Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formMANTO, PIPE
Ore controlReplacement Of Brecciain The Contact Area Of Rhyolite And Limestone By Fluorspar
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Doctor Formation
StructureSierra Madre Oriental; Valles - San Luis Potosi Platform, Caldera Structures
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10107280
MRDS IDW006964
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates21.53386, -100.15035
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. 76-77.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.FRAGA M., P., 1991, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE EL REALITO MINE, RIO SANTA MARIA DISTRICT, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO, IN SALAS, G.P., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, MEXICO: BOULDER, COLORADO, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA, V. P-3, P. 287-289.CIMRIVAN ALSTINE, 1963