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El Arco
Baja California Norte, Mexico
Main commodities: Cu Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1997.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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El Arco

    Selected References
Valencia, V.A., Barra, F., Weber, B., Ruiz, J., Gehrels, G., Chesley, J. and Lopez-Martinez, M.,   2006 - Re-Os and U-Pb geochronology of the El Arco porphyry copper deposit, Baja California Mexico: Implications for the Jurassic tectonic setting : in    J. of South American Earth Sciences   v.22, pp. 39-51.
Valencia-Moreno, M., Ochoa-Landin, L., Noguez-Alcantara, B., Ruiz, J., and Perez-Segura, E.,  2007 - Geological and metallogenetic characteristics of the porphyry copper deposits of Mexico and their situation in the world context: in Alaniz-Alvarez, S.A. and Nieto-Samaniego, A.F., (Eds.), 2007 Geology of Mexico: Cele brating the Centenary of the Geological Society of Mexico: Geological Society of America,   Special Paper 422, pp. 433-458.
Weber, B. and Martinez, M.L.,  2006 - Pb, Sr, and Nd isotopic and chemical evidence for a primitive island arc emplacement of the El Arco porphyry copper deposit (Baja California, Mexico): in    Mineralium Deposita   v.40, pp. 707-725.


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