Mine detail: Paisano Mine

Previously called 'La Mina Paisano'

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Location

Lat / long: 29.46693, -103.45876

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silica, Limestone, General
Other material: Calcite, Cinnabar, Fluorite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year: 1971

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1971

Geology

References

MRDSW701223
MAS480430007
DEP10300188
Reference{Geology:: DAUGHERTY, FRANK W., 1982, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF CHRISTMAS}{Geology:: MOUNTAINS DISTRICT, BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS (PROCEEDINGS OF}{Geology:: THE 17TH ANNUAL FORUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MIN-}{Geology:: ERALS, MAY 13-15, 1981, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO) IN IND-}{Geology:: USTRIAL ROCKS AND MINERALS OF THE SOUTHWEST: NEW MEXICO}{Geology:: BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 182,}{Geology:: SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO, 111 P.}
ReporterDaley, Michael R.