Los Humos, Porphyry copper prospect

Los Humos

Porphyry copper prospect in Sonora, Mexico

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	3035
Tract name	Western Mexican Basin and Range and Laramide Southwest (003pCu3006x)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Mexico
State or province	Sonora
Geographic location	-111.917883004, 31.231049758 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	-111.917883004, 31.231049758
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age determination method	Geologic inference
Age range	~80–35 Ma(?) (Laramide orogeny(?))
Age reference	geologic inference
Tectonic setting	continental margin
Stratigraphic age	Late Cretaceous–Paleocene–Eocene(?)

Commodity and development information

Development status	Occurrence
Major commodities	Cu
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	Location uncertain; plotted in Sierra El Humo area in SW corner of Nogales 1:250,000-scale map. Los Humos porphyry copper exploration project of Pecobre Mining Company (joint venture between Codelco and Industria Peñoles de Mexico); described as 300 Mt of 0.3% Cu in leachable ore resources (Ingeneiro Andino, 2003).
Study area name	Mexico
References	Castro-Escárrega and others (2007); Ingeniero Andino (2003)
Site reference	Hammarstrom and others (2010)

Castro-Escárrega, J.J.; López-Escalona, Juan; Díaz-Salgado, Ciro; and Espinoza-Beltrán, Carlos, comps., 2007, Carta geólogico-minera, Estado de Sinaloa: Servicio Geológico Mexicano, 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000.

Ingeniero Andino, 2003, Mexico (Projects and engineering in Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina): Santiago, Ingeniero Andino, vol. X, no. 602, June 11, 2003, p. 94, accessed May 15, 2009, at http://www.mch.cl/ingandino/ingandino/historico/ingles/IA602ing.pdf.