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Tellurium (commodity) from
Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Commodity:Tellurium (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Tellurium (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1378453
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1378453:7
GUID (UUID V4):5215955c-b74a-4551-868d-b2c23e626586
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Bambolla mine, known in the United States as the Moctezuma mine. View of the mine looking toward...MINERALS Moctezuma Mine (La Bambolla Mine) Moctezuma Municipality of Moctezuma State of Sonora, Mexico M...of the mine, La Moctezuma, and the nearest town” 12 miles to the north, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality...Municipality, Sonora State, Mexico (fig. 2), by Richard Gaines (1965a, p. 1163). Moctezumite is a bright to...used and well-known Mexican name of La Bambolla mine, the species occurs as minute blades and rosettes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
It was named by Lindberg (1949) from the Sapucaia mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléa, Minas Gerais, Brazil...(1969) from the San Miguel mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico, where it occurs with mackayite...at the nearby Moctezuma mine in very small quantities associated with native tellurium and paratellurite...localities clustered just southeast of the city of Moctezuma. The name honors Professor Clifford Frondel of...µm from the San Miguel mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico. Philippe Roth micrograph
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tellurite has been found at La Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. The mineral occurs as minute...in cracks and vugs in the oxidized zone of a tellurium-gold deposit. Dimensions of the largest crystal...The Moctezuma mine, widely known locally as "La Bambolla," is 12 km south of the town of Moctezuma,in...some rather ruggedfoot hills t[ km west of the Moctezuma River, at about 900 m abovesea1evel.The geogr... Unusually large amounts of native tellurium and other tellurium mineralswere noted in the ore, but no
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CLIFFORDITE-A NEW TELLURITE MINERAL FROM MOCTEZUMA, SONORA,MEXICO BerylcoIndwstries,Inc', Rrcnanp V. G,trNns...zone of the san Miguel mine, a telluriurn-gold-silver prospect near Moctezuma, sonora, associated with mackayite...quantities at the Moctezuma mine in the same district, associated with native tellurium and paratellurite...n d r . 7 1 2 ( 7 ) . Cliffordite from the Moctezuma mine contains a little lead and is identical with...with the supposed lead oxy-fluoride from this mine described by Mandarino and Williams in 1961. The lead
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Moctezuma The new mineral sonoraite, Ferr+1"rn*ou,oH)r tellurium-gold mine in Sonora, Mexico. It...minerals from the oxidized zone of the Moctezuma tellurium-gold mine (Gaines' 1965), three hand specimens...X-ray fluorescence analysis shows only iron and tellurium to be present as cations. Cnvsrer,rocRApHy Crystals...[10.1] e] lee. 1, Sonoraite, Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico' l-ezOr is the mean of 2?''3 and... H. Hey, analyst). 2. Emmonsite, Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Merico; water by difierence' Analysis
Report (issue)
= 7.613(2) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Moctezuma mine, Mexico. 2.988 (100), 3.404 (86), 1.873 (55), 1...(1–2) Moctezuma mine, Mexico. (3) TeO2 . Polymorphism & Series: Mineral Group: Occurrence: Mexico). (3)...group. As thin seams in tellurium from a hydrothermal Au–Te deposit (Moctezuma mine, Association: Tellurite...Tellurite, tellurium (Moctezuma mine, Mexico); krennerite, tellurium, rodalquilarite, emmonsite, anglesite...from the nearby Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12 km south of Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. In the USA, from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SCHMITTERITE-A NEW URANYL TELLURITE FROM MOCTEZUMA, SONORA Rrcnano V. GarNrs AssrRnct A new mineral,...tellurite UOiTeO3, has been found at the Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Sonora. The mineral is pale straw yellow...of the University of Mexico' INrnooucrroN While studying the Moctezuma tellurium-gold deposit in 1961...at the Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, along with a number of other new oxy-salts of tellurium (Gaines...fluorescenceanalysis on schmitterite showed only uranium and tellurium to be present. The mineral when heated to 600oC
Report (issue)
= 7.636(4) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Moctezuma mine, Mexico. 8.15 (10), 2.778 (9), 4.07 (8), 2.96 (6)...0.11 10.5 2.53 10.25 Total 97.16 (1) Moctezuma mine, Mexico; by electron microprobe, H2 O by TGA, total...Association: Tellurium, tellurite, paratellurite, spiroffite, mroseite. Distribution: Mexico. From the...the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12 km south of Moctezuma, Sonora, Name: To honor Dr. Josef Zemann (1923–...University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, specialist in tellurium minerals. Type Material: Natural History Museum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The crystal structures of the mixed-valence tellurium oxysalts 6+ 4+ tlapallite, (Ca,Pb)3CaCu6[Te4+...second naturally occurring compound containing tellurium in both the 4+ and 6+ oxidation states with a...O8. Carlfriesite is the predominant secondary tellurium mineral at the Wildcat prospect. We also present...tellurite, mixed-valence tellurium, carlfriesite, oxysalt, Wildcat prospect, Moctezuma (Received 13 December...Siidra) Introduction Although typically rare, tellurium (Te) oxysalt minerals often have unique structures
Report (issue)
3813(5) c = 11.888(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Moctezuma mine, Mexico. 4.98 (vs), 3.00 (vs), 4.06 (s), 3.31 (s)...29 14.20 9.36 0.15 Total [100.00] (1) Moctezuma mine, Mexico; recalculated to 100% from an original...deposit (Moctezuma mine, Mexico); very rare in intensely silicified pyritic shales (Joe mine, Arizona...Association: Tellurium, tellurite, paratellurite, denningite, mroseite, zemannite (Moctezuma mine, Mexico). Distribution:...Distribution: From the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12 km south of Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Large crystals at
Report (issue)
10.566(10) Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Moctezuma mine, Mexico. 3.14 (10), 5.14 (9), 4.20 (8), 1.97 (8)...16.95 21.59 Total 100.5 100.00 (1) Moctezuma mine, Mexico; by neutron activation, CO2 by TGA; corresponds...hydrothermal Au–Te deposit (Moctezuma mine, Mexico). Association: Spiroffite, tellurium, tellurite, denningite...denningite, zemannite, quartz (Moctezuma mine, Mexico); oboyerite, choloalite, gold (Tombstone, Arizona, USA)...Distribution: From the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12 km south of Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. In the Tombstone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is a rare new mineral from the Moctezuma deposit in Sonora, Mexico. It occurs as chocolate-brown crystalline...mineral, XANES spectroscopy, tellurium oxidation state, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico 4+ 2 6+ 2 introduction... compared to 3.1 ppb for Au), the semi-metal tellurium (Te) is found in relatively high concentrations...2004; Shackleton et al. 2003; Sung et al. 2007). Tellurium mineralogy tends to be relatively complex, with... The Moctezuma deposit in Sonora, Mexico, can be considered as the “World Capital” of tellurium mineralogy
Report (issue)
β = 90◦ 360 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Moctezuma mine, Mexico. 11.97 (10), 2.985 (10), 3.540 (6), 5.946...15.8 0.7 13.6 4.3 4.25 101.02 1+ (1) Moctezuma mine, Mexico; with H calculated for charge balance,...portions of a tellurium-bearing polymetallic hydrothermal sulfide deposit (Moctezuma mine, Mexico); an alteration...muscovite, quartz (Moctezuma mine, Mexico). Distribution: From the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12 km south...south of Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. In the USA, at Tombstone, Cochise Co., Arizona, from the Lucky Cuss and
Report (issue)
= 12.726(6) Z = 2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Moctezuma mine, Mexico. 2.936 (100), 12.7 (70), 2.608 (35), 2...19.10 7.20 Total 100.0 99.06 100.00 (1) Moctezuma mine, Mexico; by electron microprobe, average of 14...vitrophyre (Moctezuma mine, Mexico); in a limestone-hosted disseminated Au–Ag–Te deposit (Mayflower mine, Montana...between alkaline intrusives and sediments (Gies mine, Montana, USA). Association: Silver, acanthite,...dolomite, quartz (Moctezuma mine, Mexico); tetrahedrite, hessite, gold, sphalerite (Mayflower mine, Montana,
Report (issue)
= 13.04(5) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Moctezuma mine, Mexico. 4.42 (vs), 3.38 (s+), 3.12 (s), 2.62 (s)...0.03 0.09 0.03 0.27 Total 99.90 (1) Moctezuma mine, Mexico; Mg determined spectrographically, after...Association: Tellurium, tellurite, paratellurite, spiroffite, zemannite. Distribution: Mexico. From the...the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12 km south of Moctezuma, Sonora, Name: To honor Reynolds McConnell Denning...Denningite, a new tellurite mineral from Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Can. Mineral., 7, 340–341 (abs.). (2)
Report (issue)
and tellurium. Occurrence: In the oxidized zone of a hydrothermal Au–Te deposit (Moctezuma mine, Mexico);...mackayite, cuzticite, eztlite, “limonite” (Moctezuma mine, Mexico); uraninite, siegenite, vaesite (Shinkolobwe... Distribution: From the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12 km south of Moctezuma, and at the San Miguel prospect...prospect, 10 km northwest of the Moctezuma mine, Sonora, Mexico. From Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Congo...and Petrology, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. Type Material: Mexican Institute of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Manuscript Stable Te isotope fractionation in tellurium-bearing minerals from precious metal hydrothermal...Mills, S.J., Stable Te isotope fractionation in tellurium-bearing minerals from precious metal hydrothermal...23 24 25 Stable Te isotope fractionation in tellurium-bearing minerals from precious metal hydrothermal...Abstract 2 The tellurium isotope compositions of naturally-occurring tellurides, native tellurium, and 3 ...Tellurides in the system Au-Ag-Te and native tellurium analyzed in this study have values of 12 δ130/125Te
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
129I has been positively detected in two natural tellurium ores by activation analysis with the help of low-level...excessive amounts of 129Xe e and 131Xee in natural tellurium ores is known since 1950 [1]. In spite of the...produced by some kind of nuclear interactions of tellurium isotopes with naturally occurring particles. In-situ...neutrons from the U-containing environment of the tellurium fails to account for the relative proportions...out that in (n,2n) reactions between natural tellurium and high-energy neutrons 129Xe would be the only
Report (issue)
Diffraction Pattern: Bambolla mine (aka Moctezuma mine), Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. 3.223 (100), 11.667 (89)...47.00 12.73 . 100.00 (1) Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico; average electron microprobe and IR...5](OH)24. Occurrence: From oxidation of primary tellurium and/or telluride phases. Al 3+ from the weathering...Distribution: From the Bambolla mine (aka Moctezuma mine), Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Name: From the Nahuatl
Report (issue)
= 4.9925(9) Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Moctezuma mine, Mexico. 8.752 (100), 2.748 (70), 2.520 (42b),...08 43.13 4.77 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Moctezuma mine, Mexico; by electron microprobe, average of 20...deposits. A rare mineral in the oxidized zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal ore Association: Hessite...barite, clay (Moctezuma mine, Mexico); khinite, dugganite, chlorargyrite, gold (Old Guard mine, Arizona,...Oriental (Bambollita) mine, northeast of the Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. In the USA, at the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Florence. The sample is from the Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico and the mineral occurs as very rare...EDS chemical analyses showed only uranium and tellurium to be present. The crystal structure has been...Schmitterite, UTeO5, was found at the Moctezuma mine (Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico) by Gaines (1971) during a study...study of minerals from the Moctezuma tellurium-gold deposit. The mineral, pale straw yellow in color, was...[Fe(OH)Te2O5] in a sample from San Miguel prospect, Sonora, Mexico. In addition, 130 L. Bindi and G. Pratesi
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VolcanicStratigraphyand Ore Depositsof the MoctezumaDistrict, Sonora, Mexico J. A. DEEN AND W. W. ATKINSON,JR. Departmentof...Moctezumadistrictis locatedjust southof the town of Moctezuma, Sonora, about 150 km northeast that of the region...FIC. 1. Locationof the Oposuramine. MOCTEZUMA DISTRICT,SONORA: OREDEPOSITS 1843 •o 7O 7O Mlna Mina...Simplifiedstratigraphiccolumnof the Oposuramine area, Sonora,Mexico. uniform, monotonousash-flowtuff, which directly...andprobablyhavea limited arealextent.Alongthe Hermosillo-Moctezuma highway,red and greensilty sediments are alsoexposedbeneaththe
Report (issue)
Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: “Cananea” [Moctezuma mine], Mexico. 3.280 (100), 3.723 (95), 3.008 (50), 2...19.58 1.04 (2) 79.95 Total 100.00 (1) Good Hope mine, Colorado, USA. (2) TeO2 . 100.00 Te Bi Fe2 O3...paratellurite. Occurrence: An alteration product of tellurium and tellurides in the oxide zone of some hydrothermal...hydrothermal mineral deposits. Association: Tellurium, tetradymite, nagyagite, many secondary tellurates...the Zavodinskii mine, near Ziryanovskii, Altai Mountains. In Japan, from the Teine mine, northwest of Sapporo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
7 and 8 POUGHITE, A NEW TELLURITE MINERAL FROM MEXICO AND HONDURAS Rrcnenn V. G.LrNos,Hofecker Road,...Fez(Teos)z(Son).3Hro has been found at the Moctezuma Mine, Sonora. It is identical with an unnamed mineral...identity with material found at the Moctezuma mine in Sonora,Mexico. The name poughite is proposed for...by the writer in only two specimens.One, from the mine dump, is a piece of limonite-stained qttartz breccia...fluorescenceanalysis showed the presenceon only iron and tellurium. When a drop of barium chloride solution is added
Report (issue)
Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: San Miguel prospect, Mexico. 3.273 (10), 2.844 (8), 2.007 (8), 2.755 (7), 1...12 50.05 18.83 100.00 (1) San Miguel prospect, Mexico; by electron microprobe. (2) (UO2 )Te3 O7 . Occurrence:...Miguel prospect, Mexico); tellurium, paratellurite, quartz (Moctezuma mine, Mexico). Distribution: From...southeast at the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12 km south of Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Name: Honors Professor...Cliffordite - a new tellurite mineral from Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Amer. Mineral., 54, 697–701. (2) Brandstaetter
 
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