Mine detail: Encantada-Buenavista - Fluorita De Mexico Operation

Previously called 'Muzquiz'

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Location: Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 28.66693, -102.58377
dep_id: 10023525
mrds_id: I000616
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Georgetown Limestone;Del Rio Shale
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Sierra Madre Oriental, Faults
References:
  • Deposit:: GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXIC* INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--MEETING MANAN* CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.
  • Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION OF METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 110-119.
  • Deposit:: VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1961, INVESTIGATION OF THE PRINCIPAL FLUORSPAR DISTRICTS OF MEXICO, IN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESEARCH 1961--SHORT PAPERS IN THE GEOLOGIC AND HYDROLOGIC SCIENCES, ARTICLES 147-292: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 424-C, P. C212-C215.
  • Deposit:: TEMPLE, A.K., AND GROGAN, R.M., 1963, MANTO DEPOSITS OF FLUORSPAR, NORTHERN COAHUILA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 58, P. 1037-1053.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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