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Pico Etereo La Domincia Sa De Cv

Past Producer in Michoacan De Ocampo, 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255460
MAS/MILS ID 2010130020
Record type Site
Current site name Pico Etereo La Domincia Sa De Cv
Alternate or previous names La Domincia, S.A. De Cs, Ladomincia, Pico Etereo

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -102.75044, 29.45023 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stillwell Crossing(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boquillas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Michoacan De Ocampo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -102.75044, 29.45023
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 100M
    Width 100M
    Depth to top 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Date of Last Modification 850820
  • Thickness 150M
    Length 1000M
    Width 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 2
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 DOMELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 850820

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1978
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Pico Etereo

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dupont
    Interest 49
    Home office Texas
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mexican Government
    Interest 51
    Home office Mexico
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • ORIGINAL OWNER: DOW CHEMICALS DU PONT BOUGHT DISTRICT IN 1971 DU PONT OWNES 13% OF LADOMINCIA SA DE CV, 1993 DATA "O" BIBLI.

Production statistics

  • Year 1978
    Description Acid Spar Output 128000 Tons Of Treated Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 125977.6mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Acidspar Output 90000 Tons/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 88578mt

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY YEARLY PRODUCTION GIVEN- ASSUME 300 WORKING DAYS/YR
  • PRODUCES ACID GRADE FLUORSPAR

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Measured 91000mt ore
    Indicated 20000mt ore
    Demonstrated 111000mt ore
    Total resources 111000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 60 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Measured 1513500mt ore
    Indicated 230000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1743500mt ore
    Inferred 500000mt ore
    Total resources 2243500mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 60 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Measured 100000mt ore
    Indicated 270000mt ore
    Demonstrated 370000mt ore
    Inferred 830000mt ore
    Total resources 1200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 60 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Measured 1704500mt ore
    Indicated 620000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2324500mt ore
    Inferred 1700000mt ore
    Total resources 4024500mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 60 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FOR CUATRO PALMAS. Q2 FOR AGUACHILE. Q3 FOR ALL OTHER ORE BODIES IN DIST. NOT YET MINED. Q4 TOTAL FOR ALL ORE BODIES IN DISTRICT. Q4 = Q1 + Q2 + Q3 Q9C4 = Q4C1. NUMBERS FROM ANNUAL REPORTS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 100
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 10
    Capacity 140
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 14.68
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 470M
    Overall depth 80M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 403
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 14.68
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • ALL INVESTMENT COSTS INCLUDE BOTH UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE BUT MAINLY SURFACE BEFORE 1981 AND UNDERGROUND THEREAFTER
  • NO DAILY TONNAGE GIVEN- ONLY YEARLY-164,900T INPUT
  • PRODUCTION COST IS AVG. FOR UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE
  • DEVEL SCHEDULE FOR BOTH ORE BODIES AGUCHILE STARTED UNDERGROUND IN 1981, WAS SURFACE FROM 1969-1981. CUATRO STARTED IN 1960 AND SHOULD BE ENDING AROUND 1985 ACCORDING TO RESERVE EST. AND PROD. FIGURES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    "MEXICO, OPPORTUNITIES IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS"; 29TH FORUM

  • Ownership

    ON THE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, LAND BEACH, CA,

  • Ownership

    APRIL 25-30, 1993, PAGES 26-29. BY A. ALATORRE, P. HARBEN

  • Ownership

    H. MCVEY, K. SANTINI.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANNUAL REPORTS FOR LA DOMINCIA FROM 1978-1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA BASE CONTAINED IN THIS FILE WAS COLLECTED BY DAMES AND MOORE UNDER U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT NO. JG225010 IN 1983.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-1995 Kilgore, Catherine C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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