El Tecolete Pitiquito

Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182220
MAS/MILS ID 2010490018
Record type Site
Current site name El Tecolete Pitiquito
Alternate or previous names Pitiquito-El Tecolete

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.034, 30.70015 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.034, 30.70015

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mexican Private Investors
    Interest 66
    Home office Mexico
    Year 1978
    First year 1978
    Last year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
    Interest 34
    Year 1978
    First year 1978
    Last year 1978
  • Type Operator
    Owner Industrial Minera Mexico, S. A. (Immsa)
    Home office Mexico
    Year 1978
    First year 1978
    Last year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1978 ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, NEW

  • Deposit

    YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, 1978, P. 81, 314.

  • Deposit

    RIO TINTO ZINC MINING COST ANALYSIS SYSTEM, PROFORM

  • Deposit

    ANALYSIS, JUNE 10, 1975, 83 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-FEB-95 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.