| Location: | Guerrero, Mexico, North America |
| Lat / long: | 18.58399, -99.55033 |
| dep_id: | 10069437 |
| mrds_id: | W006969 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Fluorine-Fluorite |
| Trace mineral: | Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Replacement |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Barite, Fluorite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | PIPE |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| ore_ctrl: | Breccia At Faulted Contact Between Limestone And Rhyolitic Rocks; Possibly A Volcanic Chimney Or A Limestone Sinkhole. |
| Reporter: | Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Morelos Formation;Balsas Conglomerate |
| hrock_type: | Limestone,Dolomite |
| arock_unit: | Tilzapota Series |
| arock_type: | Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Sierra De Taxco, Ne-Trending Faults |
| Year first produced: | 1939 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1948 |
| prod_yrs: | 1939-1948 |
| 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. 62-67.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: VAN ALSTINE, 1963.
- Reserve-Resource:: PICKARD,1974.
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