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: Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 28.50026, -102.50043
dep_id: 60001683
mrds_id: W006957
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: REE, Strontium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: REPLACEMENT, MANTO
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore_ctrl: SOLUTION CAVITIES AND FRACTURES
Structure: GENTLE NW-TRENDING SYNCLINES AND ANTICLINES
Year first produced: 1943
References:
  • 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.
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