Cerro De Los Remedios Deposits

Producer in Durango, Mexico with commodity Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133022
MAS/MILS ID 2010150029
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro De Los Remedios Deposits
Alternate or previous names La Vanguardia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -104.75048, 23.95042 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Durango

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Hematite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -104.75048, 23.95042

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 300M
    Width 0.6M
    Depth to top 25M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30W:80S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Carlos Freyman
    Home office Mexico
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Estanos Dec Norte Sa
    Home office Mexico
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOSHA , W.F., AND FRIES, C., 1942: TIN DEPOSITS OF THE REPUB

  • Deposit

    MEXICO, USGS BULL. 935-C, PP. 165-167.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W.C., ET AL, 1950: TIN DEPOSITS OF DURANGO, MEXICO. U

  • Deposit

    BULL., 962-D, PP. 165-171 (PRIMARY).

  • Deposit

    YPMA, P.J.M., AND J.H. SIMONS, 1970: GENETIC ASPECTS OF THE

  • Deposit

    MINERALIZATION IN DURANGO, MEXICO, (IN) TECHNICAL CONFERENCE

  • Deposit

    TIN, 2ND, BANGKOK, 1969, VOL. 1, PP. 177-192.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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