La Tigra Mine

Past Producer in Nuevo Leon, Mexico with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098806
MRDS ID MX17067
Record type Site
Current site name La Tigra Mine
Related records 10183009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.87757, 26.17146 (WGS84)
Elevation 780
Relative position AT EL SAPO, 19 KM S65W OF LOS NOGALES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roma-Los Saenz(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McAllen(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Nuevo Leon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Cupido Formation
    Rock description Cupido Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.87757, 26.17146

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    G14A87 (1978) PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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