Optical Calcite Deposits of the Republic of Mexico

• Main Author: Fries, Carl, Jr.
• Other Authors: Geological Survey (U.S.), Mexico. Comite Directivo Para la investigacion de los Recursos Minerales, United States. Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: United States. Government Printing Office. 1948
• Subjects: Calcite > Mexico; Geology > Mexico; Calcite; Geology; Iceland
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc304393/

From abstract: Many small deposits of optical calcite (Iceland spar) were discovered in the States of Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora, and Sinaloa from early in 1942 to late in 1944. Exploration that began in Sonora led to the discovery of commercial deposits in the eastern part of that State, and subsequently other deposits were found and mined in southwestern and northeastern Chihuahua and in western and central Durango. The largest deposits can be reached by foot or by horse in from 1 to 3 hours from the nearest truck roads, but some of the small deposits are 1 to 3 days by horse from the nearest roads.