Mine detail: El Colorado Fluorspar Mine

Previously called 'La Colorada'

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Location: Durango, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 26.01701, -105.60051
dep_id: 10069430
mrds_id: W006961
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Fluorite
orebody_fm: LINEAR
model: 174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Conglomerate
arock_type: Dacite
References:
  • 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:: CLARK, K.F., CARRASCO C., M.L., DAMON, P.E., SANDOVAL S., HILDEBERTO, 1977, POSICION ESTRATIGRAFICA Y DISTRIBUCION EN TIEMPO Y ESPACIO DE MINERALIZACION EN LA PROVINCIA DE LA SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL, EN DURANGO, MEXICO: ASOCIACION DE INGENIEROS DE MINAS, METALURGISTAS Y GEOLOGOS DE MEXICO MEMORIA XII CONVENCION NACIONAL, 47 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: PICKARD, 1974.
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