Mine detail: El Zapote Fluorspar Mine

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Location: San Luis Potosi, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 21.63386, -100.03368
dep_id: 10069433
mrds_id: W006965
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PIPE
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Contact Zone Of Limestone And Volcanics
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J., Staude, John-Mark G.
hrock_type: Limestone
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. 78-79.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: PICKARD, 1974.
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