Sonora
Past Producer
El Bufalo
Sonora, Mexico
Tungsten
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Tungsten
Tertiary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
45: W pegmatite
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Scheelite
Gangue
Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Pegmatite
Associated rock
Granite
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1934
Discovery year
1934
Identification
Deposit ID
10049056
MRDS ID
MX00270
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
28.25025, -109.16811
References
WIESE, JOHN H., AND CARDENAS, SALVADOR, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF SONORA, MEXICO: USGS BULL 946, P. 103-130WIESE AND CARDENAS, 1945.