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Sphalerite from
Descubridora Mine, Asientos, Asientos Municipality, Aguascalientes, 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 Descubridora Mine, Asientos, Asientos Municipality, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:60936
Long-form Identifier:1:3:60936:0
GUID (UUID V4):e3df337b-27a4-454b-b1b5-702cc3a55ab0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘSan Francisco Mine, Asientos, Asientos Municipality, Aguascalientes, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘSanto Cristo Mine, Asientos, Asientos Municipality, Aguascalientes, Mexico
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘCata Rica Mine, Noria de Angeles (Noria de los Angeles), Noria de Ángeles Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘCata Urista Mine, Noria de Angeles (Noria de los Angeles), Noria de Ángeles Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘSan Francisco Mine, Noria de Angeles (Noria de los Angeles), Noria de Ángeles Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
48.0km (29.8 miles) ⓘBilbao Mine, La Blanca, Ojocaliente Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
78.8km (48.9 miles) ⓘPlata Mine, Zacatecas, Zacatecas Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
78.8km (48.9 miles) ⓘRefugio Mine, Zacatecas, Zacatecas Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
78.8km (48.9 miles) ⓘBote Mine, Zacatecas, Zacatecas Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
78.8km (48.9 miles) ⓘSan Agustín Mine, Zacatecas, Zacatecas Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
References
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Depositsof the BolafiosSilverDistrict, Jalisco,Mexico JAMESI. LYONS* BP Minerals America, 4600 Kietzke...silver-richveinsof the Bolafiosdistrict,Jalisco,Mexico,are geneticallyrelatedto a distinctiveepisodeof...filling and disseminated argentiferous galena,sphalerite, andfluoriteorealongthe wallsof theintrusivetuffdikeand...earliestgeologicworkknownandhave lajarain southwestern Mexico(Fig. 1). Bola‱osis lo- provento be very accurate...production.Later, duringthe early 1900s,an Amer- western Mexico (Fig. 1) extends from Mexico's icangroup,the BradburyCompany
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1721-1736 BatopilasMining District, Chihuahua,Mexico GREGG WILKERSON, U.S. Departmentof Interior, Bureauof...oresiscalciteandis associated withsmallamounts of sphalerite, galena,andlaumontite.Cobalt-nickelarsenides...Stratigraphyand RockTypes Bustamantewho operated the Carmen mine, and Ali formation namesusedhereinarefromWilkCristobalPerez...1983). andthe Mogollon-Datilvolcanicfield of New Mexico The YerbanisFormationlies unconformably upon and...Roncesvalles fault at the surface is of a Dolores-Pastrana mine workingsand surfaceexposuresindicatethat measuredby
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
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...103 by M. Hansen The libethenite zone, Burra mine, South Australia .................................Quartz, variety amethyst, from Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico. The group is 19 cm tall. Chris W right specimen;...92-meter level,” though all other measurements in the mine will be converted. In short, English units will...worked in the Surveyor’s Department at the Geevor tin mine (Pendeen, Cornwall), and with Consolidated Goldfields...about 20 minutes late. Not bad. We went first to a mine between Huantajaya and Santa Rosa. The Instituto
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Mexico ineralogical Record September-October 2003 ❖ Volume 34 Number 5 ❖ $20 Wayne & Dona Leicht,...Van Pelt, Los Angles Mexico Special Issue II The Ojuela Mine Preface to Mexico-II1....................in the San Judas chimney, Level 6, of the Ojuela mine. Houston Museum of Natural Science collection; Wendell...headframes and processing facilities of the Ojuela mine ca. 1900. The famous suspension bridge designed...discovery point or Descubridora opening below. Photo courtesy of Peter Megaw. Mexico-II December, will
Thesis/Dissertation
mineralogy of the MapimĂ­ mining district, Durango, Mexico Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic)...MINERALOGY OF THE MAPIMl' MINING DISTRICT, DURANGO, MEXICO by Victor Joseph Hoffmann A Dissertation Submitted...samples from the mines and offered information on the mine locations and their access. Mr. Salvador Davila...Institution from both the collections of Ojuela mine specimens obtained by Foshag in 1934 and from the...DESCRIPTION OF INDIVIDUAL MINERALS (Contd.) sphalerite stannite stibnite tetrahedrite tennantite umangite
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......................
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Islet Famous mineral localities: the Silver Islet mine, O n ta rio ............... 49 by W. E. Wilson ...photo © SILVER crystals, 3.3 by 4.5 cm, from the mine, Kongsberg, Norway. (See the this issue.) Keith...silver mines at all in Asia. He does mention a silver mine in Macedonia that used to yield a talent of the...January-February, 1986 Figure 2. Interior of a German silver mine, 1830s. Photo Deutsches Museum, Miinchen. hillside...Wieden Near the village of Wieden is the old Anton mine, records of which date to 1786 (though mining in
Report (issue)
microprobe, ranges of several analyses. (2) Descubridora meteorite; by electron microprobe, N by difference...Association: Kamacite, taenite, daubreelite, troilite, sphalerite. Distribution: First noted in the Agpalilik
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Silver Nevada Peak, Nevada 3. 6. Drinkwater mine, Silver Peak. Vertical cross-section Forking of...Lake, Manitoba 11. Great Gulch mine. Silver Peak, Nevada 12. Great Gulch mine, Silver Peak, Nevada Surface...13. Mandy mine, Manitoba. Vertical cross-section 14-A. Mandy mine, Manitoba. 14-B. Mandy mine, Manitoba...cross-section Contact of ore and wall rock 15. Mandy mine. 9. 10. 17. Mandy Mandy 18. Pelican vein, Georgetown...inclusions in sulphides 16. 20. 21. mine. Differential flow in ore mine. Stages of ore deposition Ill
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“new” silver mineral specimens on the market. Only Mexico, Peru, and, to a lesser extent, Kazahkstan have...Himmelsfurst, and the Elizabeth. In 1521, Spain conquered Mexico, and the world’s economy changed forever. In a...World will never be known, but from 1500 to 1800 Mexico had probably produced one-third of the total silver...developments in silver mining occurred at Pachuca, Mexico. In 1550, a merchant from Seville named Bartolome...and mixed by teams of mules. Drawing by Ward from Mexico (1827). was placed in fine-textured cloth sacks
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Tertiary ore-deposit belts of Colorado and New Mexico The Great Silver Channel 79. Tertiary ore deposits...descending waters Guanajuato, Mexico; Carmen mine. Upper pressure limit Waihi mine. New Zealand. Upper termination...dome Magmatic differentiation of molybdenite; Hxmt mine, Renfrew County, Ontario Sudbury, Ontario. Intrusive... 95. 96. Haggerty mine, Encampment district, Wyoming Bonanza, Zacatecas, Mexico. Surface geology 98...tunnel. Bonanza mine 100. Bonanza, Zacatecas, Mexico. Chief mineralized area 101. Empire mine. White Knob
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Specimensfrom the dumps and accessible adit exposuresof the mine have since been found b-v the author to 1 B. G...."sulfosalesde plata"), arsenolamprite (Clark, 1970), sphalerite (in part, arsenian), arsenopyrite, acanthite...incision of the Quebrada La Cortadera, in which the mine iies, into the Upper Miocene Atacama Pediplain (Clark...surfaces of specimenscollected from the dumps of the mine or from the walls of the adit has a strong reddish-orangehue...freshness of the B-AsS specimens collected from this mine was wholly unexpected,in view of Cahoon's(1965)observations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metal standards of a single grain frorp ttre Descubridora meteorite gave Cr 76.3,Fe f.9, Ni 0.3, Nn 0'04... in association with equally small grains of sphalerite. The name is in honor of the Carlsberg Foundation...cm. Iong, elongated along b, from the Nishinomaki mine, Gumma Prefecture, in druses of quartz. Associated...pyrite. A second occurrence is from the White Caps mine, Manhattan, Nevada, in fibers up to 2 cm. long or...thickness of 50 microns, in a quartz vein of the Kawazu mine, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, associated with selenium-bearing
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Sardi, 2005). The closed underground Las Diaguitas W mine contains a lode that strikes north-northwest and...deposits are vein-hosted, for example the La Descubridora (Sn) and Yanacoya (W) deposits. The Perseverancia...scheelite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite, ilemite–rutile, hematite, scorodite and gypsum...Sauce Guacho granite is exposed at the abandoned Dal mine, which is characterized by a hydrothermal ïŹ‚uorite...mines displaying similar characteristics as the Dal mine. 4. Granitoid geochemistry 4.1. Sample selection
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Section J.C. Melgarejo Special Publication 7 (2005) MINE. RAL ....... SPECIES FIRST DESCRIBED froin GREENLAND...Thomscnolite ileg>:adite Jlrilte Vikingite ted to mine and ship cryolite, Cryolite J,rgensenite Webcrite...1865, the three companies P-Our‱yite licensed to mine cryolite merged to become a new company, "Kryolit1...E!> f'JII ST DlSC IIID E O l'JIOM GII E ENLAND Mine og Handelsselskabet", and the factory in Copenhagen...cryolite ore. Owing to the position of the cryolite mine, at beach level at Ilorput (formerly Arsuk Fjord)
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tgressman@comcast.net Famous Mineral Localities: The Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota ....Wallace Famous Mineral Localities: The Old Gunnislake mine, Callington District, Cornwall, England ..........red hematite inclusions, 4.5 cm, from the Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Don...FineMineral.com AQUAMARINE ON MUSCOVITE Chumuru Mine, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern...Bill went off to college at the University of New Mexico but, despite tremendously enjoying his mineralogy
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Calaveras County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$1,400 Crystal Mine, Angels Camp, Calif. GOLD—1.4 oz. mass, large crystals...dera County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$2,750 Crystal Mine, Angels Camp, Calif. KRISTALLE Wayne and Dona.............. 28 by Peter B. Leavens The Bluebell Mine, Riondel, British Columbia, Canada................since then there has been no production. The major mine in the district, the Jumbo, produced 5000 tons of...copper mine at Bingham, Utah. Recently there has been some prospecting and drilling in the Jumbo mine area
Report (issue)
MExICOn ec BiOrosandeMachoacanm Mogollon News Mexico. Toles AOE cok oe cre Oh Mexiconasey ote teers...cd ce seis sere eats Oh oie Sole tak rN Ocampo: MEXICO We Sasco he Poo sw oS @Ouartz Hail Montana 2a...teks 7. Sections through Matehuala half dome, Mexico Aenea SmmSCLUCLUTAlEMaprOrsOllyentons district...Section 25. sotructuralamaplorm! li@Orodistrich Mexico ss. 29 Generalesectionvote | Onrodistnictepmearme...Utah, lead-silver district, and of the Matehuala, Mexico, copper district is that of a half dome truncated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bischtiibe Canyon Diablo Cranbourne Youndegin Descubridora Glorieta M o u n t a i n Henburyt Mount Edith...Toluca Cape Y o r k Rhine Villa Canton Cumpas Descubridora 25 Campbellsville 28 Caperr Sb octahedrites...e Villa La Primitiva Billings Canton Cumpas Descubridora Spearman CampbeUsviUe Casas G r a n d e s Caperr...large ones in zinc". EL GOR~,SY (1965) has found sphalerite in a number of troilite and graphitetroilite..."coarse" octahedrite age group, and Mount Edith and Descubridora in their medium octahedrite age group. The latter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chondrites [14], carlsbergite, CrN, in meteorites Descubridora and Cape York (and about 70 more) [1,15,16]...variant thereof [33,34], and FeN in rock salt, in sphalerite, and in NiAs structure types [35–37]. In particular
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Hydrothermal Process” “Form of Germanium in Sphalerite” “Germanium Minerals in Chalcopyrite Ores” “Germaniferous...of Germanium in the Oxidized Zone of the Tsumeb Mine, South-West Africa” National Research Council of...of Germanium in the Oxidized Zone of the Tsumeb Mine, South-West Africa” Amer. Mineralogist, 42, 743-753... 30. Malevskiy, A. Y.: “Form of Germanium in Sphalerite” 31. 371 Dokl. Earth Sct. Sect., 167, 81-83...markets for the element were available. The Tsumeb Mine in South-West Africa is one of the largest single
 
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