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Navidad

Producer in Durango, Mexico with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050033
MRDS ID MX09060
Record type Site
Current site name Navidad
Alternate or previous names La Navidad Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.81715, 25.46703 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 10 KM E OF SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS VILLAGE, 15-20 KM SE OF SAN ISIDRO VILLAGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Durango

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR LA NAVIDAD MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Analytical data

Result ACIDSPAR PRODUCTION CONTAINS ONLY 0-3 PPM AS AND 98% CAF2.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.81715, 25.46703
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Navidad

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Minerales Y Productos Metalurgicos Sa

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINE WAS WORKED AT ONLY ABOUT 20% OF CAPACITY FOR MUCH OF THE 1980'S DUE TO LOW FLUORSPAR PRICES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF DURANGO AND CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, 1980, GEOLOGIC AND METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, FIRST EDITION, 1:500,000 SCALE.

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXICO'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--MEETING MANANA'S CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., CARRASCO C., M.L., DAMON, P.E., SANDOVAL S., HILDEBERTO, 1977, POSICION ESTRATIGRAFICA Y DISTRIBUCION EN TIEMPO Y ESPACIO DE MINERALIZACION EN LA PROVINCIA DE LA SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL, EN DURANGO, MEXICO: ASOCIACION DE INGENIEROS DE MINAS, METALURGISTAS Y GEOLOGOS DE MEXICO MEMORIA XII CONVENCION NACIONAL, 47 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MEDIUM SIZE ON METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO. FLUORITE VEINS IN VOLCANIC HOST ROCK.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD I000617 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD I000617 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Staude, John-Mark G.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 27-FEB-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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