Mine detail: Kerio Valley Fluorspar Mine

Location:	Kenya, Africa
Lat / long:	0.50155, 35.61788
dep_id:	10069464
mrds_id:	W007003
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral:	Quartz, Calcium, Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Fluorite
gangue:	Biotite, Calcite, Diopside, Graphite, Microcline, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm:	LINEAR
Reporter:	Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit:	Hornblende-Gneiss;Biotite-Gneiss;Quartzofeldspathic Gneiss
hrock_type:	Gneiss,Limestone
arock_unit:	Basalt
arock_type:	Basalt,Pegmatite
Structure:	Rift Valley To The West, Kavirondo Rift To The Se., Kerio Valley. Elgeyo Escarpment And Associated Faults
Year first produced:	1972
disc_yr:	1967
References:	Deposit:: CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR: METAL SERVICE, P. 38 Deposit:: , 1972, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO 60, SEPT*2, P. 37 Deposit:: NYAMBOK, I.O. AND GACIRI, S.J., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE FLUORITE DEPOSITS IN KERIO VALLEY, KENYA: ECON. GEOL. V. 70 N. 2 P. 299 - 307 Deposit:: 1969 GEOLMAP KENYA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, J. WALSH Deposit:: 1974 GEOLMAP U. OF NAIROBI, NYAMBOK AND GACIRI Production:: CHERMETTE, A., 1973, SPATH-FLUOR: P. 38. 1970, 1971, 1972 MINERALS YEARBOOK V. III P. 471, 505, 503 RESP.