ADELITA
| Copper, Silver | Copper, Silver |
|---|---|
| Location | Southern Sonora |
| Nearest City | 50 road kilometers from Alamos, Sonora 50 road kilometers from El Fuerte, Sinaloa |
| Nearest Major Mining Projects | 5 km east of Pan American's Alamo Dorado silver mine 60 km southeast of Cobre Del Mayo's Piedras Verdes copper mine |
| Development Stage | 4,900 m drill program completed |
| Geology | Skarn-Porphyry |
| Land Package | 6,446 has |
| Exploration Highlights | Hole CGDD-10-001 - 16.15 m of 1.97% Cu, 73g/t Ag, 0.84 g/t Au Hole CGDD-12-009 - 105.20 of 1.03% Cu, 36.4 g/t Ag, 0.45 g/t Au Hole CGDD-12-012 - 201.4 m of 0.52% Cu, 13 g/t Ag, 0.15 g/t Au |
| Access & Infrastructure | Include good road access, mining labour force, power and water |
| Project Interest | 100% Owned. Under Option to Infinitum Copper Corp. |
Project
The Adelita project is a copper-gold-silver skarn mineralization and porphyry project. A 40 meter-long adit had been driven on the Cerro Grande prospect in the central part of the project area during the 1960s. Unknown operators opened the Las Trancas prospect, a shear zone hosting copper oxide in the southwestern part of the project area prior to 2005, and conducted minor production from these areas.
Jurassic to Cretaceous metavolcanics and metasediments constitute the oldest rocks at Adelita. These metamorphics form apparently deeply rooted roof pendants in a late Cretaceous regionally extensive granodiorite batholith. Younger dioritic to monzonitic stocks and dikes cut both the batholithic and metamorphic rocks. Skarn- and porphyry-related Cu-Ag-Au mineralization are believed to be related to the younger intrusive rocks at Adelita. The dominant structural trend is NNW-SSE, with subsidiary NE-SW faulting. Mid-Tertiary felsic pyroclastic rocks underlie ridges on the western side of the project area and Upper Tertiary gravels and basalts overlie batholithic rocks on the eastern margin of the area.
An exploration program including drilling, airborne geophysics and drilling have shown significant magnetic anomalies parallel to the dominant mineralized trend at Cerro Grande, suggesting blind targets for future drilling and demonstrated 300 meters of vertical continuity on the Cerro Grande skarn target discovery with the porphyry target still undrilled. Seven target areas have been identified.
The project is located on the southern tip of Sonora State, and lies in a regional belt of porphyry mines and prospects including Cobre del Mayo’s Piedras Verdes porphyry Cu mine and adjacent to Pan American Silver's Alamo Dorado mine.
Under option to Infinitum Copper Corp. to acquire up to an 80% interest by issuing shares totaling 16% of its post-IPO shares outstanding with Minaurum’s 20% retained interest carried through first $4.75M in work expenditures (Please see Minaurum news release dated March 9, 2021 and May 18, 2021)