Mine detail: Aguachile Fluorspar - Beryllium Deposit

Previously called 'Pico Etero'

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Location

Lat / long:

29.29746, -102.33932

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium
Ore:	Bertrandite, Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	ARCUATE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1953

Geology

Host rock:	Boquillas Limestone;Buda Limestone;Georgetown Limestone;Edwards Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Northwest-Trending Synclinorium Bounded On The Northeast By The Serranias Del Burro And On The Southwest By The Sierra Del Carmen, Aguachile Mountain - An Example Of Intrusive Igneous Doming, Cauldron Subsidence, And Ring And Arcuate Dikes

References

MRDS	W006954
DEP	10069425
Reference	{Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N. AND OTHERS, 1963, AGUACHILE BERYLLIUM-BEARING FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, COAHUILA, MEXICO: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN 74, NO. 6, P. 735 - 743.}{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.}{Deposit:: VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1963, INVESTIGATION OF THE PRINCIPAL FLUORSPAR DISTRICTS OF MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 688, P. 52-57.}{Deposit:: GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXIC * INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--MEETING MANAN * CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.}{Deposit:: 1960 GEOLMAP MC ANULTY, W. N. (DOW CHEMICAL CO.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PICKARD, 1974.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.