Mine detail: El Gavilan

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Location: Guerrero, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 18.60066, -99.55033
dep_id: 10023544
mrds_id: I000647
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Conglomerate,Limestone,Dolomite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Ne-Trending Faults
Year first produced: 1939
yr_lst_prd: 1948
prod_yrs: 1939-1948
References:
  • Deposit:: 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
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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