Mine detail: San Alberto

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Location: Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 27.27667, -108.92699
dep_id: 10024778
mrds_id: ISM0530
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
Reporter: Sinclair, W. David
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Contact Zone Of Permian Limestone And Eocene Granodiorite
tectonic: Mesozoic-Cenozoic Orogenic Belt
Year first produced: 1982
disc_yr: 1957
References:
  • Deposit:: MEAD,R.D., KESLER,S.E. AND POLAND,K.A. 1984, RELATION OF SONORAN TUNGSTEN M INERALIZATION TO THE METALLOGENETIC EVOLUTION OF MEXICO, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, VOL. 16, NO. 6, P. 591-592.
  • Deposit:: ANSTETT,T.F. BLEIWAS,D.I. AND HURDELBRINK,R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 5 2 P.
  • Production:: PA1: W. GREUNWEG (PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1985)
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