Description
Spanish Soldiers
Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
SecondaryGold, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formELONGATE
Ore controlShear Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Garnet, Hematite, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale
Associated rockAndesite
StructureComplexly Drag-Folded And Faulted Anticlinorium, Shear Fractures
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1600
Last production1991
Discovery year1563
Identification
Deposit ID10089351
MRDS IDW018927
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates26.80031, -105.81719
References
SCOTT, J.B., 1958, STRUCTURE OF THE ORE DEPOSITS AT SANTA BARBARA, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 53, P. 1004-1037.HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, FLUORITE, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION OF METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 110-119.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.SKILLEN, ANDY, 1993, FLUORSPAR PRODUCERS--CRACKS IN THE CHINESE WALL?: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 307, P. 36-49.CIMRIE/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, 1975.