Mine detail: Encantada - Buenavista Fluorspar District

Previously called 'Los FresnosLas CarmelasLa CuchillaEl PiloteSan IsidroEl TresSabinaLos Nuevos PinosEl CamaleonLos PinosLa EncantadaEl CamaronLa FatimaEl OnceEl NueveEl Triangulo'

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Location

Lat / long: 28.50026, -102.50043

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: REE, Strontium

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: REPLACEMENT, MANTO
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1943

Geology

Structure:GENTLE NW-TRENDING SYNCLINES AND ANTICLINES

References

MRDSW006957
DEP60001683
Reference{Deposit:: PICKARD, G.W., 1974, GEOLOGY OF MEXICAN FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS, IN 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, 96 P.}{Deposit:: TEMPLE, A.K., AND GROGAN, R.M., 1963, MANTO DEPOSITS OF FLUORSPAR, NORTHERN COAHUILA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 58, NO. 7, P. 1037-1053.}{Deposit:: MAGLIOLA-MUNDET, M.H., 1972, GENERALISATION *N CONTROLE STRATIGRAPHIQUE DES GISEMENTS DE FLUORINE DU NORD DE *TAT DE COAHUILA, MEXIQUE: COMPTES RENDUS DES SEANCES DE *CADEMIE DES SCIENCES, V. 274, P. 3164-3167.}{Deposit:: KESLER, S.E., 1977, GEOCHEMISTRY OF MANTO FLUORITE DEPOSITS, NORTHERN COAHUILA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, P. 204-218.}