Mine detail: El Refugio Fluorspar Mine

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Location: Guanajuato, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 21.53386, -100.15035
dep_id: 10107280
mrds_id: W006964
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: MANTO, PIPE
ore_ctrl: Replacement Of Brecciain The Contact Area Of Rhyolite And Limestone By Fluorspar
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Doctor Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Sierra Madre Oriental; Valles - San Luis Potosi Platform, Caldera Structures
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. 76-77.
  • Deposit:: RUIZ, JOAQUIN, KESLER, S.E., JONES, L.M., AND SUTTER, J.F., 1980, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE LAS CUEVAS FLUORITE DEPOSIT, SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 75, NO. 8, P. 1200-1209.
  • Deposit:: FRAGA M., P., 1991, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE EL REALITO MINE, RIO SANTA MARIA DISTRICT, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO, IN SALAS, G.P., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, MEXICO: BOULDER, COLORADO, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA, V. P-3, P. 287-289.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: VAN ALSTINE, 1963
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