details |
Bagdad | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Buckeye East | prospect | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Casa Grande West | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Castle Dome | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Chilito | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Christmas | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Copper Basin | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Copper Butte | prospect | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Four Metals | prospect | Arizona | United States | Prospect | Details |
Copper Creek | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Dragoon | prospect | Arizona | United States | Prospect | Details |
Dynamite | prospect | Arizona | United States | Prospect | Details |
Emerald Isle | prospect | Arizona | United States | Prospect | Details |
Esperanza-Sierrita | deposit | Arizona | United States | Producer | Details |
Gunnison | prospect | Arizona | United States | Past Producer | Details |
Ithaca Peak | deposit | Arizona | United States | Past Producer | Details |
Johnson Camp | deposit | Arizona | United States | Producer | Details |
Korn Kob | prospect | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Lakeshore | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Morgan Peak | prospect | Arizona | United States | Prospect | Details |
Miami-Inspiration | deposit | Arizona | United States | Producer | Details |
Mineral Butte | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Mission-Pima | deposit | Arizona | United States | Producer | Details |
Oracle Ridge | prospect | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Pine Flat | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Poston Butte | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Resolution | prospect | Arizona | United States | Prospect | Details |
Ray | deposit | Arizona | United States | Producer | Details |
Red Hills | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Red Mountain | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Rosemont-Helvetia | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Sacaton | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Silver Bell | deposit | Arizona | United States | Producer | Details |
San Manuel-Kalamazoo | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
San Xavier North | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Sheep Mountain | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Squaw Peak | deposit | Arizona | United States | Past Producer | Details |
Sunnyside | deposit | Arizona | United States | Prospect | Details |
Vekol Hills | deposit | Arizona | United States | Past Producer | Details |
Superior East | deposit | Arizona | United States | Prospect | Details |
Swansea | prospect | Arizona | United States | Prospect | Details |
Turquoise | prospect | Arizona | United States | Prospect | Details |
Twin Buttes | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Two Peaks | deposit | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
La Bella Esperanza | prospect | Sonora | Mexico | Occurrence | Details |
Gibson | prospect | Arizona | United States | Prospect | Details |
Kabba | prospect | Arizona | United States | Occurrence | Details |
Ventura | prospect | Arizona | United States | Prospect | Details |