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El Saturno

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104179
MRDS ID MX00266
Record type Site
Current site name El Saturno
Related records 10257198

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.80066, 29.16688 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 22 KM NE OF HERMOSILLO, NEAR POZO DE TOYES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE TO WITHIN 1 KM
  • DISTRICT EXTENDS 2-4.5 KM S OF HUITZUCO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BARCENITE AND CINNABAR ARE WEATHERING PRODUCTS. LIVINGSTONITE IS SOLE MAJOR ORE MINERAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.80066, 29.16688
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE FOLLOWS BRECCIAS; SINKHOLES AND TUBES ARE ALIGNED N70W ALONG JOINTS; ORE MAY CROSSCUT OR CONFORM TO BEDDING. DOLOMITIZED FAULT ZONE OF SAN AGUSTIN GROUP HEADS N TOWARD THE LA CRUZ GROUP. NO PROVEN CONNECTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mining district

District name Hermosillo

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pedro J. Fruns, Frank Fast

Comments on the production information

  • 164 UNITS WO3 PRODUCED, 1942.
  • ACCORDING TO CAREAGA, 1974, THE ENTIRE STATE OF GUERRERO PRODUCED NO HG IN 1970 AND ONLY 5 TONS IN 1971. FROM THIS IT IS INFERRED THAT HUITZUCO IS NOT VERY ACTIVE.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED OUT.
  • IN 1895 LA CRUZ MINE REACHED ITS PRESENT 877 FT DEPTH. THE SAN ANDRES LEVEL WAS MINED OUT BY 1910 AND ITS ORE BODY WAS 330 X 150 X 125 FT. AFTER A PERIOD OF INACTIVITY, THE MINE WAS WORKED FROM 1935 TO AT LEAST 1945. IT WAS APPARENTLY ACTIVE IN 1964 BUT HAS NOT SINCE BEEN MENTIONED IN THE LITERATURE. A 1959 DOCUMENT MENTIONS A NEW PLANT AT LA MARINA MINE IN 1956, BUT GIVES NO LOCATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WIESE, JOHN H., AND CARDENAS, SALVADOR, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF SONORA, MEXICO: USGS BULL 946, P. 103-130

  • Production

    WIESE AND CARDENAS, 1945.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE BODY AT THE EDGE OF SILICATED AND SILICIFIED LIMESTONE NEAR CONTACT WITH ALTERED ANDESITE OR DIORITE. SCHEELITE OCCURS AS STRINGERS IN THE METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND QUARTZ.
Deposit IN 1945, MCALLISTER SAID MOST PROMISING AREA IS SW OF LA SOPRESA WHICH IS 0.5 KM SW OF LA CRUZ. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

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