Sonora
Past Producer
El Saturno
Sonora, Mexico
Tungsten
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Tungsten
Tertiary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
42: W skarn
Deposit size
S
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Scheelite
Gangue
Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Limestone
Associated rock
Andesite
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1942
Identification
Deposit ID
10104179
MRDS ID
MX00266
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
29.16688, -110.80066
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.