Mine detail: La Consentida Fluorspar Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 21.83385, -100.8337

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1955

Geology

Host rock:Doctores Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:Sierra Madre Oriental, Valles-San Luis Potosi Platform

References

MRDSW006962
DEP10069431
Reference{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. 85-86.}{Deposit:: RUIZ, JOAQUIN, KESLER, S.E., JONES, L.M., AND SUTTER, J.F., 1980, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE LAS CUEVAS FLUORITE DEPOSIT, SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 75, NO. 8, P. 1200-1209.}{Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, FLUORSPAR, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLTIN PLC, P. 110-119.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: PICKARD, 1974.}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J., Staude, John-Mark G.