Tiapehuala District

Past Producer in Guerrero, Mexico with commodities Copper, Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001057
MRDS ID MX11008
Record type District
Current site name Tiapehuala District
Alternate or previous names Tiro Quadrado, Gachupina, Guarache, Vahido, Boda De Judea, Hedionada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.50035, 18.50066 (WGS84)
Relative position TIAPEHUALA WAS APPARENTLY IN THE STATE OF MICHOACAN WHEN MACTEAR WROTE HIS ARTICLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Guerrero

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.50035, 18.50066

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description FRACTURING

Controls for ore emplacement

  • THE HARD, CUPRIFEROUS ROCK IS SHATTERED. ORE IS USUALLY IN THE EARTHY LAYERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name TIAPEHUALA DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACTEAR, J., 1897, MINING AND METALLURGY OF QUICKSILVER IN MEXICO: TRANS. OF THE INST. OF MINING AND METALL., V. 4, P. 68.

Beyond USGS

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