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LocalitiesSanta Anita Mine, Choix, Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico

19th Jun 2014 14:43 UTCJamison K. Brizendine 🌟 Expert

I recently acquired three specimens of smithsonite with an accompanied label saying they are from the “Santa Anita Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico”. I have taken pictures of one them, but was hesitant to add them to my photo collection page and assign them to this locality because of a recent Mineralogical Record article by W. Wilson (2011).


In the article, Wilson (2011, 455-456) points out (through his personal communication with Mario Ayub Touché) that the Santa Anita Mine never produced any smithsonite and in fact any smithsonite that was labeled from coming from that mine actually came from the nearby El Refugio Mine (http://www.mindat.org/loc-158664.html).


I seem to be a bit confused because there are several specimens of colorful smithsonite on mindat’s photo database assigned to this locality and several of them were stated to be “found” in 2005. Mexican minerals are not my specialty and I just wanted to confirm whether or not any other literature either refutes or agrees with Wilson’s (2011) comment that smithsonite was found at the Santa Anita Mine.


Sources:


Wilson, W., 2011, The Refugio Mine: Municipio de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico: The Mineralogical Record, v. 42 (5), p. 453-461.

20th Jun 2014 00:34 UTCRock Currier Expert

I am pretty sure that Wendell Wilson is correct and I would change your labels accordingly and upload them to the correct mine. The others in our data base need to be changes also. I wish all of the people adding data and images to our site were as careful as you are.
 
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