Mine detail: Las Cuevas Fluorspar Mine

Previously called 'ZaragozaMinera Las Cuevas'

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Location

Lat / long: 22.53382, -101.10038

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Iron, Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Cuesta Del Cura Limestone;
Host type:Shale,Limestone,Dolomite,Chert
Associated type:Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:Sierra Madre Oriental

References

MRDSW006963
DEP10069432
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. 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.}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J., Staude, John-Mark G.