El Cobre

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182273
MRDS ID MX00277
MAS/MILS ID 2010490178
Record type Site
Current site name El Cobre
Related records 10049062

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.03394, 28.76692 (WGS84)
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
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.03394, 28.76692

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
    Year 1994
    First year 1943

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FROM USGS MRDS MX00277

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-95 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

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