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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Montmorillonite
Formula:(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Montmorillonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:936604
Long-form Identifier:1:3:936604:6
GUID (UUID V4):4711dba7-a30a-4292-8c78-3798458cc923
Nearest other occurrences of Montmorillonite
89.2km (55.4 miles) ⓘSan Antonio Mine, East Camp, 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
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
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
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)
VAPOR ISOTHERMS AND HEAT OF IMMERSION OF Na/Ca-MONTMORILLONITE SYSTEMS-II: MIXED SYSTEMSl R. KEREN AND I....heat of immersion in water of mixed Na/Ca-montmorillonite were measured at 25°C at various RH. There...Calcium, Electrostatic, Hydration, Isotherm, Montmorillonite, Sodium. INTRODUCTION The adsorption isotherms...immersion in water of homoionic Na- and Ca-montmorillonite were measured at 25°C at various relative humidities...adsorption on dry clay then, in mixed NaJCa-montmorillonite, the adsorption isotherm for water vapor and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Recrystallized trona collected at the world’s largest trona mine, FMC, in Green River, WY. Clay The term ‘clay’...the smectite group, including the species montmorillonite, Na0.33Al1.67Mg0.33Si4O10(OH)2. The several...phase transition were discovered in Mexico near Chihuahua. The Naica mine has a spectacular display of gigantic...through difficult terrain to attain ‘their’ clay, mine it, and then either ingest it or douse themselves...antacid (Gomes and Silva 2006; Ferrell 2008). Montmorillonite (a swelling clay) and vermiculite, (Mg,Fe,Al)3(Al
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 rightŠ...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits in the Sierra Mojada District, Coahuila, Mexico: constraints from regional geology, petrography...Pleistocene wetter, cooler climate of northern Mexico resulted in episodic drawdown of the water table...Germany The Sierra Mojada District in northern Mexico includes polymetallic sulfide deposits, Bnonsulfide...polymetallic carbonate-replacement deposits in northern Mexico (Megaw 2009, 2010), and thus studies of the Sierra...has been conducted on metal deposits in northern Mexico, but no recent detailed studies of the Sierra Mojada
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF PLATES IN TACTOIDS OF SMECTITES: THE NAICA-MONTMORILLONITE CASE* I. SHOMER AND U. MINGELGRIN Institute... The ESP-tactoid size relation for aNa/Ca montmorillonite system is derived as an example of an important... with 0,5, 10,20,40, and 100% Na-clay. Al-montmorillonite suspensions were also investigated. All aqueous...concerning the size of tactoids in the NalCa montmorillonite at different ESP. 137 10 Q9 Average number...successfully to determine the dispersion of a Na/Ca montmorillonite system. This procedure may be applied to any
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluid InclusionStudiesin the Fresnillo District, Mexico: Evidence for a Brine Reservoir and a DescendingWater...comprisingquartz,calcite,illite, or interlayeredillite-montmorillonite, plus or minuschlorite,pyrite, or adulariaoccursin...FRESNILLO DISTRICT, MEXICO I 1Q2 ø55' 1581 I • IQ2ø50' 235 Platero• MEXICO ••'• 1890 o194 v...orientation Ag-Pb-Zn MINERALIZATION, FRESNILLO DISTRICT,MEXICO NW SE Cerro 2270 Proafio v. Santo Nifio ...illite-chlorite, ill-mont = illite-montmorillonite,kaol = kaolinite, mont -- montmorillonite,qtz = quartz, sph -- sphalerite
Book (edition)
Peninsula); Arizona; New Mexico; South-West Africa (Tsumeb); England (Cornwall); Mexico; U.S.S.R. 42 Above:...only a few in many dome-shaped Mexico; parts of the world Mexico; notable Ceylon; associated with...from ‘sour’ natural gas. Loc; Sicily (Girgenti); Mexico; Japan; Chile; Tex- as; Louisiana—salt domes;... Mont. (.) ; Chalcopyrite— Concepcion del Oro, Mexico. BORNITE is a bronze-colored sulfide with a metallic...Austria; Italy; Madagascar; Chile; Peru; Bolivia; Mexico. CHALCOPYRITE is brassy yellow in color but has
Book
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 ( !
Journal (issue)
with dolomite and chalcopyrite, from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection...topography; Anonia 7.5-minute quadrangle (1972). Today the mine area is considerably more extensive than shown....as very colorful material from within the active mine. Much of the more massive iron oxide is found in...pyrites.” Prior to the development of the kyanite mine several shallow shafts and trenches traditionally...the zone of weathering where exposed in the active mine (Henry Barwood, personal communica­ tion). The jarosite
Journal (issue)
or $46.00 for two years; addresses in Canada and Mexico are US$48.00 per year, or US$90.00 for two years;...from Kvanefjeld, Point of Rocks (Colfax Co., New Mexico, USA) and a few from Aris. 5-15 mm free-standing...collected April or May 2006 in the Cigana Mine (used to be Jocao Mine) (Galilea, Minas Gerais, • Brasil). The...the vendors said the material comes from a copper mine - they are unusual in metamorphic, calc-silicic...malachite - which would go well with the "copper mine" explanation, but I did not like the fact that the
Book (edition)
Loc: Michigan (Keeweenaw Peninsula); Arizona; New Mexico; South-West Africa (Tsumeb); England (Cornwall);...New York (Adirondack region); Alabama; New Mexico; Mexico; Ceylon; Madagascar; Siberia; Bavaria; Canada...from "sour” natural gas. Loc: Sicily (Girgenti); Mexico; Japan; Chile; Tex¬ as; Louisiana—salt domes; Wyoming;...Bornite—Butte, Mont, (i); Chalcopyrite— Concepcion del Oro, Mexico. BORNITE is a bronze-colored sulfide with a metallic...Austria; Italy; Madagascar; Chile; Peru; Bolivia; Mexico. CHALCOPYRITE is brassy yellow in color but has
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Catalog/List
museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...Auction 2 53001 CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority...Caledonite and a dash of azure blue Linarite. The mine is now collapsed and only a memory for the lucky... 53002 CHALCOCITE Lucky Friday Pocket, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA This is one
Journal (issue)
by C. Turley & M. Koval Mineralogy of the Killie mine, Elko County, N ev a d a .......................... . . lustrous Naica galenas 6-12 cm, Adamite with Hemimorphite from the Ojuela mine, pale green and...and purple Naica fluorites in small cabinet sizes, etc. Native silvers such as the above are a specialty... Figure 8. Vanadinite crystal from the Old Yuma mine, Pima County, Arizona; 3.8 cm. Chris Panczner collection...Calcite with aurichalcite inclusions, from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mex­ ico. The specimen measures
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of individual alumino-silicate lamellae in montmorillonite and the term "domain" to describe the regions...demixing model, when Na is added to Ca-saturated montmorillonite, most of the adsorbed Na will concentrate on...study were Silver Hill illite and STx-1 Ca-montmorillonite (Clay Minerals Society Source Clay Mineral...necessary. Suspensions of 0.5 g liter- 1 of STx-1 montmorillonite were prepaned in a salt concentration of 1... (1970) for the quasi-crystals of Wyoming montmorillonite. The conversion between SAR and ESP for Silver
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountains (FORESTERand TAYLOR, 1980) and the Sunnyside Mine within the Silverton Caldera (CASADEVALLand OHMOTO...km -~ in southwestern Colorado and northern New Mexico (Fig. 3). The bedrock consists of: (i) Paleozoic...Stony Mountain Intrusive Complex and the Sunnyside Mine are indicated by SM and SU, respectively. Two 8D...kaolinite (K), quartz (Q)); 2. S (+ K + Q _ montmorillonite (M)); 3. Patches and localized areas of se...Wallrock (Te) to base metal/quartz-pyrite vein (Century Mine) Pervasively sericitized TSV Pervasivelysericitized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and consists of an assemblage of kaolinite, montmorillonite, and pyrophyllite. Field observations in the...assemblage mainly of quartz, kaolinite, and montmorillonite with minor sericite, which are indicative of... and also argillic alteration (kaolinite, montmorillonite, and calcite), which are mainly situated along...inclusions in porphyry and skarn ore at Santa Rita, New Mexico. Econ. Geol., 75, 229–250. Alavi, M. (1980) Tectonostratigraphic...distinct saline hydro-thermal solutions Naica Mine Chihuahua Mexico. Econ. Geol., 74, 95–108. Forster, H
Catalog/List
01')' vcinsin andon matrix.somcwith Fallowlicld mine, I x 1/, Il BaC■ CO'J Al 1oni1cmicros. ·--_ H~am...Grcylibrousmasson dolomiticmarblc International mine, IxI .E4 PliSb S Kaladar,Ontario,Canada BREWSTDlITE...Zn COl3S0'4 OH LikeHydrozincitcbut not nuorcsccnt Mine,Ncnthead,Cumbria I x ½.Cl.SOlxl D UOCHANTITE Fairlysparsc...SouthCroftyMine,Cornwall _ HardingMine,TaosCounty, New Mexico Ultcvis,LapplandSwcden G")' Oakeon milkyquanz...Okcharnton,Dcvon ycllowaust on matrix MonumentI Mine,Navajo ½x ½!3 ____________ Coun .~~na, U.S.~ ____
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Banin A. 1968. Ion exchange isotherms of montmorillonite and structure factors affecting them. Isr J...Al.kali metal cation exchange on Chambers montmorillonite. Soil Sci Soc Am Proc 36:14-19. Kittrick JA...JA. 1969. Interlayer forces in montmorillonite and vermiculite. Soil Sci Soc Am Proc 33:217-222. Laird...heterovalent cation exchange reactions in a montmorillonite clay. Trans Faraday Soc 64: 1477-1488. Maes...50:52-57. 689 NoO'ish K. 1954. The swelling of montmorillonite. Dis Faraday Soc 18:120-134. Parker JC. 1986
Book
Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law...Republic. Dendritic aggregates from Batopilas, Chihuahua, .Mexico, reached up to 150 mm (6 in). Crystals and...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...110 mm (47.6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets
Journal (issue)
th is year, after repeated trips to the Getchell mine in northern Nevada, E. Forrest Cureton Il l, well...Desautels Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the 79 Mine Lead-Zinc-Copper Deposit. ............. . . . ....Sciences Central Michigan University Folio: the 79 Mine ....... . ......... . ......... .. ... 265 Wendell...s S6 .00pcrycarin the Unit ed State Canada and Mexico. All other countries, S7 .00 per year. Copyri ght.... 20 715 WULFENIT E o n mottramite from the 79 mine nea r Hayden. Arizona. The large crystal measures
 
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