Mine detail: Asturias District Bedded Fluorspar Deposits

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Location: Asturias, Spain, Europe
Lat / long: 43.36586, -5.83135
dep_id: 60001690
mrds_id: W006986
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Quartz, Calcium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: STRATIFORM (BEDDING REPLACEMENT)
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore_ctrl: FAVORABLE REPLACEMENT HORIZONS BETWEEN CLAY BEDS
Structure: CANTABRIAN CORDILLERA
References:
  • GROGAN, R.M. AND OTHERS, 1974, ENVIRONMENTS OF DEPOSITION OF FLUORSPAR, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22, P. 8
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