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San Antonio

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Copper, Gold
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  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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279977
MAS/MILS ID 2010490026
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio
Alternate or previous names San Antonio De La Huerta, Trion, Luz Del Cobre, San Antonio Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.62003, 28.62803 (WGS84)

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
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.62003, 28.62803
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minera Sanex S. A. De C. V.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chutine Resources Ltd.
    Interest 49
    Home office Canada
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Private Mexican Interests
    Interest 51
    Home office Mexico
    Year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 10200000mt ore
    Total resources 10200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.91 wt-pct Copper Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Total resources 20600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.64 wt-pct Copper Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Demonstrated 10200000mt ore
    Total resources 10200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.875 wt-pct Copper Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 6500000mt ore
    Total resources 6500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Major 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORHTERN MINER, 1/7/91, P. 24.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PRINCETON MINING CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE, 8/18/92.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PRINCETON MINING CORPORTAION PRESS RELEASE, 12/14/92.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 11/22/93, P. 15.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 3/28/94, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 8/20/90, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 11/5/90, P. 21.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 3/18/91, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 9/4/92, P. 160.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 11/92, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 9/7/92, P. 20.

  • Deposit

    PRINCETON MINING CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE, 10/15/92.

  • Deposit

    PRINCETON MINING CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE, 2/9/93.

  • Deposit

    METALS BULLETIN, 2/15/93, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 12/21/92, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 3/1/93, P.6.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME AS USGS MRDS MX00031 SAN ANTONIO DEL COBRE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Peterson, Gary R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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