Cananea mine

The Cananea mine is a large copper mine located in the north-west of Mexico in Sonora. Cananea represents one of the largest copper reserves in Mexico and in the world, having estimated reserves of 4.52 billion tonnes of ore with a grade of 0.42% copper.[1] Place of Cananea strike in 1906.

Cananea mine
Location
Sonora
CountryMexico
Production
ProductsCopper

References

  1. "Copper mines" (PDF). southernperu.com. 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-06.

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