Mine detail: Asturias District Fluorspar Vein Deposits

Previously called 'Oviedo Area Fluorspar Mines'

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Location: Asturias, Spain, Europe
Lat / long: 43.36586, -5.83135
dep_id: 60001689
mrds_id: W006985
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Quartz, Calcium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: FISSURE VEINS
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore_ctrl: POSSIBLY KARST - TYPE SOLUTION CAVITIES ALONG FISSURES
Structure: NE AND NW TRENDING, STEEPLY DIPPING FAULTS, CANTABRIAN CORDILLERA
References:
  • Deposit:: GROGAN, R.M., 1960, FLUORSPAR AND CRYOLITE, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS: AM. INST. MIN. METALL. AND PET. ENGIN. (AIME) 3RD ED., P. 369 - 370
  • Deposit:: GROGAN, R.M. AND OTHERS, 1974, THE ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION OF FLUORSPAR, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOL. SURV. SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 7.
  • Deposit:: GILLSON, J.L., 1950, FLUORSPAR MINES AND INDUSTRY IN SPAIN: PAPER PRESENTED AIME MEETINGS N.Y. CITY, 18 P.
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