Tiro De Tomas

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 10230578
MAS/MILS ID 2010150030
Record type Site
Current site name Tiro De Tomas
Alternate or previous names Remedios Mine, Cerro De Los Remedios Deposit, Mina Los Remedios

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -104.75048, 23.95042 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905

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

  • Thickness 0.5M
    Length 46M
    Width 1M
    Depth to top 12M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 12
    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 1942
Year of first production 1942

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 Del Norte Sa
    Home office Mexico
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BULL., 962-D, PP. 165-171.

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.