Geological

Western & Pacific Mining, Inc. U.S.A.

“Rio Fox Iron Ore Mine”

Geology of the Rio Fox Iron Ore Mine

Physically the Rio Fox Iron Ore Mine is located in the striations of a flank west of the Sierra of Tepames, in the state of Colima, Mexico, in one of its buttresses known as “Hill of the Salatón”. It is known for the diverse streams that pour their waters into the Salted River. The geographical location is determined by the following global coordinates:

The location of the iron minerals "Rio Fox " is constituted by a repetitive
alternation of bodies montiforms and lenticular mineralized that have been
inserted with skarn of garnet, hornfels or simply the rock volcanic silisificade with abundant epidote, chlorite, pyrite and dawn.

The mantels and lenticular bodies of ore possess a similar attitude of the horizon of silt volcanoclasticos observed that are in the location, it is S 20° to S 35° and in the direction of variable intensity of 13 to 25°: exposed in the extreme NW, it is a mineralogical complex of contact metamorphism; the gradations and/or intercalations are indeterminable between skran and hornfels and corneanas; the same as it is common graduations of mineralized horizons of skarn with mineralization of iron or waste.

The mineral of Iron (Fe) is mainly magnetite and for consequent has
high loadstone composition, hematite and especularite appearances.

The bargain minerals are:
• Garnet
• Pyrite
• Epidote
• Chlorite
• Calcite
• Tremolite
• Wollastonite

It is very important take in account the dilution factor in the mineral that is because it is indispensable for means of extraction of the deposit. The importance of all this rests in that the ore mineral is presented with a repetitive sequence constituted by the alternation of the Iron rock beds and waste beds that affects the minerals grade  and volumes in the process.

The geology and survey developed at Rio Fox results in the following distensions  

Geological Reserves

Surface Sample Analysis “Grade A”