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Rio Colorado Fluorspar Mine

Producer in Guanajuato, 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. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069440
MRDS ID W006972
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Colorado Fluorspar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.20035, 21.6672 (WGS84)
Relative position DEPOSIT LIES IN TWO STATES - GUANJUATO AND SAN LUIS POTOSI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Guanajuato
Mexico San Luis Potosi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF PROCESSED TAILINGS: 97.54-97.26% CAF2, 0.42-0.49% CACO3, 1.15-1.48% SIO2, AND <90 PPM AS. RIO COLORADO IS TRYING TO REDUCE SIO2 LEVELS.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.20035, 21.6672
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio Verde District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cia Minera Rio Colorado Sa (Subsidiary Of Industrias Penoles Sa De Cv)

Comments on the production information

  • INVESTMENT WAS 4.8 MILLION FOR 1973 EXPANSION.

Reserves and resources

  • Type Tailings
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 10000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 38 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1988

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1988, CIA MINERA TIO COLORADO WAS RECYCLING TAILINGS (SOME 15 YEARS OLD) USING A DUEL CONDITIONING CIRCUIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    "MINERAL TRADE NOTES," 1974, "FLUORSPAR: MEXICO," JANUARY, 1974, VOL. 71, NO. 1, P. 6.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    "MINERAL TRADE NOTES," 1974, "FLUORSPAR: MEXICO," JAN. 1974 P. 6.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GRIFFITHS, 1988.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT TYPE INFERRED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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