Mine detail: Encantada-Buenavista - Fluorita De Mexico Operation

Previously called 'Muzquiz'

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Location

Lat / long: 28.66693, -102.58377

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Georgetown Limestone;Del Rio Shale
Host type:Shale,Limestone
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Sierra Madre Oriental, Faults

References

MRDSI000616
DEP10023525
Reference{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}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.