Mine detail: Las Candelarias

Previously called 'Duarte'

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Location

Lat / long: 26.81698, -106.11719

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Tuff,Rhyolite
Associated type:Felsic Volcanic Rock
Structure:Nw Striking Normal Faults
Alteration processes:Silicification (Variable)

References

MRDSMX02700
DEP10049610
Reference{Deposit:: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.}{Deposit:: MCDOWELL, F.W., AND CLABAUGH, S.E., 1979, IGNIMBRITES OF THE SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL AND THEIR RELATION TO THE TECTONIC HISTORY IN WESTERN MEXICO: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA SPECIAL PAPER 180, P. 113-124.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterKibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.), Staude, John-Mark G.