Torres

Plant in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Graphite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255043
MAS/MILS ID 2010490015
Record type Site
Current site name Torres

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -110.80066, 28.78352 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -110.80066, 28.78352

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crush
Milling method Sizing

Mining district

District name Torres, Sonora

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • CURRENT PLANS ARE TO SET UP A NEW 10,000 TONS PER YEAR BAGGING AND SCREENING PLANT IN TORRES, MEXICO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 13, (AUG. 1993).

  • Deposit

    MEXICO, OPPORTUNITIES IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 29TH FORUM ON

  • Deposit

    THE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, LONG BEACH, CALIF.

  • Deposit

    APRIL 25-30, 1993; BY, A. ALATORRE, P. HARBEN, H. MCVEY,

  • Deposit

    K. SANTINI; PAGES 29-30.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROCESSING PLANT FOR GRAPHITE CARBON FORM GRAFITO SUPERIOR SA, MINES AT/NEAR HEMOSILLO AND NAVAJO, SONORA, MEXICO. THIS PLANT PROCESS 5,000 ST CRUDE ORE/YR INTO GRADES RANGING FROM 75 TO 85% CARBON. THE PLANT IS DUE FOR EXPANISON IN LATE 93. TO 10,000 ST CRUDE ORE/YR. CAPACITY AT THE MINES ABOVE IS RATED AT 15,000 ST CRUDE ORE/YR. THE MINES STATED ABOVE ARE NOT ENTERD ON THE MAS DATA BASE. NO NAMES WERE GIVEN AND ONLY THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION IS IS KNOWN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUN-1994 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.