Mine detail: El Realito

Previously called 'Rio Verde Fluorspar Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 21.6172, -100.18368

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
Last production ended: 1992

Geology

Host rock:Doctor Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite
Structure:Valles - San Luis Potosi Platform; Nw-Trending Fault Zone; Nw-Trending Anticlines, Caldera Structures

References

MRDSW006973
DEP10107281
Reference{Deposit:: MINERAL TRADE NOTES, 1974, FLUORSPAR: MEXICO, V. 71, NO. 1, P. 6.}{Deposit:: GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXIC* INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--MEETING MANANAS CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.}{Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1991, FLUORSPAR, IN INDUSTRIA MINERALS--GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION, METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 110-119.}{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.}{Deposit:: SKILLEN, ANDY, 1993, FLUORSPAR PRODUCERS--CRACKS IN THE CHINESE WALL?: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 307, P. 36-49.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.