Mine detail: La Rosita Fluorspar Mine

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Location: San Luis Potosi, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 21.58386, -100.16702
dep_id: 10069435
mrds_id: W006967
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Calcium, Quartz
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: PIPE
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Sierra Madre Oriental, Folding
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. 77 - 78
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: PICKARD, G. W., 1974, GEOL. OF MEX. FLUORSPAR
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