 | | Book | | "'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'« u~ o V :¾ MEXICO r - ·•-.. ·-··-··-··-·· < •• ....... V S TATES...org/details/mineralsofmexico0000panc MINERALS OF MEXICO • ERALS OF ~XICO M ______ William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy-Collectors and collecting-Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral...mineral resources-Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This boo i...i.. is deJicated tu the people of Mexico and to the three people who directly affected me and this project | | | Book | | anc MINERALS OF MEXICO 7 | : = Pras #0 AaprTTARE ; | MINERALS OF MEXICO William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy— Collectors and collecting— Mexico. 2. Mines and...and mineral resources— Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This book...Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez’s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of Dana’s Tratado de Mineralogia...a. ie = Maes Lie Auadado = ae MINERALS OF MEXICO Vv | Oona tA. IMPORTANT MINING DISTRICTS |  | | Book | | K FIELD GUIDE to the GEMS and MINERALS of MEXICO (Exclusive of Baja California) A guide to the...Information............ Driving in Mexico................... Trailcring in Mexico ............. 5 6 6 7 8 8........ A Word to the Wise ............. Jade in Mexico......................... Manto and Chimney Deposits...District Chihuahua .......................... Santa Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine................ San Antonio Mine....... Cusihuiriachic District..... Barranca de Cobre (Copper Canyon) Batopilas |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington, DC 20513 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers...Fluorite with sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners...anhydrite, gypsum, dolomite, sulfur, millerite, cassiterite, ferberite, and fluorapatite, to name but a few...to describe is difficult. The Burnt Hill tungsten mine, York County, New Brunswick, is located in a metamorphic...the greisen and in kaolinite at the Mount Pleasant mine, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, as transparent |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Scovil M ining began in Mexico more than four hundred years ago! As a result, Mexico has been a prolific...1960s. European museums received specimens from Mexico as early as the late sixteenth century, but it...American museums began to acquire specimens from Mexico. The Harvard collection is probably typical of...no strong connection to Mexico and its mines. A precious opal from the Iris mine in Queretaro (fig. 1)...offered as a general introduction to the minerals of Mexico, the theme of the 1999 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show |  | | Catalog/List | | 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. -2BARYTES. Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, westmoreland. ~ single glassy transparent...pinkish Granite. ltxltxlt"- £2.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne Cornwall. A pure, purply, tarnished metallic...the higher workings of the Mine. 2xltxlt". £1.50. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Select... . 3x2xlt". £8.00. ' . . BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Metallic grey slightly tarnfshed...•. BROCHANTITE. Blanchard Claims, Bingham, New Mexico, U.S.A. Light green, silky, -needly crystals encrusting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Carbonate-HostedAg-Pb-Zn(Cu) Depositsof Northern Mexico PETERK. M. MEGAW, JOAQUINRUIZ, AND SPENCERR. TITLEY...Evidencefor boilinghasnot been reported. The skarnoresof Naica,Concepciondel Oro, andVelardefiashowtight clusteringof...strongmagmaticcomponentin the mineralizingfluids at Naica, Concepciondel Oro, and Velardefia,but SantaEulalia...carbonate-hostedAg-Pb-Zndepositsoccurin northern Mexico. Many have been in productionsince the 1600sandhavesupplieda...districtsdiscussed containedmorethan 1856 N. MEXICO: CARBONATE-HOSTED DEPOSITS 1857 a half million |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...spent the rest of their lives there as miners and mine captains. Cornish tradition favored the collecting...build his mineral collection. His job at the Moonta mine was sampling ore for the company’s assay office |  | | Catalog/List | | Calcite. 2xl". £4.50. 4. NATIVE ARSENIC. Bidi Mine, Borneo. Choice, silvery grey, pure solid mass showing...2xl~1~·". £16.50. 5. ARSENOPYRITE. Parrall, Chihuahua, Mexico. Fine, bright, sharp silvery crystals to It"...display. 4x~x2". £28.00. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Pure, bright green, botryoidal...Specimen B - Itxlxi". £2.50. AZURITE. Henderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Bright blue, botryoidal...specimen. ~x2txli". £13.00. AZURITE. South Caradon Mine, st. Cleer, Cornwall. Rich, bright blue, lustrous |  | | Catalog/List | | Specimen B - l~xlxt". £2.50 •. BARYTES •.. Hil ton Mine, 6cordale, westmoreland. Choice, translucent lust...Barytes crystals. Ztx2". £4.50. BARYTOCALCITE. Blagi~l Mine, ~. Alston, Cumberland. Transparent slightly creamy... I-txt". £1.50. -2-10'. I BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine Illogan, Cornwall. Select cluster of intergrown...llITl. in size. lx-t".£6.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Specimen A - very rich purply...Calcite/Limestone matrix. ltxl". £2.25. CALCITE. Stank Mine, Ulverstone, N. Lancashire. Fine lustrous creamy |  | | Catalog/List | | places. ltx17Xl". 0.25. ARSENoPYRITE. Parrall, Chihuahua, Mexico. Excellent very bright sharp silvery crystals...Sphalerite. 2tx2~xli". £9.00. ARSENOPYRITE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. Choice, silvery grey... 7. 8. 9. -·2- 10. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. select, bright... 3x2x1-t".· £22.00. 11. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A,- ~hoi~e, lust...2-tx2xl ".£2.50. 12. BEUDANTITE.· Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sparkling, golden, to pale |  | | Catalog/List | | Next Miner.ii Shows 1 PURPURITE Sandamab North Mine, Usakos, Namibia. Attractive purple iridescent material...60x54x18mm. 2 MIMETITE & CALCITE Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Fine yellow tiny mimetites one side, brown...TENNANTITE & BORNITE 9' Level, Nth Pig Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Very large museum sized piece...ciimbers. 60x28x11mm. 9 FLUORITE & GALENA Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. Galena crystals to 22mm. Fluorite crystals...Pretty display. 59x43x38mm. £52 £48 10 CASSITERITE Modoto Mine, Mongolia, Russia. Crystals to 11m. Rare |  | | Report (issue) | | VERBEEK, R. PETER RICHARDS AND FABIEN CESBRON I Mexico: Hundreds of Localities, Great Associations 78...Brian Stefanec explores a pocket at the Elmwood mine. Photo Mark Kielbasa Switzerland BY HANS ANTON...MICHAEL GRAY 54 Elmwood-Gordonsville-Cumberland Mine Complex Of Eastern Tennessee BY ARVID PASTO 56...Castleton in Traek Cliff (Derbyshire), the Blue John mine (page 35). The term "fluorite" was coined in 1797...The Blue John Mine, Castleton. In Modern Terms A postcard depicting the Blue John mine near Castleton |  | | Catalog/List | | years ago. ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Fine, pale-lemon coloured, transparent A/l. xtls...00. A/2. ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi. Durango, Mexico. Superb, large, colourful cabinet display specimen...5", £85 ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. An attractive and inexpensive example of A/3....5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...ADAMITE (Mauve). Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. From a rare find of several years ago, these choice |  | | Journal (issue) | | stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite...$32.00 per year air, First Class to Canada and Mexico $25.00, rates include safes taxes as applicable...find of calcite in complete "balls" from the Herja Mine near Baia Mare. Evidently a large vug, or series |  | | Catalog/List | | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1995 1. ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. V-shaped cavity in limonitic gossan... £10. 4. APATITE. Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico. Several light lemon yellow transparent gemmy hexagonal...5. APATITE (VAR FRANCOLITE). Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall. Cellular matrix lined with lustrous...60x50x45mm. £22. 7. AURICHALCITE AND HEMIMORPHITE. 79 Mine, Hayden, Arizona, USA. A 50x20nan cavity in veinstone...U.V. 70x60x25mm. £12. 9. AZURITE. West Caradon Mine, St Clear, Cornwall, in veinstone matrix. 30x2Qx20mm |  | | Report (issue) | | dolomite, calcite, barite, celestine, sulfides, cassiterite, topaz, wolframite, scheelite, apatite. Distribution:...Switzerland. From Wölsendorf, Bavaria, and in the Clara Mine, near Oberwolfach, Black Forest, Germany. Around...Berbes, Asturias Province, Spain. At the Nikolaev mine, Dal’negorsk, Russia. From Kara Oba, Kazakhstan...Province, China. In Mexico, from Naica, Chihuahua; Musquiz, Coahuila; and the Ojuela mine, Mapimı́, Durango...Illinois; at the Elmwood mine, Smith Co., Tennessee; in the Sunnyside mine, San Juan Co., Colorado; from |  | | Catalog/List | | mineral. ltxlt". £10. 5. aZURITE. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, tlustralia. Bright...around l"xt" in size - £3 each. 7. BbRYTES. Hilton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. 1. large wellformed group...crystals being mainly transparent. £3.50. Golconda Mine, Brassington, Derbyshire. Light green radiated crystal...3tx3x2t" • £It. -2BnRYTOChLCITE. Nentsberry Hoggs Mine, ~dmiralty Flats, hlston, Cumberland. Well formed... B~YLDONITE. 10. BhYLDONITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, st. Hilary, Cornwall. Specimen ~ - Rich crusts |  | | Catalog/List | | 3. 4. 1/ 5· 6. 8. 9. 10. ALTAITE. smuggler Mine, Balarat, Boulder Cty., Colorado, U.S.A. Rich metallic...under ultra-violet light. 4x2". £6. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co.Galway, Eire. Sparkling blue crystals with minor...limonitic gossan. 3tx2tx2" • £8. AZURITE. TL~g Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Thin blue coatings inter-mixed... 20. 21. 22. 24. 25· BISMUTHINITE. Old Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Delicate silvery needles in...with minor Feldspar. Hxl". 80p. BORNITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Pure massive , with bright irridescent |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cassedanne Extreme Symmetrical Distortion of Pyrite from Naica, M exico .........................................$6.00 per year in the United States, Canada and Mexico. All other countries, $7.00 per year. Copy right©...50 to $ 1,000.00 HYDROBORACITE from the Thompson mine, Death Valley, Calif. Some spec imens w ith colemanite...Childrenite, Cronstedtite, Torbernite, Ludlamite, Cassiterite, Chalcophyllite, and very many others.” “Matlockite...visits have been made to the best localities in Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Tex |  | | Catalog/List | | 2txH-xi". £1.25. _ 2. ANDRADITE. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devon. Specimen A - Lustrous, sharp...Andradite. ltJMine, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. A well formed translucent...l-txlxl". £4.50. 7. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Specimen A - A ltxl" cavity...Limonit ic Gossan. 2xlxl". £1.50. 8. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Gllway, Eire. Bright blue well formed crystals...2xl-b<1". £3.25. BARYTES. Carbonate Shake, Murton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. 1 "C~Oic7' transparent |  | | Catalog/List | | 1977 1. ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. select, lustrous, transparent sharp lime green...2~-x2xl". £3.50. 6. 7. 8. APATITE. Great Work Mine, 8reage, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent colourless...rix. 3b<4x2t". £33.00. ARSENOPVRITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Specimen A - well " .•. ·formed...matrix. 2tx2xlt". £3.50. BARVTES. settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Sharp, lustrous, creamy...£2B.00. BARVTOCALCITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Mine, AlstJn Moor, Cumberland. Specimen A - Lustrous |  | | Catalog/List | | £13.00 8. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Clitters Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich crusts of minute sparkling...MALACHITE. 1tx1-tx1f", £5.5Op 16. 8ORNITE. Red-a-Ven Mine, Meldon, Devon. Rich purply tarnished masses associated...Specimen 8: 1tx1 -:r", £2.50p 17. 8OURNONITE. Julcani Mine, Junin Prov., Peru. Specimen A: Choice bright silvery-grey...crystals. 2tx1~", £6.5Op 18. CALCITE. Cammock eals Mine, weardale, Co. Durham. Specimen A: Select creamy-whit...size. ~x2tx1~-", £5.50p 19. CALCITE. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumberland. Sharp lustrous creamy nail-head |  | | Catalog/List | | blue xtls. GRF. Ml. £4.00 4 MALACHITE, Killie Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA. Very rich with fibrous edges...00 10 SMITHSONITE, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Pale blue botryoidal pearly development...GRF. SMI. £5.00 11 UVSW. ALLOPHANE, Hawks Wood Mine, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. SW green. Ml. £5.00 12...SPAR CALCITE, Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon State, Mexico. FL PH blue white. Super long after glow. Ml. ...matrix. GRF. C. £5.00 14 SPHALERITE, Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, nr Alston, Cumbria. Glistening black |  | | Catalog/List | | 1974 1. ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Specimen A Sharp, light yellowish green, doubly... 7. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey ';onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Small, sharp, ttansparent...2xlt". £1.50. 9. BAYLDONITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crusts...Itxlt". 75p. -2- 10. BEUDANTITE. Penberthy Cro~ts Mine, st. Hilary, Cornwall. Transparent, well formed...'1ssociation. 3x2x2". £3. 15. C SSITEnITE. Giew Mine, Nr. st. Ives, Cornwall. Unusual, vein section consisting |
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