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El Colorado Fluorspar Mine

Producer in Durango, Mexico with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Mercury
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069430
MRDS ID W006961
Record type Site
Current site name El Colorado Fluorspar Mine
Alternate or previous names La Colorada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.60051, 26.01701 (WGS84)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Analytical data

Result FLUORSPAR: CAF2 - 80%
Result SIO2 - 13% (PRODUCTION GRADES)

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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.60051, 26.01701
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Length 1000M
    Width 10M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CONGLOMERATE HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY CORRELATED WITH THE GUANACEVI FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: WATER PROBLEMS HAVE HAMPERED DEVELOPMENT BELOW THE 40-M LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PICKARD, G.W., 1974, GEOLOGY OF MEXICAN FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS, IN HUTCHESON, D.W., ED., A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 22, P. 23-30.

  • 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

  • Production

    PICKARD, 1974.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEINS ARE PERSISTANT FOR OVER 1 KM IN LENGTH AND VARY FROM 1 TO 10 M IN WIDTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 04-JAN-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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