Mine detail: La Ilusion Fluorspar Mine

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Location: San Luis Potosi, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 21.76719, -100.08368
dep_id: 10069434
mrds_id: W006966
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PIPE
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Faulted Contact Between Cret. Limestone And Tertiary Rhyolitic Volcanics
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G., Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Sierra Madre Oriental, Fault At East Edge Of Ore Body Strikes N 20 Deg E, Dips 75 Deg E.
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: USGS REPORT - OPEN FILE SERIES, NO. 688 P. 80
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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