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Sphalerite from
Picacho Mine, Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Picacho Mine, Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:107695
Long-form Identifier:1:3:107695:0
GUID (UUID V4):9d596a2b-b6b6-413d-ab45-db0fb0829b66
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘSan Felipe Mine, Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘCantarranas Mine, Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘPerla Mine, Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘVictoria Mine, Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘMagistral Mine, Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘCharrera Mine, Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘSan JosĂ© Mine, Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘPrieta Mine, Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘMarquesa Mine, Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘColorada Mine, Topia, Topia Municipality, Durango, Mexico
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
"'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'« u~ o V :Ÿ 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
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 (issue)
Trucco mining district, Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero, Mexico .................................... .401 by J...mineral localities: The Refugio mine, Municipio de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico ................................Famous mineral localities: Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico .............................................Ferry ~alace of Jlline_s The Palace of Mines in Mexico City .................................... .497...Smithsonite, 4 cm wide, from the Refugio mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico. William Dameron collection; Jesse Fisher
Journal (issue)
brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit...addresses are $35.00 per year; addresses in Canada and Mexico are $48.00 per year; all other foreign subscriptions
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA ‱ Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/...District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART...- Illustrations ' Smithsonite Spangolite Sphalerite and galena Stolzite on quartz Stringhamite on...Canyon, New Mexico 20 Minerals found at other Indian dwellings in Arizona and New Mexico 21 Minerals
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...Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine............. San Antonio Mine....... Cusihuiriachic District.....Minerals of Ojuela Mine .... . Velardena District........................ Durango ..................
Book (edition)
zy MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County...District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART...Silver x Illustrations Smithsonite Spangolite Sphalerite and galena Stolzite on quartz Stringhamite on...Canyon, New Mexico —.20 Minerals found at other Indian dwellings in Arizona and New Mexico — 21 Minerals
Report (issue)
SURVEY PRELIMINARY DEPOSIT-TYPE MAP OF NORTHWESTERN MEXICO By Kenneth R. Leonard U.S. Geological Survey...Figure 4. of Mineral Deposits in Northwestern Mexico Los Gavilanes Tungsten District El Antimonio District... Preliminary Deposit-Type Map of Northwestern Mexico Kenneth R. Leonard Introduction The following...California and the northern part of Chihuahua, Mexico. The area is important for the evaluation or mineral...prospects, and mineral occurrences in northwest Mexico. A record may refer to one deposit or to a group
Report (issue)
part of the group going underground at the Magma Mine, owned and operated by Magma Copper Company. Our...a good day, the top of Picacho Peak can be seen (Shafiquillah, 1976). Picacho Peak in the past was a...thence to California via the Gila River. Now the Picacho Peak area is probably best known for the ostrich...hills. On skyline is massive "granite" (grey) of Picacho Mountain complex (10-11 o'clock) (Yeend, 1976)...jagged volcaniclastic units (dark grey black) of Picacho Peak at far 2 o'clock. (In between, 65 miles away
Book (edition)
Leigh McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa...Arizona, as well as from Sonora and Baja California, Mexico. Currently, the collection holds more than sixteen...material was cut parallel to the grain. The Blue Ball Mine, in Gila County, has produced thousands of azurite...quantity of this material came from the United Verde Mine at Jerome, GEMSTONES ANDLAPIDARYMATERIALS OF ARIZONA...Gila County. The Keystone Mine, the Inspiration Mine, and the Old Dominion Mine have all produced good gem-quality
Book (edition)
Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably mined...Deposits The Bisbee District The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger Lee Le 2A 3. Uranium and Vanadium Deposits...The Cameron Area 24 24 Ld 4. “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine 29 5. Arizona Meteorites ol...16 PART ONE INTRODUCTION Wulfenite. Glove mine, Cottonwood Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Santa... 79 mine, Gila County. Wayne Darby collection. Jeff Kurtzeman. Wulfenite on mottramite. 79 mine, Gila
Report (issue)
surface ---------------------------------- 178 Picacho surface -----------------------------------------------179...198 Ben Nevis mine ---------------------------------------------------- 198 Gray Eagle mine -----------...-----------------------------------------------198 Quickstrike mine ---------------------------------------------------...----------------------------------- 200 Big Three mine -----------------------------------------------...200 Davy King mine --------------- --------------------------------- 201 Galloway mine -------------
Book (edition)
Deposits The Bisbee District Tl1e Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger 17 17 21 3. Uranium and Vanadium Deposits...The Cameron Area 24 24 27 4. "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine 29 5. Arizona Meteorites 31...16 PART ONE INTRODUCTION Wulfenite. Glove mine, Cottonwood Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Santa...79 mine, Gila County. Wayne Darby collection. Jeff Kurtzeman. Wulfenite on mottramite. 79 mine, Gila...pounds of copper Wulfenite on stalactite. Red Cloud mine. Trigo Mountains, Yuma County. Harvard University
Report (issue)
______ 53 Rare new minerals of the United Verde Mine fire ___________________________ 53 Calcite ___...values of cat litter prices ( $/t) in Socorro, New Mexico in 1994 to those in Tucson, Arizona in 1998 30...historically important in the area including a major mine at Jerome (just west of Cottonwood and Clarkdale)...basaltic rocks using data from Arizona and New Mexico. All values were less than 40 percent which is...intermediate to silica-rich lithologies found in New Mexico. Paleozoic Rocks Paleozoic age rocks are widespread
Report (issue)
flakes at the Empire mine, and as small masses of wire silver, Flora Morrison mine. Bisbee district, in...chalcocite, more rarely with halloysite. Commonwealth mine, Pearce, with cerargyrite, embolite, and jarosite...ca1citeat the Continental mine, as stout wires in the oxidized ore of the Old Dominion mine. Fine specimens from...of the Silver Butte mine, Graham County-Ar avaipa district, at the La Clede mine. Maricopa County-From...pegamites in the White Picacho District. Mohave County-Cerbat Range, Distaff mine, as chunks of several
Report (volume)
Mineral Resources of the Indian Pass and Picacho Peak Wilderness Study Areas, Imperial County, California... Chapter A Mineral Resources of the Indian Pass and Picacho Peak Wilderness Study Areas, Imperial County, California...Data Mineral resources of the Indian Pass and Picacho Peak Wilderness Study Areas, Imperial County, California...resources California Picacho Peak Wilderness. 3. Indian Pass Wilderness (Calif.) 4. Picacho Peak Wilderness...(CDCA-355) Wilderness Study Area and part of the Picacho Peak (CDCA-355A) Wilderness Study Area, Imperial
Report (issue)
and 114° west. Its southwest corner lies in Mexico. The Mexico-United States boundary also crosses the Lukeville...(Gray and Miller, 1984a, b). The field extends from Mexico to the northern edge of the quadrangle and from...body contains phyllic alteration. The New Cornelia mine produced about 45,360 tonnes of copper per year...and the mine is currently (1985) closed. Phelps Dodge Corporation planned to expand the mine so that...exemplified by the Santa Rita deposit of southwest New Mexico (Jones and others, 1964), whereas the signatures
Journal (issue)
of fluorescence in a sample, as in the case of sphalerite which fluoresces blue due to zinc-ion vacancies...Ultraviolet Adamite (green) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Hydrozincite (blue) on Calcite (red)...Carpathite (blue-green) with Cinnabar in Quartz Picacho Mine, San Benito Co., California 11 such as fluorescent...cream); Hardin County, Illinois (white); Bingham, New Mexico (blue or purple), Madoc, Ontario; Yaogangxian,...in Arizona, New Hampshire (Westmoreland), China, Mexico, and South Africa. ●Since calcite is found at so
Report (issue)
Pliocene(?) 8. conglomerate Mammoth Wash fault zone Picacho Basin area "Mud volcano" and "mud pots" near Niland...Hedges, circa 1900 Main vein pit, Pioneer manganese mine East shore of Lake Cahuilla West shore of Lake Cahuilla... y MPERIAL COUNTY —— ~~ ^Mexicali ARIZONA MEXICO 10 ' 20 30 ' ' / 40 MILES l SCALE Figure... on the south by the state of Baja California, Mexico, and on the east by Yuma County, Arizona. The county...estimate for prior years is based upon individual mine statistics compiled for San Diego County. ; (1)
Report (issue)
to vehicles. Lunch* Stop 2. Overview of Mesquite mine Stop 3. Cargo Muchacho Mountains-visits to American...depart from Stardust Motel Stop 1. Overview of Picacho Basin Stop 2. Traverse to examine structural behavior...Exposure of cataclastic ledge Stops 5 and 6. Picacho mine. Lunch* between stops Depart for Tucson Arrive...possible, bring hard hat and safety glasses for mine FIELD TRIP 3 PRECIOUS-METAL MINERALIZATION, STRATIGRAPHY...structural control of Au mineralization in the Picacho mine. Recent successes by exploration geologists
Catalog/List
···· 36 2 Fl/R ALABANDITE Manganese sulfide Mexico Puebla, Mina Preciosa Sangue de Cristo ~rly pure...White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon Nearly pure white xlline...sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in syenite CROSSITE...iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite ..... . GRUNERITE...GRUNERITE Basic iron silicate Michigan Champion, Spons mine White-tan fibrous aggregates in magnetite with stilpnomelane
Report (volume)
Detachments in Arizona.......................... Picacho Peak.................................................... 40 Arf39Ar age spectrum diagrams from Picacho Peak, Harcuvar Mountains, and Trigo Mountains,... Arizona.......... Location map of Picacho Peak area, Arizona..........................................rocks from the upper plate of detachment faults at Picacho Peak, Harcuvar Mountains, and Trigo Mountains,...upper-plate volcanic rocks at detachment faults at Picacho Peak, Harcuvar Mountains, and Trigo Mountains,
Report (issue)
Geology—Mexico. 2. Geology, Structural—Mexico. 3. Faults (Geology)—Mexico. 4. Ore deposits—Mexico. I. Alaniz-Álvarez...The evolution of Middle America and the Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean Sea region during Mesozoic time: Geological...Tectonostratigraphic Terranes and Tectonic Evolution of Mexico: Geological Society of America Special Paper 278...Chihuahua A. S. U. ico ex M E W Fig. 4 E La Paz W Durango Mazatlán E Pacific plate 20° Rivera plate ...Cretaceous-Paleocene intrusive rocks ? 100° W ? La Paz 20° N Durango Mazatlán ? ? ? 200 km ? ? Gdl Figure 2. Geographic
Report (issue)
the United Verde mine became impossible by about 1918 when sulfides within the mine had caught fire....attained a depth of 4500 feet at the United Verde mine. The Jerome area provides one of the best exposed...exposure) and United Verde Extension (underground mine) will be demonstrated. A prepared lunch will be...Jerome State Historic Park. After lunch, geologic and mine models of the Jerome area can be visited in the...principal mine in number of early years of 1Ilining the pyrite fed a very serious mine fires. This
 
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