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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorite84 photos of Sphalerite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Calcite55 photos of Sphalerite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Galena48 photos of Sphalerite associated with Galena at this locality.
Pyrite33 photos of Sphalerite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Quartz22 photos of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Chalcopyrite20 photos of Sphalerite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Anhydrite3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Anhydrite at this locality.
Andradite3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Andradite at this locality.
Dolomite3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Aragonite2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Aragonite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Photo GalleryView Gallery (13 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:100373
Long-form Identifier:1:3:100373:4
GUID (UUID V4):94e0737f-a83b-46a9-8733-be8a5ecc8499
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Descubridora Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
0.3km (0.2 miles) San Felipe Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
0.3km (0.2 miles) Pajaritos Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
0.3km (0.2 miles) San Francisquito Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
0.3km (0.2 miles) Carmen Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
0.3km (0.2 miles) Santa Rita Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
0.3km (0.2 miles) Convento Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
0.3km (0.2 miles) San Vicente Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
0.3km (0.2 miles) Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
0.3km (0.2 miles) Gibraltar Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Evolution of the Astonishing Naica Giant Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico Iván Jalil Antón Carreño-Márquez...Evolution of the Astonishing Naica Giant Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico. Minerals 2021, 11, 292. https://doi...Engineering, Universidad La Salle Chihuahua, Chihuahua 31625, Mexico; 10307@ulsachihuahua.edu.mx Department...Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, Chihuahua 31136, Mexico; isai.castillo@cimav.edu.mx (I.C.-S.);...Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua 31125, Mexico; bernardoperez.cazares@gmail.com
Book
"'<' ~/ 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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(above left). Fluorite, 5 × 4 cm, from the Navidad mine, Rodeo, Durango. Peter Megaw specimen, Jeff Scovil...8 cm, from the Segovidad Vein, Santa Barbara, Chihuahua. Peter Megaw specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Mexican...Tucson, Arizona 85728 pmegaw@imdex.com Fluorite Mexico is one of the world’s principal fluorite producers...time to them here. Specimen-quality fluorite from Mexico occurs in a variety of deposit types, spanning...geologist with thirtyfive years’ involvement in Mexico. His primary exploration foci are carbonate replacement
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington, DC 20513 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers...2014 Figure 1. Fluorite with sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note...acquisitions. Quartz, calcite, dolomite, siderite, sphalerite, cerussite, pyrite, marcasite, talc, hemimorphite...to describe is difficult. The Burnt Hill tungsten mine, York County, New Brunswick, is located in a metamorphic...minerals include arsenopyrite, bismuth, calcite, sphalerite, galena, and pyrrhotite (Sabina 1965). Fluorite
Book
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)
pp. 1002-1034 ORE GENESIS IN THE CHIHUAHUA, NAICA DISTRICT, MEXICO JOHN G. STONE CONTENTS PAGE Abstract.............................. 1010 Structure in mine area Northwest fractures Northeast fractures 1010............... Genesisof the primary ores of the Naica district ...................... 1024 1024 1025......................... 1033 ABSTRACT In the Naica miningdistrictof north-centralMexico,pyrometasomatic...The only igneous rocks known in the Sierra de Naica, consistingof thin, discontinuous dikesand sills
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LIMESTONE-REPLACEMENT FLUIDS FOR CHIMNEY ORES IN MEXICO FREDERICK M. HAYNES* AND STEPHEN E. KESLER Departmentof...inclusionsalinities 1959;Bond,1986). Sulfideore consists rite, sphalerite, and galena with locally important from chim...Triplett, 1952; Hewitt, 1968; crepitatesfrom sphalerite,andin one case,from an- Bond, 1986; Megaw et...chimneyand manto limestone-replacementdeposits of Mexico that quartz is not a commonganguephase.However...workin sphaleriteandcoevalganguefluoriteandcal(Naica,SantaEulalia,andZimapan). cite at Providencia(Sawkins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
“la Cueva de las Espadas” (Cave of Swords), Naica, Mexico Isaí Castillo-Sandoval 1 & Luis E. Fuentes-Cobas...The Cave of Swords was discovered in 1910 at Naica, Chihuahua, México. During the last century, human presence...averaging 8°. X-ray diffraction identifies galena, sphalerite, hematite, goethite and cuprite on the crystals’...correspond to minerals that were abundantly present in Naica ore deposit before any anthropogenic activity. The...Swords were not produced by human presence. Keywords Naica . Impurities on gypsum . Synchrotron radiation techniques
Report (chapter)
be the future of the giant gypsum crystals of Naica mine? PAOLO FORTI La Venta Esplorazioni Geografiche...paolo.forti@unibo.it Abstract: The mine caves of Naica (Chihuahua, Mexico) are famous because they host large...large gypsum crystals. Mine works intersected new caves hosting the largest crystals in the world in...dewatering of the mine ceased. This occurred at the end of 2015, so that the lower part of the mine is already...growth. The caves of Naica (Chihuahua, Mexico) are perhaps the most famous mine caves in the world due
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Viburnum Trend, Southeast Missouri: Character, Mine Distribution, Paragenetic Position, Trace Element...occurrence. This communication discusses their character, mine distribution, paragenetic position, trace element...galena occurrences in Germany, Bulgaria, Russia, Mexico, and notes their occurrence at the Pine Point District...Northwest Territories of Canada and at the Black Cloud mine in Colorado. Flat, platy galena crystals have been...in the Gonderbach Ag mine in NW Germany, the Dalnegorsk Pb-Zn (skarn deposit) mine in SE Russia, the Madan
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...mostcasesthere is isotopicdisequilibriumbetween galenaand sphalerite, pyrrhotite,or pyrite.Calciteveinletstockworks...strongmagmaticcomponentin the mineralizingfluids at Naica, Concepciondel Oro, and Velardefia,but SantaEulalia...carbonate-hostedAg-Pb-Zndepositsoccurin northern Mexico. Many have been in productionsince the 1600sandhavesupplieda
Catalog/List
17. 18. 19. 20. 21. -2BARYTES. Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, westmoreland. ~ single glassy transparent...pinkish Granite. ltxltxlt"- £2.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne Cornwall. A pure, purply, tarnished metallic...the higher workings of the Mine. 2xltxlt". £1.50. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Select... . 3x2xlt". £8.00. ' . . BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Metallic grey slightly tarnfshed...•. BROCHANTITE. Blanchard Claims, Bingham, New Mexico, U.S.A. Light green, silky, -needly crystals encrusting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Scovil M ining began in Mexico more than four hundred years ago! As a result, Mexico has been a prolific...1960s. European museums received specimens from Mexico as early as the late sixteenth century, but it...American museums began to acquire specimens from Mexico. The Harvard collection is probably typical of...no strong connection to Mexico and its mines. A precious opal from the Iris mine in Queretaro (fig. 1)...offered as a general introduction to the minerals of Mexico, the theme of the 1999 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Depositsin Trans-Pecos Texasand Northeastern Chihuahua, Mexico.Basement, Igneous,andSedimentary Sources...northeast-trending zonethroughTrans-Peeos TexasandChihuahua, Mexico,are lessradiogenic thanPhanerozoie andPrecambrian... Similar,butlarger,deposits at SantaEulalia, Chihuahua, containa mixtureofPbfromat leasttwosources. It...ore-formingmineralsfrom Trans-Pecos Texasand adjacentChihuahua,Mexico (Fig. 1). their sources for two reasons: Twenty-ninenewanalyses... PbISOTOPESOF OREDEPOSITS,TEXAS& CHIHUAHUA,MEXICO 935 I New Mexico !• •,-• _• Texas E! Paso q-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Distinct,SalineHydrothermalSolutions, Naica Mine, Chihuahua,Mexico ROBINJ. El•wooi), ST•.VH•.NE. K•-SLEI•...K•-SLEI•,ANI) PAULL. CLOKE Abstract Naica is a chimney-manto, limestone-replacement, skarn-sulfidedeposittypical...depositedthroughoutlate skarn and mostsulfidemineralizao tion at Naica providethe first direct observationsof main-stagefluids...salinitieslargely between5 and 22 95 clear. The Naica deposit (Fig. 1) providesa unique opportunityto...related to the probable magmatic parent of the Naica deposit. $karn minerals present thoughout much of
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
Catalog/List
Calcite. 2xl". £4.50. 4. NATIVE ARSENIC. Bidi Mine, Borneo. Choice, silvery grey, pure solid mass showing...2xl~1~·". £16.50. 5. ARSENOPYRITE. Parrall, Chihuahua, Mexico. Fine, bright, sharp silvery crystals to It"...display. 4x~x2". £28.00. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Pure, bright green, botryoidal...Specimen B - Itxlxi". £2.50. AZURITE. Henderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Bright blue, botryoidal...specimen. ~x2txli". £13.00. AZURITE. South Caradon Mine, st. Cleer, Cornwall. Rich, bright blue, lustrous
Book (volume)
Guerrero, Mexico, 4 (on Epidote) Mun. Las Vigas de Ramírez, Veracruz, Mexico, 49 La Sopressa Mine, Amatitlan...Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico, 57 (on Quartz with Prehnite) Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia...Maine, 40 (with Ferberite, Quartz & Siderite) Tasna Mine, Atocha-Quechisla Dist., Potosi Dept., Bolivia,...(& Malachite) Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona, 39 Barite Sidi Lahcen Mine, Djebel Ouichane, Nador...23 (with Malachite on Chrysocolla) Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi Dist., Democratic Rep. of the Congo, 39
Catalog/List
Specimen B - l~xlxt". £2.50 •. BARYTES •.. Hil ton Mine, 6cordale, westmoreland. Choice, translucent lust...Barytes crystals. Ztx2". £4.50. BARYTOCALCITE. Blagi~l Mine, ~. Alston, Cumberland. Transparent slightly creamy... I-txt". £1.50. -2-10'. I BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine Illogan, Cornwall. Select cluster of intergrown...llITl. in size. lx-t".£6.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Specimen A - very rich purply...Calcite/Limestone matrix. ltxl". £2.25. CALCITE. Stank Mine, Ulverstone, N. Lancashire. Fine lustrous creamy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gigantic gypsum crystals within hypogenic caves (Naica mine, Mexico)? Paolo S. Garofalo a,⁎, Mattias B. Fricker...r a c t Three hypogenic caves within the Naica mine of Mexico (Cueva de los Cristales — CLC, Ojo de la...from cave and mine gypsum indicates surprisingly that climatic changes occurring at Naica could have controlled...two fluids, generated at different depths of the Naica drainage basin, determined the stable supersaturation...combination of geological and geochemical factors of Naica suggests that other hypogenic caves found elsewhere
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mesozoic and Cenozoic mineral depositsfrom northern Mexico. These deposits can be divided into massive sulfide...averageage of Precambrianbasementrocks in northern Mexico. We interpret these observationsto suggestthat...Precambrianbasementrock extendsbeneathmost of northern Mexico and contributed significant amounts of lead to...better understandingof the tectonic evolutionof Mexico (McDowell and Keizer, 1977; Barker, 1977; Gastil...Tehuantepec,we have con- Mineralizati0n in Northern Mexico The Mesozoicand Cenozoicmineral depositsthat have
Journal (issue)
June 1963 CONTENTS NAICA AND ITS CAVE OF THE SwoRDS-Paul W. Johnson "SULFUR HOLE" - William P. Moller...Coldornio T H E NAICA mining district i s i n the Sierra de Naica, Municipio of Saucillo, Chihuahua. The turn-off...turn-off for Naica is approximately 68 miles north. of Hidalgo de) Parral, or 71 miles south of Chihua­...and mercury. Like many mining districts in Mexico, Naica was at one time divided into a number of small...Currently the mine is divided into two parts on the basis of different owner­ ship: 1 . the Naica mine, including
Report (issue)
VERBEEK, R. PETER RICHARDS AND FABIEN CESBRON I Mexico: Hundreds of Localities, Great Associations 78...Brian Stefanec explores a pocket at the Elmwood mine. Photo Mark Kielbasa Switzerland BY HANS ANTON...MICHAEL GRAY 54 Elmwood-Gordonsville-Cumberland Mine Complex Of Eastern Tennessee BY ARVID PASTO 56...Castleton in Traek Cliff (Derbyshire), the Blue John mine (page 35). The term "fluorite" was coined in 1797...The Blue John Mine, Castleton. In Modern Terms A postcard depicting the Blue John mine near Castleton
Catalog/List
2txH-xi". £1.25. _ 2. ANDRADITE. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devon. Specimen A - Lustrous, sharp...Andradite. ltJMine, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. A well formed translucent...l-txlxl". £4.50. 7. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Specimen A - A ltxl" cavity...Limonit ic Gossan. 2xlxl". £1.50. 8. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Gllway, Eire. Bright blue well formed crystals...2xl-b<1". £3.25. BARYTES. Carbonate Shake, Murton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. 1 "C~Oic7' transparent
 
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