Mine detail: El Saturno

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

29.16688, -110.80066

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1942

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	MX00266
DEP	10104179
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.