Mine detail: Aguachile Fluorspar - Beryllium Deposit

Previously called 'Pico Etero'

Location:	Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	29.29746, -102.33932
dep_id:	10069425
mrds_id:	W006954
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Bertrandite, Fluorite
gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	ARCUATE
ore_ctrl:	Downthrown Side Of Faulted Contact Between Rhyolite Dike And Intensely Brecciated Limestone
Reporter:	Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit:	Boquillas Limestone;Buda Limestone;Georgetown Limestone;Edwards Limestone
hrock_type:	Limestone
arock_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
Year first produced:	1953
References:	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.