Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR (INVERTED CONE)
Ore controlFaulted Contact Between The Rhyolite Dike And Strongly Brecciated Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Georgetown Limestone
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureNw-Trending Synclinorium Bounded On The Ne By The Serranias Del Burro And On The Sw By The Sierra Del Carmen, Cuatro Palmas Dome And Rhyolite Dike
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1953
Identification
Deposit ID10107279
MRDS IDW006955
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.29746, -102.33932
References
MCANULTY, W.N., AND OTHERS, 1963, AGUACHILE BERYLLIUM-BEARING FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, COAHUILA, MEXICO: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN 74, NO. 6, P. 735 - 743.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. 52-57.1960 GEOLMAP MC ANULTY, W. N. (DOW CHEMICAL CO.CIMRIPICKARD, 1974.