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Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine; Erupción-Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mts (Sierra de Los Lamentos), Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico

Started in 1907 in dolomitized limestones and is at least 700 feet deep. Closed in the early 1940's.

Ref.: (in part):
- Rocks & Min.:64:501 & 65:26;
- Panczner(1987):92,122,128,141,156,179,219,236,297,366,393,395.
- Wilson, W.E. (2003). "Famous mineral localities: The Erupcion/Ahumada Mine - Los Lamentos district, Chihuahua, Mexico." The Mineralogical Record, 34(6),pp:5-31.





Mineral List:
Anglesite
Brochantite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcopyrite
Chlorargyrite
Descloizite
Dolomite
Galena
Goethite
Gypsum
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hydrozincite
Plumbojarosite
Pyrite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
Sphalerite
Sulphur
Vanadinite
var: Arsenatian Vanadinite
Willemite
Wulfenite


24 entries listed. 23 valid minerals.

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