Geochemical variations of precursor and ore-related …

3. Cordilleran magmatism in northwestern Mexico. The Cordilleran magmatism in northwestern Mexico began in the Permian during the Pangea break-up, according to U-Pb zircon dates on plutonic rocks, with ages between ~275 and ~258 Ma (Arvizu et al., 2009).Apparently, these rocks are part of a magmatic arc that extends …

Silver (Ag) Ore | Minerals, Formation, Occurrence, Deposits

Silver ore refers to natural deposits of silver-containing minerals that are mined and processed to extract silver metal. Silver is a precious metal known for its lustrous appearance, high thermal and electrical conductivity, and various industrial, technological, and ornamental uses. Silver has a long history of human use, dating back to ancient …

Mill Performance at Sar Cheshmeh Porphyry Copper Mine …

123 Mill Performance Mine with at Sar Cheshmeh Special of Gold Reference Porphyry Copper to the Distribution in the Mill Products M. M. SALARI RAD, T. HIRAJIMA, M. TSUNEKAWA T. YONEDA and H. IWASE The Sar Cheshmeh porphyry copper deposit located in southern central Iran, with the sulphide ore reserves of about 1.22 billion tons ...

Tectonic setting, petrology, and genesis of the Laramide porphyry …

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Porphyry copper and other intrusion-related mineralization in Mexico …

Intrusion-related copper-bearing ore deposits in Mexico span a wide-range of deposit types and geological settings and formed from the mid-Mesozoic through the Holocene. These deposits include world-class copper porphyry and skarn deposits as well as a continuum of similar skarn, porphyry, vein, and replacement deposits that contain …

Late Cretaceous porphyry copper mineralization in Sonora, …

Two porphyry Cu-Mo prospects in northern Sonora, Mexico (Fortuna del Cobre and Los Humos) located within the southwestern North American porphyry …

Multiple Concentrator Survey of Real-Time Individual …

copper/molydenum concentrator processing copper porphyry ore SITE LOCATION #2 (MEXICO): COPPER, GOLD AND SILVER IN PORPHYRY ORE This concentrator processes 8,000 t/d of ore containing 0.9 – 1.1% copper, 48-53 g/t of silver, and 1.5 – 1.9 g/t of gold. It has six open circuit ball mills in its primary grinding stage, followed by …

"Geophysical Model Of The Cu-Mo Porphyry Ore Deposit At Copper …

A 3D gravity model of the Copper Flat Mine was performed as part of the exploration of new resources in at the mine. The project is located in the Las Animas Mining District in Sierra County, New Mexico. The mine has been producing ore since 1877 and is currently owned by the New Mexico Copper Corporation, which plans o bringing the …

(PDF) Re-evaluating genetic models for porphyry Mo

Re-evaluating genetic models for porphyry Mo mineralization at Questa, New Mexico: Implications for ore deposition following silicic ignimbrite eruption: QUESTA PORPHYRY MOLYBDENUM GEOCHRONOLOGY

Copper Flotation

Although basic porphyry copper flotation and metallurgy has remained virtually the same for many years, the processing equipment as well as design of the mills has continually been improved to increase …

Santo Tomas Copper Project, Mexico

The property is aligned with a 1,500km-long belt, rich in porphyry copper deposits, that runs from the south-western US to Guerrero State in Mexico. Reserves The North Zone is estimated to contain an indicated resource of 561 million tonnes (t), grading 0.33% copper, 0.008% molybdenum, 0.027g/t gold, and 2.1g/t silver as of October 2023.

Petrogenesis and tectonic setting of ore-related porphyry in …

For geochemical analysis, fresh rock samples were ground into powder in an agate ball mill through a ∼200 µm mesh. For major element determination, the samples were heated in two steps in separate ovens at 105 °C and 1000 °C, respectively, to measure loss on ignition (LOI). ... The ore-related porphyry shows Sr, Nd, Hf, and O …

Santo Tomas Copper Project, Mexico

The mineralisation at Santo Tomas is closely associated with intrusive rocks formed during the Laramide orogeny. The property is aligned with a 1,500km-long belt, rich in porphyry copper deposits, that …

Geology and geochemistry of the Suaqui Verde deposit: A …

The Suaqui Verde porphyry copper deposit is a small ore body of about 20 million tons of oxide ore grading 0.29% copper, located ~ 8 km E-NE of the town of Suaqui Grande in east-central Sonora, northwestern Mexico.The largest and better-known deposits occur in northern Sonora, whereas those from central and southern Sonora are smaller …

Late Cretaceous porphyry copper mineralization in Sonora, Mexico …

The oldest porphyry copper deposits (~77-74 Ma), which are coeval with the El Espíritu and Tresoro gold deposits, are distributed along a strip of land between the north coast of Sonora and the ...

Re-evaluating Genetic Models for Porphyry Mo …

Although porphyry Mo deposits are often volumetrically smaller than porphyry Cu systems, they are still a significant source of Mo owing to higher ore grades. Understanding the timing of mineralization within a magmatic region is important for making accurate regional ore predictions. High-silica granite-related porphyry Mo deposits

Porphyry copper and other intrusion-related mineralization …

Porphyry copper deposits are best developed in association with the Laramide intrusive centers of northern Mexico and the mid-Tertiary intrusions in southern Mexico.

Multiple Concentrator Survey of Real-Time Individual …

site location #2 (mexico): copper, gold and silver in porphyry ore This concentrator processes 8,000 t/d of ore containing 0.9 – 1.1% copper, 48-53 g/t of silver, and 1.5 – …

Geological and metallogenetic characteristics of the …

The sustained magmatic activity along the North American Cordillera during late Mesozoic and Paleogene times produced the emplacement of numerous porphyry …

Evolution of the Magmatic-Hydrothermal System at the …

Subaru Tsuruoka, Thomas Monecke, T. James Reynolds; Evolution of the Magmatic-Hydrothermal System at the Santa Rita Porphyry Cu Deposit, New Mexico, USA: Importance of Intermediate-Density Fluids in Ore Formation.

Triggers for the formation of porphyry ore deposits in

Porphyry ore deposits supply much of the copper, molybdenum, gold and silver used by humans. A review of the main processes that trigger porphyry ore formation suggests that sulphide saturation of ...

Laramide Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization in Northern Mexico: Age

Twenty-five new Re-Os molybdenite ages for nine porphyry copper-molybdenum deposits from northern Mexico constrain the timing of mineralization and the longevity of porphyry systems in this region. The ages of all the deposits are between 50 and 61 Ma (i.e., Paleocene to early Eocene) and are associated with the Laramide …

Copper Flat Mine

Average Annual Ore Process Rate (Million Short Tons) 10.2: Mill Head Grade (% Cu) 0.298%: Mill Head Grade (% Cu Eq) 0.378%: Mine Strip Ratio (Waste:Ore) 0.40: Copper Recovered (LOM Average Annual Tons) 28,000: ... PETITION FOR FURTHER APPEAL OF NEW MEXICO COPPER CORPORATION'S GROUND WATER DISCHARGE PERMIT …

Regional setting and magmatic evolution of Laramide porphyry …

The mass of porphyry deposits ranges over four orders of magnitude, with the mean size of a deposit ordered Cu > Mo ~ Au > Sn > W. Hydrothermal alteration is a guide to ore because it produces a ...

Operating practices in the beneficiation of major porphyry …

OPERATING PRACTICES The effect of grinding on metallurgy In a number of plants that use conventional rod/ball mill circuits, there is a tendency to convert the conventional grinding circuit to a SAG mill/ball mill circuit. ... Such distributions of copper in coarse and fine size fractions is fairly specific to the Chilean porphyry ore bodies ...

Silver Ore Types and Mineral Deposit

Silver Ore Type and Mineral Deposit in the World. Abstract. The world mineral resources of silver ores are mainly located in Russia, Mexico, Canada, USA, Australia and Peru. major silver deposits can be …

Reconstructing volatile exsolution in a porphyry ore …

Porphyry-type deposits in the shallow crust (3–5 km) are formed from metal-rich fluids exsolved from underlying magma chambers (5–15 km). However, a direct volatile record of the fluid exsolution in the magma chamber is commonly lacking.

Bolivar Mine, Piedras Verdes District, Chihuahua …

The Bolivar Mine is an historic underground copper-zinc skarn deposit owned by Sierra Metals Inc. and located in the Piedras Verdes District of Chihuahua State, Mexico.

Evolution of the Magmatic-Hydrothermal System at the …

The Santa Rita porphyry Cu deposit in New Mexico, USA, is characterized by a stockwork of three vein types that differ in morphology, mineralogy, and associated alteration assemblages.

Copper sulfide deposition and remobilisation triggered by …

Porphyry ore deposits are a major source of base and precious metals. Likewise, they bear important fingerprints for understanding magmatic / hydrothermal processes in the convergent margin. For ...