Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formARCUATE
Ore controlDownthrown Side Of Faulted Contact Between Rhyolite Dike And Intensely Brecciated Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsBertrandite, Fluorite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Boquillas Limestone;Buda Limestone;Georgetown Limestone;Edwards Limestone
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureNorthwest-Trending Synclinorium Bounded On The Northeast By The Serranias Del Burro And On The Southwest By The Sierra Del Carmen, Aguachile Mountain - An Example Of Intrusive Igneous Doming, Cauldron Subsidence, And Ring And Arcuate Dikes
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1953
Identification
Deposit ID10069425
MRDS IDW006954
Alternate namesPico Etero
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.29746, -102.33932
References
MCANULTY, W.N. AND OTHERS, 1963, AGUACHILE BERYLLIUM-BEARING FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, COAHUILA, MEXICO: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN 74, NO. 6, P. 735 - 743.PICKARD, G.W., 1974, GEOLOGY OF MEXICAN FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS, IN HUTCHESON, D.W., ED., A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 22, P. 23-30.VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1963, INVESTIGATION OF THE PRINCIPAL FLUORSPAR DISTRICTS OF MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 688, P. 52-57.GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXICO'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--MEETING MANANA'S CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.1960 GEOLMAP MC ANULTY, W. N. (DOW CHEMICAL CO.CIMRIPICKARD, 1974.