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Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico

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Mineral List:
  		•  Acanthite
    Ag
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):132,306 & 358.]
  		•  Aguilarite
    Ag
     
    4
    		SeS
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):80,86.]
  		•  Azurite
    Cu
     
    3
    		[OH|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):80,86.]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):196-197 & 206.]
  		•  Bornite
    Cu
     
    5
    		FeS
     
    4
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):119-352.]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):132,306 & 358.]
    Site Photo
    Remedios Mine, Taxco de Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
    © Geoffrey Krasnov
  		•  Calomel
    Hg
     
    2
    		Cl
     
    2
    Reference: [Panczner (1987): 135-372.]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):152.]
  		•  Chlorargyrite
    AgCl
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):157.]
  		•  Cinnabar
    HgS
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):163.]
  		•  Eglestonite
    [Hg
    1+
    2
    		]
     
    3
    		[O|OH|Cl
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Panczner (1987): 135-372.]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):196-197 & 206; Rocks & Min.: 22: 624..]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [MinRec Vol 27 p. 456n]
  		•  Gearksutite
    Ca[Al(F,OH)
     
    5
    		(H
     
    2
    		O)]
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):196-197 & 206.]
  		•  Gold
    Au
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):212.]
  		•  Gypsum
    var: Selenite
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):80,86.]
  		•  Ilvaite
    CaFe
    2+
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		[O|OH|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Mr. Richard Dale.]
    Site Photo
    Remedios Mine, Taxco de Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
    © Tony Peterson
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):258.]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):119-352.]
    Site Photo
    Taxco de Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Mercury
    Hg
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):269.]
  		•  Metacinnabar
    HgS
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):271.]
  		•  Montroydite
    HgO
    Reference: [Panczner (1987): 135-372.]
  		•  Mosesite
    [Hg
     
    2
    		N]
    +
     
    		(Cl,SO
     
    4
    		,MoO
     
    4
    		) · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Panczner (1987): 135-372.]
  		•  Polybasite
    [(Ag,Cu)
     
    6
    		(Sb,As)
     
    2
    		S
     
    7
    		][Ag
     
    9
    		CuS
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Panczner (1987): 299.]
  		•  Proustite
    Ag
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    3
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):303.]
  		•  Pyrargyrite
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):132,306 & 358.]
    Site Photo
    Acatitlan Mine, Taxco de Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
    © 2008 Jesse Crawford
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):312.]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):132,306 & 358.]
    Site Photo
    Taxco de Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Quartz
    var: Amethyst
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):119-352.]
    Site Photo
    Remedios Mine, Taxco de Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
    © 2002 John H. Betts
  		•  Quartz
    var: Smoky Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):119-352.]
  		•  Rhodochrosite
    MnCO
     
    3
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Rhodonite
    MnSiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Panczner (1987): 330.]
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):343.]
    Site Photo
    Taxco de Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
    © Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Richard Dale Collection]
  		•  Stephanite
    Ag
     
    5
    		SbS
     
    4
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):132,306 & 358.]
  		•  Stibnite
    Sb
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [Panczner (1987): 362.]
  		•  Terlinguaite
    Hg
     
    2
    		ClO
    Reference: [Panczner(1987):372.]
  		•  Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Description: Small crystals of uraninite included within the fluorite crystals.
    Reference: [Tritlla, J. and Levresse, G. (2006).- Comments on “(U–Th)/He dating of fluorite: application to the La Azul fluorspar deposit in the Taxco mining district, Mexico” by Pi et al. (Mineralium Deposita 39: 976–982). Mineralium Deposita. 41, 296-299]
  		•  Valentinite
    Sb
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Panczner (1987): 386.]


    39 entries listed. 36 valid minerals.

    Localities in this Region:
    Mexico
     
    • Guerrero
      • Mun. de Taxco
        • Buenavista
        • Hauhauxtla

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