Guanajuato
Producer

El Realito

Guanajuato, Mexico
Fluorine-FluoriteMercury
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Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Doctor Formation
Associated rockRhyolite,Dacite,Andesite
StructureValles - San Luis Potosi Platform; Nw-Trending Fault Zone; Nw-Trending Anticlines, Caldera Structures
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Last production1992
Identification
Deposit ID10107281
MRDS IDW006973
Alternate namesRio Verde Fluorspar Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates21.6172, -100.18368
References
MINERAL TRADE NOTES, 1974, FLUORSPAR: MEXICO, V. 71, NO. 1, P. 6.GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXICO'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--MEETING MANANAS CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1991, FLUORSPAR, IN INDUSTRIA MINERALS--GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION, METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 110-119.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.SKILLEN, ANDY, 1993, FLUORSPAR PRODUCERS--CRACKS IN THE CHINESE WALL?: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 307, P. 36-49.CIMRI