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Chispas Mine (Pedrazzini mine), Arizpe, Mun. de Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico

Acanthite
Chispas Mine, Arizpe, Mun. de Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico

Photo: Rob Lavinsky
Latitude: 30°20'N
Longitude: 110°11'W
Mina las Chipas, Arizpe, Mun. de Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico

A silver mine located in the Veta de Las Chispas (Las Chispas vein). Started in the 1880's and closed about 1907. Owned by the Pedrazzini Gold and Silver Mining Co.

References

Dana 7:I:360; Panczner(1987):83,117,134,154,158, 198,214,294,300,308,337,346,359.
Terry Wallace (2008) Famous Mineral Localities: The Las Chispas Mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Mineralogical Record 39:6 pp41-50

Mineral List

Acanthite
Boleite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
Chlorargyrite
Fluorite
Gold
Pearceite
Percylite
Polybasite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Quartz
Schwartzembergite
Silver
Stephanite


16 entries listed. 15 valid minerals.

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