Mine detail: San Juan De La Costa

Previously called 'Rofomex'

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Location

Lat / long: 24.38288, -110.70285

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore: Apatite
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1976

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1980
Last production ended: 1988

Geology

Host rock:Monterrey Formation;Salada Formation
Host type:Shale,Sandstone,Limestone,Phosphorite
Structure:La Purisima Iray Basin

References

MRDSMX00151
DEP10048963
Reference{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.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)