Orígenes y fundación del Instituto Geológico de México

Abstract

This article aims for the creation and early works of the Mexican Geological Commission (1888), antecedent the Geological Institute of Mexico in 1891. Its establishment said the model of the Geological Survey, institutions created since the early decades of the century in more developed economically and expansionist vocation for searching, prospecting, survey and mapping of mineral and geological resources by experts.