Tasco District

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001053
MRDS ID MX11001
Record type District
Current site name Tasco District
Alternate or previous names Alarcon District, Santa Theresa, San Francisco, Cerro De Compania, Pedregal Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.83363, 18.63396 (WGS84)
Relative position SAN FRANCISCO IS LOCATED AT THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN, 1000 FT ABOVE THE VALLEY, IN A NEARLY INACCESSIBLE LOCATION.

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
Silver Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.83363, 18.63396

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name TASCO DISTRICT
District name ALARCON DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACTEAR, J., 1895, MINING AND METALLURGY OF QUICKSILVER IN MEXICO: TRANS. INST. MIN. AND METALL., V. 4, P. 82-83.

  • Deposit

    HALSE, E., 1895, THE SILVER DISTRICT OF TEHUILOTEPES, STATE OF GUERRERO, MEXICO: ENG. AND MIN. JOURNAL, V. 60, P. 197-199.

Beyond USGS

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