Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFaulted Contact Between Intrusive Rhyolite Porphyry And Georgetown Limestone
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Goergetown Limestone
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureReg.Struct: Nw-Trending Synclinorium Bounded On The Ne By The Serranias Del Burro And On The Sw By The Sierra Del Carmen
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10069428
MRDS IDW006959
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.29746, -102.33932
References
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. 58.MCANULTY, W.N., AND OTHERS, 1963, AGUACHILE BERYLLIUM-BEARING FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, COAHUILA, MEXICO: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN 74, NO. 6, P. 735-743.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.CIMRIVAN ALSTINE, 1963; PICKARD, 1974.