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 ...

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

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, one of the most elongated Porphyry Copper …

Oroco Resource Corp. recently began exploration work on the porphyry Cu-Mo deposit at the Santo Tomás project, Sinaloa, México. A historical resource calculation suggests a potential of 274Mton ...

Buenavista Copper Mine Expansion, Cananea, Sonora, …

The Buenavista copper mine is located in the outskirts of Cananea, in the Mexican state of Sonora, approximately 100km north-west of La Caridad and approximately 40km south of the Arizona-Mexico border. The mining concessions for the Buenavista project spread over 93,706ha at an altitude of 1.9km above sea level…

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 …

A new methodology to obtain a corrected Bond ball mill …

Samples of dacite and basalt from Serbia, copper ore from a South American meta-sedimentary copper mine, and copper porphyry ore from Canada, ... Variability of the ball mill bond's standard test in a ta ore due to the lack of standardization. Metals, 11 (10) (2021), p. 1606, 10.3390/met11101606. View in Scopus Google Scholar. Hukki, 1962.

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.

Development of new comminution testing methodologies …

If the shape changes, then the simplification may be invalid. The GeMIII estimated throughput is based on the existing SABC circuit, consisting of an open circuit SAG followed by two ball mills in closed-circuit with hydrocyclones (Figure 13). Pebble Crusher COARSE ORE STOCKPILE Ball Mill Ball Mill SAG Mill Figure 13.

An Empirical Geophysical Model for Porphyry Copper …

Four molybdenite samples from Los Humos porphyry Cu prospect yielded a weighted average Re-Os age of 73.5 +/- 0.2 Ma, whereas two samples from the ore-bearing quartz monzonite porphyry gave U-Pb ...

Preliminary Model of Porphyry Copper Deposits

Porphyry copper deposits result from the complex interactions and feedbacks of many processes. Owing to the complexity, ... study of the Questa porphyry molybdenum deposit in New Mexico suggests that the ore fluid was probably derived from a source reservoir or reservoirs as deep as the middle crust (Klemm and others, 2008). Eight- to 15- or 20 ...

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 ...

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 …

Santo Tomas

In August 2024, Oroco announced a revised Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") and updated Mineral Resource Estimate ("MRE") for the North Zone and South Zone of …

"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 …

Porphyry Deposits

General Characteristics of Porphyry Deposits: Large scale: Porphyry deposits are large in size, often covering several square kilometers.; Age: Porphyry deposits typically form in a relatively short time period, typically 1 to 5 million years after the formation of the associated intrusive igneous rock.; Mineralization: Porphyry deposits …

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 – …

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 …

Re‐evaluating genetic models for porphyry Mo …

[1] The Questa porphyry Mo deposit in New Mexico provides a unique opportunity to study the relationship between pluton assembly and mineralization in a long-lived volcanic field. Magmatism along the caldera margin initiated at ~ 25.20 Ma and continued for ~ 770 ka. During this time, the emplacement of mineralizing intrusions …

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 ...

(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

Major Mines & Projects | Buenavista Mine

- Fine crushed ore reclaimed and conveyed to the grinding circuit; - Grinding ore in a conventional ball mill circuit prior to processing in a flotation circuit. The ball mills will operate in closed circuit with hydro-cyclones to deliver an ore size of 80 percent passing 105 microns to the flotation circuit.

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

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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 …

Copper and critical metals production from porphyry ores …

With ~109,000 Mt of ore, Chile owns 31 porphyry copper deposits ranging in size from 110 Mt to 21,300 Mt and averaging 0.2–1.3% copper, many of which also contain molybdenum, gold and silver (Table A1). 15 of the 31 porphyry copper deposits in Chile are currently being exploited and 7 of them belong to the 20 largest copper mines in the …

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 …

Cananea Copper Mine, Sonora

Ore from Cananea mine is extracted using conventional open pit mining techniques, and then refined further at an on-site concentrator. Ore with more than the mill cut-off grade (0.34%) is reduced to …

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 …

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 …

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.