Durango
Producer

El Colorado Fluorspar Mine

Durango, Mexico
Fluorine-FluoriteMercury
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Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLINEAR
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
Geology
Host rockConglomerate
Associated rockDacite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10069430
MRDS IDW006961
Alternate namesLa Colorada
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates26.01701, -105.60051
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.CLARK, K.F., CARRASCO C., M.L., DAMON, P.E., SANDOVAL S., HILDEBERTO, 1977, POSICION ESTRATIGRAFICA Y DISTRIBUCION EN TIEMPO Y ESPACIO DE MINERALIZACION EN LA PROVINCIA DE LA SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL, EN DURANGO, MEXICO: ASOCIACION DE INGENIEROS DE MINAS, METALURGISTAS Y GEOLOGOS DE MEXICO MEMORIA XII CONVENCION NACIONAL, 47 P.CIMRIPICKARD, 1974.