Las Pilas

Occurrence in Guanajuato, Mexico with commodity Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050100
MRDS ID MX10062
Record type Site
Current site name Las Pilas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.31927, 21.74774 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 15 KM WSW OF TOWN OF SAN BARTOLO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Guanajuato

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.31927, 21.74774

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithologically Controlled?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Bartolo De Berrios

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INEGI, 1973, GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC, 1:50,000 QUADRANGLE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-93 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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