Mine detail: Las Cuevas Fluorspar Mine

Previously called 'ZaragozaMinera Las Cuevas'

Location:	San Luis Potosi, Mexico, North America
Lat / long:	22.53382, -101.10038
dep_id:	10069432
mrds_id:	W006963
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral:	Arsenic
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Fluorite
gangue:	Calcite, Chalcedony, Iron, Quartz
orebody_fm:	LINEAR
work_type:	Underground
ore_ctrl:	Faulted Contact Between Limestone And Extrusive Rhyolite.
Reporter:	Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J., Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_unit:	Cuesta Del Cura Limestone;
hrock_type:	Shale,Limestone,Dolomite,Chert
arock_type:	Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Sierra Madre Oriental
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:: VAN ALSTINE, R. E., 1963, INVESTIGATION OF THE PRINCIPAL FLUORSPAR DISTRICTS OF MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 688, P. 81-84. Deposit:: GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXIC* INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--MEETING MANAN* CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41. Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1991, FLUORITE, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION, METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 110-119. Deposit:: SKILLEN, ANDY, 1993, FLUORSPAR PRODUCERS--CRACKS IN THE CHINESE WALL?: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 307, P. 36-49. Deposit:: PRAST, W.G., 1990, MEXICO, IN NORTH AMERICA: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1990, P. 41. Deposit:: CLARKE, G.M., ED., 1987, MEXICO, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIRECTORY--A WORLD GUIDE TO PRODUCERS AND PROCESSORS: PARK HOUSE, ENGLAND, METAL BULLETIN BOOKS LTD., P. 276-293. Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: PICKARD, 1974; GRIFFITHS, 1988; SKILLEN, 1993.