Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formPIPE
Ore controlFaulted Contact Between Cret. Limestone And Tertiary Rhyolitic Volcanics
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone
StructureSierra Madre Oriental, Fault At East Edge Of Ore Body Strikes N 20 Deg E, Dips 75 Deg E.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10069434
MRDS IDW006966
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates21.76719, -100.08368
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: USGS REPORT - OPEN FILE SERIES, NO. 688 P. 80CIMRI