Mine detail: San Agustin

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Location: Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 25.5337, -102.0004
dep_id: 10023351
mrds_id: I000233
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Strontium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Celestite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Quartz
orebody_fm: MANTO
model: 249: Bedded celestite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Aurora Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
References:
  • Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1991, CELESTITE, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION, METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 49-51.
  • Deposit:: WHITE, LANE, 1980, MINING IN MEXICO: FEEDING NEEDED RAW MATERIALS TO A RAPIDLY EXPANDING ECONOMY: ENGINEERING MINING JOURNAL, V. 181, NO. 11, P. 62-194.
  • Deposit:: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, 1993, MONOGRAFIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE COAHUILA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION M-9E, 154 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: HARBEN AND BATES, 1984; CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, 1993.
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