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Cinnabar from
Las Cuevas Mine, Zaragoza Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Las Cuevas Mine, Zaragoza Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1525579
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1525579:2
GUID (UUID V4):9f892e2d-c360-4c5d-be3f-9d7d69504080
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
39.6km (24.6 miles) San Cristóbal Mine, Cerro de San Pedro (San Pedro), Cerro de San Pedro Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
51.2km (31.8 miles) El Realito Mine, San Luis de la Paz Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
68.8km (42.7 miles) Haminón Mine, Rancho el Rodeo, Cerro de Las Beatas, San Luis de la Paz, San Luis de la Paz Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
68.8km (42.7 miles) Encarnacíon Mine, Rancho El Rodeo, Cerro de Las Beatas, San Luis de La Paz, San Luis de la Paz Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
68.8km (42.7 miles) Animas Mine, Rancho el Rodeo, Cerro de las Beatas, San Luis de la Paz, San Luis de la Paz Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
75.9km (47.2 miles) Almadenes Mine, Cerro de los Alamos, Xichú, Xichú Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
75.9km (47.2 miles) Esperanza Mine, Cerro de los Alamos, Xichú, Xichú Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
78.3km (48.6 miles) San Agustín Mine, Guadalcázar, Guadalcázar Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
78.3km (48.6 miles) Santa Lucía Mine, Guadalcázar, Guadalcázar Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
78.3km (48.6 miles) Refugio Mine, Guadalcázar, Guadalcázar Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Article Giant Fluorite Mineralization in Central Mexico by Means of Exceptionally Low Salinity Fluids:...Alejandro Carrillo-Chávez 1 , Erik H. Díaz-Carreño 3 , Luis E. González-Ruiz 4 , José L. Farfán-Panamá 5 , Edith... Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla 76230, Querétaro, Mexico; ambiente@geociencias.unam.mx (A.C.-C.); jtvazquez@geociencias...México. Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, CDMX 04510, Mexico; camprubitaga@gmail.com (A.C.); edithca@unam.mx... Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla 76230, Querétaro, Mexico; erikhdc@gmail.com Geología Minería y Consultoría
Journal (issue)
....................82 by T. P. Moore COVER: CINNABAR twin, 6.5 mm, on matrix, from Almadén, Spain....Unesco. The Almadén District has yielded excellent cinnabar specimens during its long mining history, along...structures including the headframes of the San Joaquin, San Aquilino and San Teodoro shafts, the former mineralogy...ancient workshops; and the Cerco de Buitrones (where cinnabar was reduced to mercury by roasting), with the...level of the underground mine was refurbished to accommodate visitors, showing mine workings dating from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hercynian deformation. Mineralisation occurs as cinnabar replacements in volcanic tuffs and breccias and...mantle involvement. Sulphur isotopes of epigenetic cinnabar and pyrite range from +10.3 to +10.8& and from...Lorenzo Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes S.A. Cerco de San Teodoro s/n, 13400 Almadén (Ciudad Real), Spain...carbonate-rich volcanic rocks. Keywords Almadén Æ Cinnabar Æ Epigenetic mineralisation Æ Stable isotope Æ...than one-third of the total world output. The cinnabar deposits show a strong spatial association with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposition of mercury in the Almaden district, Las Cuevas deposit, Spain M. J6brak 1, A. Hernandez 2 1...1994/Accepted: 20 October 1994 Abstract. The Las Cuevas mercury deposit is located in the northern part...host rocks at Las Cuevas belong to the same stratigraphic units that host the old Almad6n mine, but that...distinguished at Las Cuevas: (1) hydraulic breccias in a black quartzite, identical to the San Francisco horizon...horizon of the Almaden mine. This ore has been interpreted as syngenetic and is associated with an alkaline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1, early stratiform type ores characterized by cinnabar deposition on the lower Silurian quartzites (Criadero... and type 2, late discordant orebodies (e.g. Las Cuevas), largely hosted or related to diatremes (the...rocks') of alkaline basaltic composition. In type 1 cinnabar was deposited during diagenesis, in relation to...importance. An example of the latter is provided by Las Cuevas, a fully discordant deposit stratigraphically...tenth century, which means mine in the Celtic language. Romans used cinnabar as a vermilion red pigment
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluorine-RichIgneousRocksfrom the SierraMadre Occidental, Mexico' PossibleExplorationSignificance JOAQUIN RuIZ,...Sierra Madre Occidental; Las Cuevas, El Realito, Navidad, and Rodeo. Las Cuevas and El Realito are ma...RUIZ, S. E. KESLER,AND L. M. JONES in central Mexico formed when fluorine-bearing solutions encountered...fluorine-rich, high of volcanic rocks in northern Mexico (from Ruiz, 1983). Tin silica rhyolites (Ruiz,...Triassicand Jurassicred beds and CreFluorite depositsin Mexico occur in two distinct taceouslimestone and evaporites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Æ Izabel R. Ruiz First lead isotopic data for cinnabar in the Almadén district (Spain): implications...terms of size, and exemplified by the deposit of Las Cuevas. The latter ones can be found at different positions...compositions of cinnabar in the district. Whole samples and stepwise leaching cinnabar aliquots display...’s (2002) pyrite lead isotope results, the new cinnabar isotopic data define a steep array trend on the...district, including location of main deposits (LC—Las Cuevas; EE—El Entredicho; NE—Nuevo Entredicho; NVC—La
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fein Keywords: Mercury isotopes Retorting Cinnabar ore Mine waste calcine Mass dependent fractionation...was to measure Hg isotopic compositions of cinnabar ore, mine waste calcine (retorted ore), elemental Hg...evaluate potential Hg isotopic fractionation. Almadén cinnabar ore δ202Hg varied from −0.92 to 0.15‰ (mean of...The average δ202Hg enrichment of 0.99‰ between cinnabar ore and calcines generated during ore retorting...this study. Laboratory retorting experiments of cinnabar also were carried out to evaluate Hg isotopic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oyarzun á R. Lunar á J. Sierra á J. Parras The Las Cuevas deposit, Almaden district (Spain): An unusual...Abstract The Hercynian mercury mineralization of Las Cuevas is hosted by a highly folded and sheared sequence...mineral paragenesis is simple and consists of cinnabar, native mercury and pyrite. Hydrothermal alteration...‹magnesite, ‹calcite). The mercury deposit of Las Cuevas can be regarded as an unusual combination of...dominant cinnabar and minor pyrite. The best known deposit in the district is the AlmadeÂn mine which,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tin, and Fluorine Mineralization in Northern Mexico ZANEH. TUTA,* JOHNF. SUTrER,** Departmentof Geologyand...fromdepositscontainingCr-Ni to Cu-Mo-Fe-(Au)to Mexico (Salas,1975), where a growingbody of data zn-Pb-Cu-(Au-Ag)to...about25 to 66 per- Hg, Sn, & F MINERALIZATION, N. MEXICO 108' pyrometer.Isotopicratiosof argonwere measured...SeeFigure i for locationof this area in northern Mexico. be regardedaspreliminaryreconnaissance geochronologicdata...intenselyaltered to halloysite(Gallagher,1952). Subsequent cinnabar depositionin the centralpart of the domewasasso-
Report (issue)
Veszelyite on hemimorphite, 3.6 cm, from the Laochang mine, Gejiu County, Yunnan Province, China. Mintreasure... from a locality which he gives as the Laochang mine, Gejiu County, Yunnan Province, China. Some very...gave “Dulong” as the mine name, gave “Laochang” as the name of a town and not of a mine, and put the whole...==== Bournonite, 2.6 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. John...Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. Bournonite from the Yaogangxian mine has been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associated with a later stage of Hg mineralization (cinnabar + kaolinite + pyrophyllite + chlorite) which locally...(after [ 13,261). Key: EE = El Entredicho; LC = Las Cuevas; Gu = Guadalperal; BTH = Burcio-Tres Hermanas:...Planetary Science Letters 148 II 997) 287-298 H Cinnabar mineralizations Volcanic Flows E) A/mad&?, El...Vieja Concepci6n fT”J Bteccia (Fra&sca) C,&., Las Cuevas ~ Quartzites El Nueva Concepcidn Shales...both flows and breccias (modified from [7,34]). Las Cuevas deposits shown with hosting rocks unfolded to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Isotope Analysis to Examine the Provenance of Cinnabar Used in Wall Paintings in the Roman domus Avinyó...Isotope Analysis to Examine the Provenance of Cinnabar Used in Wall Paintings in the Roman domus Avinyó...study examines the sulfur isotope ratios of the cinnabar used in Roman wall paintings sampled from the...various Spanish cinnabar/mercury mines. The results exclude the possibility of the cinnabar being imported...few possible sources for the pigments. Keywords: cinnabar; origin; isotope; sulfur; ICP-MS; wall paintings;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization is very simple, consisting of cinnabar with minor pyrite in quartz gangue. Its emplacement...minor Hg occurrences in Apuane Alps include: trace cinnabar in the Bottino PbŽZn. –Ag deposit, and in the...geochemistry of the Hg deposits 3.1. LeÕigliani mine The Levigliani deposit is located at the eastern...levels where cinnabar is flattened along S 1. In the disseminated ore, pressure shadows of cinnabar and quartz...constituted by cinnabar I, zincian metacinnabarite and pyrite; B-type, made up of cinnabar II q mercurian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
El Entredicho (1); Gu, Guadalperal (5); LC, Las Cuevas (3); NVC, Nueva (2); and Vieja Concepción (1)...Silurian (Nueva Concepción), Upper Silurian (Las Cuevas), Lower Devonian (El Burcio) or Upper Devonian...associated with Lower Silurian, stratiform-type cinnabar deposits and the younger ages representing partial...VC-1/C-21 and S.VC-4/C-10 from La Vieja Concepción mine, Almadenejos; S.CS-1/C-10 from Cerro de los Santos...mineral showing; S.NC-1/C-15 from La Nueva Concepción mine, Almadenejos. All samples from diamond drill-holes
Report (issue)
Geology—Mexico. 2. Geology, Structural—Mexico. 3. Faults (Geology)—Mexico. 4. Ore deposits—Mexico. I. Alaniz-Álvarez...deposit with hummocky topography. Photograph by José Luis Macías taken in January 2004. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3.... . 233 R.S. Molina-Garza and A. Iriondo 8. The San Marcos fault: A Jurassic multireactivated basement...Bigot-Cormier, A. Chabert, and J. Bourgois 10. The Taxco–San Miguel de Allende fault system and the Trans-Mexican...which bound the plateau: the San Luis–Tepehuanes fault and the Taxco– San Miguel de Allende fault system
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the district. Outside of the district no other mine is similar to Almad(•n. almost continuousoperation...havinga gentleAppalachian-type relief (Fig. 2). The mine has been owned for centuries by the Almad(•n is...thismetal.It is alsoone of the few mines tredicho and Las Minetasnow formingthe E1Entrein the world, if not... They form stibnite,anditsoxidation products; cinnabar isabsent) two groupsof smalllenses,onePrecambrian...presentsthe chemicalcomposition of un- depositsor cinnabar-depositing hot springs(White, dergroundsamplesof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and especially the microscopical observation of cinnabar grains included between the detritic core of quartz...cercle de 25 k m de r a y o n a u t o u r du puits San T e o d o r o ) en a d o n n 4 p o u r la p r e m...Concepcion; 4-5 - Entredicho et Valdeazogues; 6 - Las Cuevas. Les lo~lit4s sont d4sign4es par des lettres:...le niveau du quartzite valentien du criadero La mine d'Almaddn, la seule exploit& actuellement, et celles...synclinal fi cceur ddvonien de Chilldn, La mine de Las Cuevas est la seule au N de ce synclinal. Elles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Recursos Minerales, SEGEMAR. Avenida General Paz 5445, San Martín, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. b...Artillery Park, Arizona, USA (Derby, 2012); Santa Rosa, Mexico (Rodriguez-Diaz et al., 2013); Sierra de Ambargasta...Ambargasta, Argentina (Leal et al., 2008); and San Rafael Massif, Argentina (Mallimacci et al., 2010). The...Gondwana (Leal et al., 2008). The Mn deposits from the San Rafael Massif are hosted in the upper section of...oxidized thermal deposits where sulfides, except for cinnabar, are unstable. A high thermal gradient and Se/S
Report (volume)
Bulletin 935-C TIN DEPOSITS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO BY WILLIAM F. FOSHAG AND CARL FRIES, JR. Geologic...................................... Los Cabires mine.................................. Hidalgo.................. Deposits near San Felipe.......................... Queensland mine................................ El Santin mine.................................... Deposits north of San Luis de la Paz..........Paso de Sotos and Teocaltiche....... Los Amigos mine................................... III 113 113
Journal (volume)
PORFIKIO DIAZ, President of the United States of Mexico. TRAISACTIOIS OF THE Yol. Containing tiik...the President and the people Uui1.e.d Htates of Mexico. PREFACE. As ]iii[)ers era-l ex])huuo(l of...'‘rhe othi'T found more or and industries of Mexico. Pro(‘(H‘diiigs of <)(‘ on the title-page, this...Laws of Mexico. Precious Stones of Mexico. sion, p. 568), 55 The Value of Ores in Mexico. By N. H...H. Emmons, 2d, The Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico, and Its Ore-Deposits. By James W. Malgolmson (Discussion
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for the Hg deposit of Almad&. The spread of the cinnabar &34Sis narrow within each of the three orebodies...between them (mean 634S: San Nicolas = 0.2 rt I. l%, San Francisco = 8.1 + 0.7%0, San Pedro = 5.9 f 1.0%0)...possibly processes. The unweighted mean for all cinnabar samples is 5.6%0 and the S source is considered...source. However, the high ?js4Svalues of the San Francisco cinnabar cannot be explained without addition of...from the stratigraphic bottom to the top in the San Pedro orebody is explained by a Rayleigh process
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Natives have brought to Monrovia from the interior cinnabar carrying a high percentage of mercury, and also...Chili (altitude 2234 metres) to Parariiillo de las •Cuevas in Argentine (altitude 2968 metres). This region...Juncal, and on the Argentine side will soon reach Las Cuevas, the point of entrance of the great tunnel, La...connect direct with the Transandin railway at Las Cuevas.— Le Mouvement Georjraphique, xix. 11. N E W
Journal (issue)
Sabelli & G. Brizzi Osarizawaite from the Silver Hill mine, Arizona ........................ 311 by C. S. Stolberg...tungsten mine, central Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R. The specimen was collected in 1982. The Aktschatau mine is among...of Golden State Mint, Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud...of the mine. The first in the series is a Red Cloud mine wulfenite backed by a view of the mine site;...ensuring production fo r many years to come. Large cinnabar crystals, though rare, occur as lustrous gemmy
Book (edition)
HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Elsevier...argite, • Stibnite-realgar-orpiment-marcasite-cinnabar, • Amorphous silica-barite. In general, such a...globular structures of various sizes. Right (top): Cinnabar (red internal reflections) replaces fungal filaments;... hardly lamellar any red internal reflection (cinnabar intergrowth?) Metacinnabar Reflection Colour...Hollandite mosaic and polysynthetic Crednerite yes Cinnabar Argentite yes polysynthetic Stephanite Briartite
 
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