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San Alberto

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098735
MRDS ID MX00154
Record type Site
Current site name San Alberto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.93949, 27.35028 (WGS84)
Relative position 40KM N OF PROMONTORIO.

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
Tungsten Critical Primary

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.93949, 27.35028
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SUBPARALLEL TO STRATIFICATION, SKARN ASSOCIATED WITH LARAMIDE AGE GRANITIC INTRUSIVE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alamos

Production statistics

  • Year 1985
    Material ORE W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.5% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.5 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1984

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DAILY PRODUCTION 40 TON/DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.

  • Deposit

    MEAD, R.D., AND KESLER, S.E., 1984, RELATION OF SONORAN TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION TO THE METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION OF MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. ?, NO. ?, P. 591-592.

  • Production

    PEREZ SEGURA, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR BODIES SUBPARALLEL TO STRATIFICATION, SKARN DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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