Asturias District Bedded Fluorspar Deposits

Producer in Asturias, Spain with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium, Quartz
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001690
MRDS ID W006986
Record type District
Current site name Asturias District Bedded Fluorspar Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -5.83135, 43.36586 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT. AND LONG. ARE FOR OVIEDO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Asturias(province)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Spain Asturias

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Calcium Tertiary
Quartz Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -5.83135, 43.36586

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description CANTABRIAN CORDILLERA

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic

Mining district

District name ASTURIAS DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

Beyond USGS

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