Mine detail: La Ilusion Fluorspar Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

21.76719, -100.08368

Resource(N)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Sierra Madre Oriental, Fault At East Edge Of Ore Body Strikes N 20 Deg E, Dips 75 Deg E.

References

MRDS	W006966
DEP	10069434
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: USGS REPORT - OPEN FILE SERIES, NO. 688 P. 80}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Staude, John-Mark G., Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.