Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlFaulted Contact Between Extrusive Rhyolitic Rocks And Brecciated Limestone; Also Solution Cavities In Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Doctores Limestone
Associated rockTuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
StructureSierra Madre Oriental, Valles-San Luis Potosi Platform
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1955
Identification
Deposit ID10069431
MRDS IDW006962
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates21.83385, -100.8337
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. 85-86.RUIZ, JOAQUIN, KESLER, S.E., JONES, L.M., AND SUTTER, J.F., 1980, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE LAS CUEVAS FLUORITE DEPOSIT, SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 75, NO. 8, P. 1200-1209.HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, FLUORSPAR, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLTIN PLC, P. 110-119.CIMRIPICKARD, 1974.