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Covellite from
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:100386
Long-form Identifier:1:3:100386:4
GUID (UUID V4):b5f417b1-86d2-44ee-9930-4c126ab81f75
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
91.3km (56.7 miles) Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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"'<' ~/ 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
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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)
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 (article/letter/editorial)
Atlantic University] at 04:09 22 November 2014 Covellite Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado Two minerals...environments: chalcocite and the somewhat less abundant covellite. Both can also form as primary minerals under...periods when some chance discovery in an active mine makes them briefly available to collectors. Chalcocite...column (Cook 1995), and so it was suggested that covellite be described as well for completeness. In keeping...fine Summitville covellite was nominated as the Connoisseur’s Choice specimen. Covellite is a relatively
Report (issue)
Zaire); Cu assumed present in covellite and S equivalent deducted. (2) Barrow mine, Newlands, Cumbria, England;...Ottawa Co., Oklahoma. At the Miliken (Sweetwater) mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, and other mines north along...the Mogul mine, Silvermines, Co. Tipperary. At Naica and Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Name: A Latin
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
Catalog/List
$5.00; 2x5, $4.00.$2.50 lb. ALLEMONTITE, Sonora, Mexico. Tin-white, with some matrix, lxl£, $2.00. ANALCITE...00. ARSENOPYRITE, near Hidalgo de Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico. A recent find. Choice crystal groups of large...2x2, $4.00; 2x2i, $6.00. AURICHALCITE, Kelly Mine, New Mexico. Colorful sky-blue small crystals thickly...mimetite crystals, lxl£, $7.00. BERAUNITE, Palermo Mine, New Hampshire. Very small amounts of green­ ish... New Mexico. Large (g") twinned crystals on matrix, 24x34, $7.50. COPPER, NATIVE, New Mexico. Pseudomorph
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
acanthite, sternbergite, enargite, bornite, covellite, calcite, dolomite, siderite, barite, fluorite...with quartz from the El Cobre mine, Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen...exceptional 9-cm tennantite specimen from the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain Pass, Ouray County, Colorado. Dave...the localities in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The United States will be examined first, with...disease has not gotten to them.) From the Yankee Girl mine, Silverton district, San Juan County, tennantite
Book (volume)
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, MEXICO The Geology of North America O r > W 4^ *1^ ^ ^ \ \ f ax4 u \ \...of North America Volume P-3 Economic Geology^ Mexico Edited by Guillermo P. Salas Geologo Consultor...Centro Minero Nacional Carretera Mexico-Pachuca Pachuca, Hgo., Mexico, D.F. 1991 EXPLORATION LIBRARY...reserved. Geologia economica de Mexico. English. Economic geology, Mexico / edited by Guillermo P. Salas...; v. P-3) Translation of Geologia economica de Mexico. Includes bibliography references and index. ISBN
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tennessee, Knoxville] at 12:13 05 June 2016 Milliken Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri I n part because of...galena. Galena pseudomorphs after chalcocite, covellite, and even wood have also been reported. Galena...are widely distributed in the western states and Mexico. Other occurrences include sedimentary exhalitive...district, Mineral County; the Camp Bird mine in Ouray County; the Eagle mine at Gilman, Eagle County; mines of...Montezuma district, Park County; the Wellington mine near Breckenridge, Summit County; exceptional groups
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
good stuff that used to come out of the Marencl mine, ~ut the price is a whole lot better. specimens...boxes: $3.00 each BROWN DOG-TOOTHED CALCITE: Chihuahua. Mexico: I Know, there's a lot of thla around, but...larger specimen grab you! GARNET CALCITE: Chihuahua, Mexico: OK, I know what you are thinking, what the...sections (orange) LARGE COMBINATION CALCITE: Chihuahua, Mexico: Another one I just couldn't pasa up! Large...00 eaoh. CLEANED COPPER AND MALACHITE: Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona: I've had these for a few years
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire...there are examples of chalcopyrite, cuprite, covellite, pyrite, bournonite, and sphalerite after tetrahedrite...tetrahedrite and pyrite specimen from the Anchor mine, Park City, Utah. The specimen was in the stock...examples at the present time are from the Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, where it occurs...with enargite and fluorite come from the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County (D. Bunk
Catalog/List
while they last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near...thumbnails from this uncommon location. $3.00 each. COVELLITE: Butte, Montana; I was only able to pick up about...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...UORESCENT GEODES: Nice quality geode halves from Chihuahua, Mexico. These are all deeply hollow and have banded...structures. $20.00 each DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 05:52 29 January 2015 FRENCH CREEK IRON MINE, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA M any minerals described...specimens. One such locality is the French Creek iron mine, Chester County, Pennsylvania, an occurrence worthy...of chalcopyrite crystals from the Old Lurzenbach mine, Gosenbach, Siegen, Germany. Jack Halpern specimen...at Rossie, St. Lawrence County, at the Sterling mine, Jefferson County, and in very large crystals associated...chalcopyrite crystals were found in the Gardner Hill mine, Guilford County, North Carolina. Some of the finest
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...visits have been made to the best localities in Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Tex­...Tex­ The Mineralogical Record as, New Mexico, North Carolina, and other Southern States.” “Arizona
Catalog/List
Q:Jartz, & Calc~te xls; 4.2x2.Bx2.7-S35.0J M258. Naica, Chihuahua, f•lexico; nice! pale bluis'l translucent...L;x3.:;x7.700 ARSENDPYRJTE: M187. Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico; (a) lustrous grou~ ·f xl~ to .. ~~. no matrix...Chrysocollc': 2.6. 2x1-$5.00 AUTUNITE:M95. Oaybreak Mine, Spokane, Washington; (a) 4 xls & grou;:.is, 1-1...yellow tabular xls to 3.5 cm, rich MB5. Rock Candy Mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada; (a) translucent...terminati ~n; 3.4x·:. 3x0. 7-$10.00 ~fl'lapid, Ourango, Mexico; ( a) nice pale bl uish tabular xls to 2. 2 cm
Catalog/List
appearance af the desert roses so aften seen from Mexico and Arizona. The -way this specimen naturally rests...oppearnncc of the dcscrt roses so often seen from Mexico and Arizona. Thc way this specimen naturaily rests...1 cm x OTHERLOCALITIES OC-3 SELENITE Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico These specimcns are all vcry sir.1ilar...Condessa Mine, Santa Eulalia, Hex, $40.00 These t~n pieces nre totally different from the Naica Selenites...esting study piece. 4" x 1-3/4" x 1" NEWARRIVAL- MEXICO GA-X CALCITE (clenved rhombohedron) - Cleavage
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
Book
PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals encompass...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...more directions. br Drusy linarite, Bingham, New Mexico, USA * 9x 75 x 2.cm Arborescent copper, Michigan...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, José Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm
Journal (issue)
Desautels Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the 79 Mine Lead-Zinc-Copper Deposit..........................$6.00 per year in the United States, Canada and Mexico. All other countries, $7.00 per year. Copy­ right©...Md. 20 71 5 WULFENITE on mottramite from the 79 mine near Hayden, Arizona. The large crystal measures...purchased a fine collection of Stibnite from a new mine near Felsobanya. Clean, bright miniatures at $25...for information about the min­ erals of the Ecton mine in the July-August (Vol. Ill, No. 4) issue of the
Catalog/List
4~x3x1-~ ", £14 . 00 3 . ANDORITE. Castro Virreyna Mine , ti ma Prov ., Peru . Small bright s ilvery s harp...1-tx1t", £4 . 00 12 . BARYTES . Mt . We lli ngt on Mine , Twelveheads , Cornwal l. Specimen A: Bri ght-...21;x 2x1.z " , £2 . 75p 18 . BoURNoNITE . Julcani Mine , Junin Prov . , Peru . Specimen A: Bright Silvery-...3-}x >}x 2 " , £1B . 50p 21 . CALCITE . Al lenheads Mine , Allenheads , Northumberland . Sha rp creamy nail...3x2*x2t" , £15 . 50p 27 . CERUSSITE . Brandybottle Mine , Swaledale , Yorkshire . Lustrous creamy twinned
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times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...occasionally workable veins of cassiterite with hematite (Mexico); many other minerals too form as sublimates but...largely exhausted today, such as the silver of Mexico and South America, and the copper of Rio Tinto...(to several tons). In various copper mines of New Mexico and Arizona, abundant as branching growths(!) sometimes...with sulphides in calcite veins; also cl"endritic. MEXICO - dendrites and 'herringbone' twin growths ( !
Catalog/List
apply. ARAGON/TE&ADAM/TE; San Luis Potosi, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2x2 and larger �pecimens of white aragonite...$10.00 per specimen. BOTRYOIOAL BORN/TE: Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wiscon�in: 1.5 to 3 inch spe_cimens...internet sites earlier this week at $25.00 each!! Mine are only $7.00 each while they last! WHITEPINEM...Seaman Minera� Museum in Houghto�, �ichigan. �he mine is now closed! These aro very nice crystalline copper...patina from the last operating commercial copper mine in Michigan! Priced at $3.00, $6.00, $10.00, and
 
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