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Sphalerite from
Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Galena1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Galena at this locality.
Chalcopyrite1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:31312
Long-form Identifier:1:3:31312:6
GUID (UUID V4):6a5caf13-72b2-47a5-8b86-b8e3166670ae
Localities for Sphalerite in this Region
Anchor Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Black Cloud Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Germany Mines, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Grand Tower Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Graphic Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Hardscrabble Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Juanita Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Kelly Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Linchberg tunnel, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Mistletoe Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Nitt Shaft, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
South Juanita Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Victor Tunnel, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
leaf gold, smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico boasts an array of mineral species. RAMON S....Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDEX is to provide a comprehensive listing of New Mexico...Particular attention was directed toward incorporating new information on discoveries and occurrences, although...to compile all of the mineral occurrences in New Mexico-a venture of that magnitude is beyond the scope...Minerals of New Mexico is the basic reference for locations. Abstracts from the New Mexico mineral symposia
Report (issue)
New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...of Kelly Limestone jasperoids, Magdalena mining district, New Mexico Jacques Renault', Augustus K. Armstrong2...Robert L. Oscarson2 'New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, Socorro, New Mexico 87801; ²U.S. Geological...22092 SOCORRO 1995 11 NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Daniel H. Lopez, President NEW MEXICO...REGENTS Ex Officio Gary Johnson, Governor of New Mexico Alan Morgan, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ASSOCIATED WITH PYROMETASOMATIC ZINC DEPOSITS IN MEXICO AND NEW MEXICO BY VICTOR T. ALLEN AND JOSEPH J. FAHEY ABSTRACT...pyroxenes and amphiboles from zinc mines in Mexico and New Mexico. These analyses indicate that the characteristic...zinc deposits examined by the writers in Mexico and New Mexico are manganoan hedenbergite and manganoan...a calcium pyroxene. The sulfide ore minerals, sphalerite and pyrite, and also some magnetite are later...Acknowledgments. Page 881 883 2. Sketch map of Central Mining district showing location of mines 884 Following page
Report (issue)
of New Mexico by JOHN H. SCHILLING 1965 STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE...INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING Sc TECHNOLOGY................................... Governor of New Mexico Leonard DeLayo ............................................................................. Socorro Thomas M. Cramer ............................................................... Socorro For sale by the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF NEW MEXICO FAYETTE A. JONES, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 1 THE M I N E RAL RESOURCES OF N E W MEXICO BY FAYETTE...FAYETTE A. JONES 1915 SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO ALBRIGHT & ANDERSON, PRINTERS-BINDERS, ALBUQUERQUE Published... Published by Authority of the Board of Regents of the New Mexico State School of Mines L E T T E R OF TRANSMITTAL...Governor, Santa Fe, New Mexico. DEAR SIR: On behalf of the Board of Regents of the New Mexico State School...Resources Survey, entitled "The Mineral Resources of New Mexico," which I trust may prove of some value to the
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY -AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MAGDALENA MINING DISTRICT, NEW MEXICO BY G. F. LOUGHLIN AND A. H. KOSCHMANN...STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES ~~EW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...Age and correlation ____________________ _ 16 Magdalena group (Pennsylvanian) ___________ _ 16 Sandia...limestone _____ _________________ _ 18 Age of the Magdalena group _____________ _ 19 Abo sandstone (Permian)...____________ __ ______________ Minerals of the Magdalena district, by S. G. Lasky and G. F. Loughlin_______
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tiger, Arizona or in the famous deposits of Old Mexico. Oxidation, as a process, precedes with most thorough...provided by the Hansonburg Mining District of New Mexico. In this district the original sulfide minerals...were galena with minor chalcopyrite, pyrite, and sphalerite in a silicified limestone host rock. Oxidation...Other minerals we have collected in the Hansonburg District include murdochite, plattnerite, spangolite, hemimorphite...minerals. We have collected galena in the Darwin District of California which has oxidized to ROCKS AND
Report (issue)
OF NEW MEXICO FAYETTE A. JONES, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 1 THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO BY FAYETTE...1915 SOCORRO, ALBRIGHT & NEW ANDERSON. ALBUQUERQUE. MEXICO PRINTERS NEW • BINDERS MEXICO STATE...SCHOOL OF MINES MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF NEW MEXICO FAYETTE A. M. B. JONES, DIRECTOR DONAHUE...MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO BY FAYETTE A. JONES 1915 SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO ÜBRIdMr A ANDERSON...Board by Authority of the of Regents of the New Mexico State School of Mines LETTER To OF TRANSMITTAL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
D./tT,q FRO.l( NEW MEXICO: Lead isotope data from ore deposits in southern New Mexico (Fig. 1) have been...Krauskopf, K. B., 1967, Introduction to geochemistry: New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 721 p. Moore, XV. S....1942, Manganese depositsin Costa Rica: Am. Inst. Mining Metall. Petroleum Engineers, Tech. Paper 1445,...estimatedat 25 m.y., which falls between the 28-m.y. Magdalena plutonismand the 20-m.y. inceptionof basalticvolcanism(see...equations,taking the Fig. 1. Map of south-central New Mexico, showing sample locations, Tertiary volcanic
Journal (issue)
................ 2 A short history of mining in New Mexico ...................................... 5...5 by W. E. Wilson Minerals first described from New M ex ico ...................................... 9...Famous mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico ..................................mineral localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico ......................................Fluorite from the Pine Canyon deposit, Grant County, New Mexico ........................................
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 39 The Metal Resources of New Mexico and Their Economic Features Through 1954 A revision of...RESOURCES NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE...INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY E. J. Workman, President STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES Alvin...THE HONORABLE EDWIN L. MECHEM………...Governor of New Mexico MRS. GEORGIA L. LUSK ......................Superintendent................................................ Socorro THOMAS M. CRAMER .............................
Journal (issue)
Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA; Evan Jones Collection, © Jeff Scovil. ”Official...Joyce & Bob Hendrix on new home in Payson. MSA wishes you much happiness in your new mountain paradise. I...please give a warm MSA Welcome to Carlie Murphy, our new MSA Social Coordinator. Thank You Carlie for joining...the Arizona Geological Survey and at the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum. Dr. Rasmussen received the...in 2010 for her work as Curator of the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum in Phoenix. Our April 13th program
Book (edition)
org/details/mineralsofnewmexOOnort MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO Before all things, there which has them ...that 1825 mining opened the West- . —Charles W. Henderson, 1933 MINERALS of New Mexico STUART A...Mew Mexico PROPERTY OF HBSIER JR. HIGH SCH LIBRARY Revised Edition UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS...ALBUQUERQUE © 1944. 1959. UNIVERSITY OFNEW MEXICO PRESS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED REVISED EDITION LIBRARY...BOUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRINTING PLANT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, U. S. A. FOR IVAH 1
Map
New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Resource Map 15 March 1986 Silver and gold occurrences...occurrences in New Mexico by Robert M. North and Virginia T. Mclemore New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources...Resources, Socorro, New Mexico 87801 Abstract Anomalous amounts of silver and/or gold have been identified...identified in 153 mining districts or prospect areas of New Mexico. Production from most of these occurrences...200,000 ounces of silver. Silver and gold in New Mexico occur in 14 distinct types of deposits ranging
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND CONTROL SOCORRO OF THE COUNTY, SPENCER R. LINCHBURG NEW OREBODY MEXICO TITLEY CONTENTS........................................... Magdalena district ...........................................related. The oredeposit consists principally of sphalerite, galenaandsparsechalcopyritein a gangueof andradite...in viewof the widespread igneous activityin the district. But the important considerationis that all alterationwas...theassistance givenduringthreefieldseasons by The New JerseyZincCompany whoalsograntedpermission to publishresultsof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Mexico FLUORITE A Statewide Survey PHILIP SIMMONS 11816 Harrington Road SE Albuquerque, New Mexico...Mexico 87123 philsim22@gmail.com Figure 1. Fluorite, 8.7 × 6.2 cm, Doublestrike prospects, Bound Ranch...Ranch district, Grant County. Collected by Brian Huntsman, Ray DeMark specimen. 400 ROCKS & MINERALS...fluorspar district, Grant County. Collected by Jay Rosenbauer in the early 2000s, New Mexico Bureau of...Southern New Mexico at its finest! This photo was taken at the Blanchard mine in Socorro County during
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE IN SPHALERITE INCLUSIONS Pnrrrp J. Snnnoul Numerous investigators have...inclusions of chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite in sphalerite. Some explain them as having been formed by replacement...have formed in sphalerite by replacement, whereas chalcopyrite inclusions in sphalerite have formed by... Teas2examined a large number of specimensof sphalerite showing inclusions of chalcopyrite and from his...chalcopyrite had replaced sphalerite. Newhouse3described inclusions of chalcopyrite in sphalerite that appear to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COOKES PEAK Mining District Luna County New Mexico PHILIP SIMMONS 11816 Harrington Road SE Albuquerque...Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123 philsim22@gmail.com Figure 1. A view of Cookes Peak from the north at the campsite...a long history of silver-lead-zinc mining in southern New Mexico, but it is best known within the collector...range, amid the historic Cookes Peak district, are three smaller mining subdistricts: the Cookes Peak (Cooks... and Old Hadley subdistricts. The Cookes Peak district has produced more than sixty valid mineral species
Report (issue)
87 New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...TECHNOLOGY Mineral and Water Resources of New Mexico I'repared by U.S. Geological Survey for the U.S...with: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission New Mexico...SOCORRO1977 NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Cibutus R. HOLMES. Acting President NEW MEXICO BUREAU...OF REGENTS Ex Officio Bruce King, Governor of New Mexico Leonard DeLayu, Superintendent of Public Instrucilun
Report (issue)
NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES A DEPARTMENT OF THE SCHOOL OF MINES E. C. ANDERSON...B U L L E T I N 2 1 Fluorspar Resources of New Mexico By HOWARD E. ROTHROCK, C. H. JOHNSON, AND A....Interior SOCORRO 1946 THE NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES The New Mexico Bureau of...Resources, designated as "a department of the New Mexico School of Mines and under the direction of its...its Board of Regents," was established by the New Mexico Legislature of 1927. Its chief functions are
Report (issue)
OR PROFE SIONAL PAPER 68 THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXI.CO BY WALDEMAR LINDGREN, LOUIS C. GRATON AND...PRQ)tESSIONAL PAPER 68 T·H E ORE DEPOSITS O.F NEW MEXICO.. . . ., .,· ;,.: BY WALDEMAR LINpGREN,........ . J,5 Historical sketch of mining and smelting in New Mexico....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... : . .............. - ........ .. . . T~os County, by L. C. Graton and W ..Lindgren ..... ................. . . , ... -.. . Rio Hondo. (Twining) district . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................
Report (issue)
NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES E. H. WELLS Pre.tdent and Director...Literature of New Mexico By Thomas Peltier Wootton SOCORRO, N. M. 1930 CONTENTS Page The New Mexico Bureau....... 125 2 THE NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES The New Mexico Bureau of Mines and...established by the New Mexico Legislature of 1927. It was made a department of the New Mexico School of Mines...and to publish statistics relative to New Mexico geology, mining, milling, metallurgy and oil and natural
Report (issue)
* Radioactive Deposits < in New Mexico GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN This report concerns work done on...DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO COMPILED BY T. G. LOVERING ABSTRACT Forty-five areas of radioactivity in New Mexico...deposits in northwestern New Mexico seem to be the most promising for the mining of uranium ore. In western...western San Juan County, on the eastern flanks of the Carrizo Mountains uplift, carnotite ore has been taken...Farther south in the Zuni Mountains of Valencia County joint coatings in pre-Cambrian granites show abnormal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
presented at the annual meeting of the Society in New York, N.Y., February xS, z94z. Publishedby permissionof...severalyearsafter x9o5 there was a tendencyto follow the new fashion and attribute the sources of ores to the...skepticismmay be attributedlargelyto the fact that in New England, where I was introducedto geology, thereare...emanationsfrom a crystallizingigneousmass. My early work in New England also developedan interest in the part playedby...rocks and the depths of the earth. McGraw-Hill, New York, •933. PP. •77, •86-•89, •97, •99-2oo,•24o ß
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 74 Bibliography of New Mexico Geology and Mineral Technology 1956-1960 by CONSTANCE F. SCHILLING...RESOURCES NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE...INSTITUTE OF MINING 8c TECHNOLOGY E. J. Workman, President STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES...Mechem............................. Governor of New Mexico Tom Wiley .................................................................................. Socorro Thomas M. Cramer .............................
 
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