Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Georgetown Limestone;Del Rio Shale
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureSierra Madre Oriental, Faults
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10023525
MRDS IDI000616
Alternate namesMuzquiz
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates28.66693, -102.58377
References
GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXICO'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--MEETING MANANA'S CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION OF METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 110-119.VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1961, INVESTIGATION OF THE PRINCIPAL FLUORSPAR DISTRICTS OF MEXICO, IN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESEARCH 1961--SHORT PAPERS IN THE GEOLOGIC AND HYDROLOGIC SCIENCES, ARTICLES 147-292: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 424-C, P. C212-C215.TEMPLE, A.K., AND GROGAN, R.M., 1963, MANTO DEPOSITS OF FLUORSPAR, NORTHERN COAHUILA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 58, P. 1037-1053.CIMRI