Mine detail: San Juan De La Costa

Previously called 'Rofomex'

Location:	Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	24.38288, -110.70285
dep_id:	10048963
mrds_id:	MX00151
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Apatite
gangue:	Quartz
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	243: Phosphate, upwelling type
Reporter:	Orris, Greta J., Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)
hrock_unit:	Monterrey Formation;Salada Formation
hrock_type:	Shale,Sandstone,Limestone,Phosphorite
Structure:	La Purisima Iray Basin
Year first produced:	1980
ylp_ba:	>
yr_lst_prd:	1988
disc_yr:	1976
References:	Deposit:: TERRONES L., A.J., 1986, MEXICAN MINING: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 155, NO. 5, P. 459. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1986, V. 307, NO. 7888, P. 299. Deposit:: COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., EDS., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, 379 P. 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., 1991, PHOSPHATE ROCK, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION, METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 190-204. 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:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON. Deposit:: CLARKE, G., 1980, MEXICAN PHOSPHATE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO.152, P.79-91. Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, 1980, MEXICO-PHOSPHATE ROCK PRODUCER OF THE FUTURE: PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, NO.109, P. 20-24. Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: MINING JOURNAL, 1986; INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1980; MINING ANNUAL REVEIW 1981. Reserve-Resource:: HARBEN AND BATES, 1991; INUDSTRIAL MINERALS, 1980.