Mine detail: Sombrerete

Previously called 'San Martin'

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Location

Lat / long: 23.44874, -103.73515

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Silver, Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Other material: Anglesite, Argentite, Arsenopyrite, Azurite, Bornite, Calcite, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Fluorite, Galena, Garnet, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Scheelite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Tremolite
Discovery year: 1555

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1951

Geology

References

MAS2010610004
DEP10182490
Reference{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERA MEXICO S.A. HEAD OFFICE:BAJA CALIFORNIA 20}{Deposit:: MEXICO 7,D.F. MEXICO}{Deposit:: MINE OFFICE: UNIDAD SAN MARTIN, SOMBRERETE, ZACATECAS,MEX}{Deposit:: RTZ MINING COST ANALYSIS SYSTEM}{Deposit:: COMISION RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES, BOLETIN 73, 1973.}{Deposit:: EMJ 1975 INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORYOF MINING}{Reserve-Resource:: AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE, 1993,}{Reserve-Resource:: P. 49.}
ReporterDifrancesco, Carl A.