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Villa Union

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050053
MRDS ID MX09096
Record type Site
Current site name Villa Union

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.08379, 23.95042 (WGS84)
Relative position 5-10 KM SW OF VILLA UNION CITY.

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 PORNAS MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.08379, 23.95042
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LARGE DISTRICT OF AU, AG MINES POSSIBLY SOME SN? FELSIC EXTRUSIVE EXTENDS OVER 6 SQ. KM. CRET-TERT(?) CONGLOMERATE EXTENDS OVER 3 SQ KM. CRET-TERT(?) SANDSTONE-CONGLOMERATE EXTENDS OVER 6 SQ. KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Villa Union

Comments on the workings information

  • 22 MINES, 21 PROSPECTS. LARGE DISTRICT OF AU,AG MINES POSSIBLY SOME SN.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ABUNDANT MINES AND PROSPECTS, MAJOR MINING AREA.

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SANTO NINO IS THE MAIN MINE IN THE DISTRICT.
Deposit SMALL SIZE ON METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Staude, John-Mark G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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