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Electrum from
Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Gold var: Electrum
Formula:(Au,Ag)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Electrum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:117232
Long-form Identifier:1:3:117232:4
GUID (UUID V4):40345bcb-513e-4df0-875a-fc2acd2207ed
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Russia; Jialu deposit, China). Association: Gold, “electrum”, iron oxides (Kuranakh deposit, Russia); gold...eztlite, emmonsite, schmitterite, pyrite (Moctezuma mine, Mexico). Distribution: In the Kuranakh gold deposit...Ontario, Canada. In Mexico, at the Oriental (Bambollita) mine, northeast of the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine...mine, 12 km south of Moctezuma, Sonora. Name: For the Kuranakh deposit, Russia, where it was first found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carlfriesite, H Ca(TeO3)3, a new mineral from Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico S I D N E Y A. W I L L I A M S , Phelps...Oriental) mine in the Sierra La Huerta near Moctezuma, Sonora. Colour primrose yellow (R.H.S. 4B) with pale...m p o u n d and dickite. Less c o m m o n are electrum, cerussite, chlorargyite, and an o r t h o r h...Instituto de Geologia of the National University, Mexico. Nearly all I I3o s. A. WILLIAMS AND R. V. GAINES...of Carl Fries's professional life was spent in Mexico, a country he loved and understood and which became
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CI(OH) . 2 7n o, two new minerals from Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico S. A. W I L L I A M S Phelps Dodge Corporation...tlalocite were found at the Bambollita mine near Moctezuma, Sonora. Xocomecatlite is probably orthorhombic, and...located as the La Oriental by Benjamin Soto of Moctezuma, is a small mine north-east of the Bambolla mine...tenorite, and iron oxides, sometimes stippled with electrum. Carlfriesite generally occurs close to these...I965. Estudios Mineralogicos. Univ. Nac. Ant. de Mexico, Bull. 75. GARRELS(R. M.) and CHRIST(C. L.), I965
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cesbronite, a new copper tellurite from Moctezuma, Sonora S I D N E Y A. W I L L I A M S Phelps Dodge...Cesbronite occurs at the Bambollita mine, near Moctezuma, Sonora, with a variety of other tellurites. The colour...to the Bambollita (La Oriental) mine near Moctezuma, Sonora. The mineral is n a m e d in h o n o u r of...hessite-bornite-galena. Early oxidation products in the vein are electrum, teineite, and carlfriesite. Cegbronite comes...nite occurs at the Bambollita mine, near Moctezuma, Sonora, with a variety of other tellurites. The colour
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...of those with no strong connection to Mexico and its mines. A precious opal from the Iris mine in Queretaro...offered as a general introduction to the minerals of Mexico, the theme of the 1999 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show
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...would like to thank the director of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum who allowed me to travel extensively
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
 bornite. Other Ag- and Te-bearing minerals (electrum, hessite, stromeyerite and Ag-bearing chalcocite)...new mineral species from the Bambolla Au–Te Mine, Mexico (Stanley et al., 1986). Prior to acceptance of...deposits Zyranovskoe, Altay (phase z) Bambolla, Mexico (cervelleite) Um Samiuki, Egypt (cervelleite)...chalcopyrite, galena, bornite, fahlore, hessite, and electrum. Aksenov et al. (1969) anhedral grains and symplectitic...sphalerite, galena, tetrahedrite-tennantite and gold (electrum) tend to be enriched in these later mineral assemblages
Catalog/List
limonitic gossan. 101 ADAMITE, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Groups and fans of pale yelloVI singly terminated...limonite. 816 ADAMITE, MANGANOAN, t-✓.apimi, Durango, Mexico. Transpa::-ent la vender tipped crystals with minute...gossan. 882 ADAMITE (CUPRIAN),Mapimi, Ourango, Mexico. Group of transparent green crystals on limonitic...(zeta). 10.00 ANKERITE, Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. Rosettes of tan tabular crystals with rhombohedral...prism, 1-2 rmi. No matrix. ARSENOPYRITE, Zacatecas, Mexico. Group af sharp steel-gray crystals an massive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3s 99o M.H. HEY AND P. G. EMBREY Synonym of electrum. Subdivided into boussingaultin, trinitatin, hyperythrin...mm) of orthorhombic plates from the 'Moctezuma mine', Sonora, Mexico, have a 7"860, b ~o'o89, c 5.363 A...etc., in a small prospect near Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, are tetragonal, a I5"22, c 11.52 A, D 3"o2;...crystals, a 9"4I, c 7"64 A, P63/m, from Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Uniaxial, ~oI "85, E I'93.2[Na~H~-~Znz(TeO3)3
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intergrowths, 340 ALDERTON, D. H. M., hessite and electrum, 179 AL-HERMEZl, H. M., MCKIE, D., and HALL, A...BASHINSKI, S. W., soda minettes, 199 Benleonardite, Mexico, new mineral, 681 Beryl, melting relationships...ganophyllite, 307; see also GUGGENHEIM,S., 517 Electrum, Scotland, 179 EMBREY,P. G., see CLARK, A. M....by water, 399 Metavivianite, review, 687 MExico, Moctezuma, benleonardite, new mineral, 681 MEYER, T... G., see SEMENEtqKO,V. P., 317 Santafeite, New Mexico, re-examination, 299 Sapphirine, derived from mantle
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
polarized light); g Stage IV petzite and coexisiting electrum in pyrite (sample 99EM14, Matanagata flatmake;...epithermal Emperor gold deposit 299 petzite and electrum in samples from the Matanagata flatmake, as overgrowths...below 120  C (Fig. 4e). Stage IV petzite and electrum intergrowths are present as inclusions in pyrite...intergrown with hessite and st€ utzite or hessite and electrum. Coloradoite Coloradoite (HgTe) was first identified...Compositions of benleonardite are from Bambolla, Mexico (cross; Stanley et al., 1986), Emperor, Fiji (diamond;
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...economic data on mineral deposits and occurrences in Sonora, North Baja California, South Baja California and...and the northern part of Chihuahua, Mexico. The area is important for the evaluation or mineral deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrargyrite and freibergite are the main Ag minerals. Electrum and uytenbogaardtite are present in all sites...reflected light (ac: acanthite, be: benleonardite, el: electrum, ga: galena, he: hessite, py: pyrite and uy: uytenbogaardtite...intergrown with acanthite and in association with electrum in BanskĂĄ BelĂĄ. c An acanthite grain replaced...Ag-Fe sulfide in Kopanice. e A pyrite grain with electrum inclusion surrounded by multiple layers of Ag-Fe...benleonardite, co: covellite, cpy: chalcopyrite, el: electrum, frg: freibergite, ga: galena, he: hessite, p/p:
Book
bluish-green. Red Cloud Fluorite mine, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA. H=?, Din=?, Dc=?, VllD 17. Fehr & Hochleitner...in reflected light. San Carlos mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. H= 2.5, Djj4= 7.586, D(;= 7.562, IIA 03. Genth...Mon. Translucent colorless, white. Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. H=4.5, Djjj=6.5, D(.= 6.30, VHID 17. Palache...As)2Sii, 0 Mon. Submetallic black. Sonora and Guanajuato, Mexico. H=?, Djjj= 6.34, D(.= 6.32, IID 11...Tet. Metallic brownish-grey. Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. H=?, Djjj=5.64, Dq=4.95, IIC
Journal (issue)
Cortés toppled thee Aztec Empire in 1521, claiming Mexico for Spain. 4 NEWS 6 PROFILES Duchess Caterina...heads, and goblets made of silver, soapstone, and electrum. B I H EUU SC L RENCE REN CEE THE CARRIAGE...18th-century oil painting, part of the Conquest of Mexico series at the Library of Congress, shows Hernån...the Aztec capital city, Tenochtitlan, to seize Mexico for Spain. The Aztec had superior numbers, but...Veracruz, where he scuttles his ships. He crosses Mexico and enters Tenochtitlan for the first time. to
Catalog/List
1966 2 Fl/R ADAMITE A basic arsenate of zinc Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela ~lliant lime-yellow...on monzonite ... ALABANDITE Mar.ganese sulfide Mexico Puebla, Mina Preciosa Sangue de Cristo Nearly pure...Pink crystals with lepidolite and quartz ....... Mexico Baja California, San Juan Bautista ~e pinkish-brown...Drusy white xls with cerussite ............. Fl. Mexico Chihuahua, Villa Ahumada, Mina Erupcion Tan-colored...lx3" $. 50, $1. 00, $2. 00, $2. 50, $3. 50, $5. 00 Mexico Durango, Cerro de Mercado ~ght yellow transparent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
particles in which the fineness varies from an electrum individual grains. There are gold particles in...in which the fineness varies from an electrum Compositional heterogeneity. In grain the same sample, the...particles in which the fineness varies from an electrum of 480–520‰ on the periphery of the grain to a...including volcanogenic Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, (Mexico) (the first finding) [21], Um Samiuki...Ag4 TeS, a new mineral from the Bambolla mine, Mexico, and a description of a photo-chemical reaction
Report (issue)
Geology—Mexico. 2. Geology, Structural—Mexico. 3. Faults (Geology)—Mexico. 4. Ore deposits—Mexico. I. Alaniz-Álvarez.... . 183 J.L. Macías Major Faults 7. The Mojave-Sonora megashear: The hypothesis, the controversy, and...major faults. Included are papers about the Mojave-Sonora megashear (Molina-Garza and Iriondo), the San Marcos...the Taxco–San Miguel Allende system or the Mojave-Sonora megashear. The papers of this Centenary volume...The evolution of Middle America and the Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean Sea region during Mesozoic time: Geological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
+ + + + ) ) ) ) ) Native gold, Au(Ag) Electrum, Au, Ag Native bismuth, Bi Hematite, Fe2O3 Magnetite...original material described as a new mineral from Mexico (Stanley et al. 1986) which contains Sb > As. It...a new mineral from the Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Mineral Mag 50: 681±686 Tornquist A (1933)
Catalog/List
Municipio de Guandjuato, State of GuanajuMexico - Dana & type locale - Three S/S smal! specimens..."EM" Il, P. 8, "Hil" I, P. 2, and "Minerals of Mexico", W. Panczner, P. 86 (1987). A * a) This small...specimens of Acanthite after Argentite from Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. This example, though not particularly attractive...the "stacked" growth of the r-Juorite xl. from Mexico, illustrated in the Min. Record, Sept-Oct 1972...Guanajuato, Mexico - This occurrence of Bismuthinite 1s ment1oned in "Minerals of Mexico", U. Panczner
Book
Massachusetts 01966 U.S.A. A Adamite, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Preamble t is with considerable pride that | introduce...superintendent of the San Carlos mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, the discovery locality. Afwillite Genth, F.A...Ahlfeldite Red Cloud mine, Lincoln County, New Mexico, U.S.A. NiSeOQ3Âą2H20, mon., P2;/n. Forms a series...Named after its discovery locality, at Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. Palache, C. & Merwin, H.E. (1909): Am.J.Sci...composition: antimony plus pearceite. Sonora and Guanajuato, Mexico. Frondel, C. (1963): Am. Mineral. 48
Book
morphologies at Bisbee, Arizona, and Grant County, New Mexico (abstract; by R. W. Graeme) 22:68 An occurrence...silver (abstract; by L. Presmyk) 25:73-74 ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM The Congden Earth Sciences Center...Silver minerals of the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora [Mexico] (abstract; by T. C. Wallace) 25:73 ARKANSAS...Arizona, and Grant County, New Mexico (abstract; by R. W. Graeme) 22:68 New Mexico azurite (abstract; by R....localities: the Batopilas district, Chihuahua, Mexico (by W. E. Wilson & C. S. Panczner) 17:61-80 BAUM
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
differing composition, but essentially cuprian electrum--M.H.H.] [A.M. 62, 593-] Arsenbraekebuschite....Composition 3[PdsAs3]. Named from the Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, and at the Lucky locality9 [A.M. 62,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
recently collected. Native gold, with some silver (as electrum), has been detected as rounded grains to 18 microns...this mineral, after the type locality at Moctezuma, Mexico. It occurs as pale green crystallized spherules
 
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