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Scheelite from
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Scheelite
Formula:Ca(WO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scheelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:397032
Long-form Identifier:1:3:397032:4
GUID (UUID V4):95312b8e-29fa-44a1-9f56-433f85473892
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
91.3km (56.7 miles) ā“˜Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles SerdĆ”n Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
"'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'Ā« u~ o V :Ā¾ MEXICO r - Ā·ā€¢-.. Ā·-Ā·Ā·-Ā·Ā·-Ā·Ā·-Ā·Ā· < ā€¢ā€¢ ....... V S TATES...org/details/mineralsofmexico0000panc MINERALS OF MEXICO ā€¢ 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. Mineralogyā€” Collectors and collectingā€” Mexico. 2. Mines and...and mineral resourcesā€” Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This book...Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirezā€™s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of Danaā€™s Tratado de Mineralogia...a. ie = Maes Lie Auadado = ae MINERALS OF MEXICO Vv | Oona tA. IMPORTANT MINING DISTRICTS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(above left). Fluorite, 5 Ɨ 4 cm, from the Navidad mine, Rodeo, Durango. Peter Megaw specimen, Jeff Scovil...8 cm, from the Segovidad Vein, Santa Barbara, Chihuahua. Peter Megaw specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Mexican...Tucson, Arizona 85728 pmegaw@imdex.com Fluorite Mexico is one of the worldā€™s principal fluorite producers...time to them here. Specimen-quality fluorite from Mexico occurs in a variety of deposit types, spanning...geologist with thirtyfive yearsā€™ involvement in Mexico. His primary exploration foci are carbonate replacement
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...District Chihuahua .......................... Santa Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine................ San Antonio Mine....... Cusihuiriachic District..... Barranca de Cobre (Copper Canyon) Batopilas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 1002-1034 ORE GENESIS IN THE CHIHUAHUA, NAICA DISTRICT, MEXICO JOHN G. STONE CONTENTS PAGE Abstract.............................. 1010 Structure in mine area Northwest fractures Northeast fractures 1010............... Genesisof the primary ores of the Naica district ...................... 1024 1024 1025......................... 1033 ABSTRACT In the Naica miningdistrictof north-centralMexico,pyrometasomatic...The only igneous rocks known in the Sierra de Naica, consistingof thin, discontinuous dikesand sills
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...no strong connection to Mexico and its mines. A precious opal from the Iris mine in Queretaro (fig. 1)...offered as a general introduction to the minerals of Mexico, the theme of the 1999 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1978), Granisle-Bell(Wilson et al., 1980), and Naica (Erwoodet al., 1979) depositsare essentiallylinear...In the SantaRita porphyry and skarndeposit(New Mexico), Ahmad and Rose (1980) found that two main typesof...those described from the Panguna,Granisle-Bell,and Naica depositsis produced if the assumptionis made that...interpreted to be due to isle-Bellporphyrycopper,and Naica basemetalskarn mixed phase,halite-liquid,and halite-liquid-vapor...Plotsof fluid inclusioncomposition valuesfor the Naica, Granisle-Bell,and Pangunadepositsin NaCI-KCI-Hā€¢O
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carbonate-HostedAg-Pb-Zn(Cu) Depositsof Northern Mexico PETERK. M. MEGAW, JOAQUINRUIZ, AND SPENCERR. TITLEY...Evidencefor boilinghasnot been reported. The skarnoresof Naica,Concepciondel Oro, andVelardefiashowtight clusteringof...strongmagmaticcomponentin the mineralizingfluids at Naica, Concepciondel Oro, and Velardefia,but SantaEulalia...carbonate-hostedAg-Pb-Zndepositsoccurin northern Mexico. Many have been in productionsince the 1600sandhavesupplieda...districtsdiscussed containedmorethan 1856 N. MEXICO: CARBONATE-HOSTED DEPOSITS 1857 a half million
Catalog/List
17. 18. 19. 20. 21. -2BARYTES. Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, westmoreland. ~ single glassy transparent...pinkish Granite. ltxltxlt"- Ā£2.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne Cornwall. A pure, purply, tarnished metallic...the higher workings of the Mine. 2xltxlt". Ā£1.50. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Select... . 3x2xlt". Ā£8.00. ' . . BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Metallic grey slightly tarnfshed...ā€¢. BROCHANTITE. Blanchard Claims, Bingham, New Mexico, U.S.A. Light green, silky, -needly crystals encrusting
Catalog/List
2txH-xi". Ā£1.25. _ 2. ANDRADITE. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devon. Specimen A - Lustrous, sharp...Andradite. ltJMine, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. A well formed translucent...l-txlxl". Ā£4.50. 7. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Specimen A - A ltxl" cavity...Limonit ic Gossan. 2xlxl". Ā£1.50. 8. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Gllway, Eire. Bright blue well formed crystals...2xl-b<1". Ā£3.25. BARYTES. Carbonate Shake, Murton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. 1 "C~Oic7' transparent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
retrograde mineral stages. In a few areas (e.g. Naica, Mexico) intermittent boiling of ore solutions occurs...= 2 6 3 2 0 Ā° C deposits; Agakane TH = 230-290Ā°C mine, Iwate Prefecture, TH = 210-240Ā°C Japan Cu Fe (2)...>26(BO) N TF = 4W550"C (20) Zimapan, Hidelgo Mexico Pb, Zn (Ag) TH = 171-220Ā°C TF = 2 W 1 5 " C TH...= 237-369Ā°C TF = 119-379Ā°C (18) Naira mine, Chihuahua, Mexico Pb, Zn, Ag S26(BO) &26(BO) 1@14(FPD)...Dilute 10-lS(FPD) N TF = 15&35OoC (16) Kamioka mine, Gifu Prefecture, Japan TF = 15&350"C Zn, Pb (Cu
Journal (issue)
June 1963 CONTENTS NAICA AND ITS CAVE OF THE SwoRDS-Paul W. Johnson "SULFUR HOLE" - William P. Moller...Coldornio T H E NAICA mining district i s i n the Sierra de Naica, Municipio of Saucillo, Chihuahua. The turn-off...turn-off for Naica is approximately 68 miles north. of Hidalgo de) Parral, or 71 miles south of ChihuaĀ­...and mercury. Like many mining districts in Mexico, Naica was at one time divided into a number of small...Currently the mine is divided into two parts on the basis of different ownerĀ­ ship: 1 . the Naica mine, including
Report (issue)
VERBEEK, R. PETER RICHARDS AND FABIEN CESBRON I Mexico: Hundreds of Localities, Great Associations 78...Brian Stefanec explores a pocket at the Elmwood mine. Photo Mark Kielbasa Switzerland BY HANS ANTON...MICHAEL GRAY 54 Elmwood-Gordonsville-Cumberland Mine Complex Of Eastern Tennessee BY ARVID PASTO 56...Castleton in Traek Cliff (Derbyshire), the Blue John mine (page 35). The term "fluorite" was coined in 1797...The Blue John Mine, Castleton. In Modern Terms A postcard depicting the Blue John mine near Castleton
Report (issue)
celestine, sulfides, cassiterite, topaz, wolframite, scheelite, apatite. Distribution: Notable occurrences include:...Switzerland. From WoĢˆlsendorf, Bavaria, and in the Clara Mine, near Oberwolfach, Black Forest, Germany. Around...Berbes, Asturias Province, Spain. At the Nikolaev mine, Dalā€™negorsk, Russia. From Kara Oba, Kazakhstan...Province, China. In Mexico, from Naica, Chihuahua; Musquiz, Coahuila; and the Ojuela mine, MapimıĢ, Durango...Illinois; at the Elmwood mine, Smith Co., Tennessee; in the Sunnyside mine, San Juan Co., Colorado; from
Catalog/List
$5.00; 2x5, $4.00.$2.50 lb. ALLEMONTITE, Sonora, Mexico. Tin-white, with some matrix, lxlĀ£, $2.00. ANALCITE...00. ARSENOPYRITE, near Hidalgo de Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico. A recent find. Choice crystal groups of large...2x2, $4.00; 2x2i, $6.00. AURICHALCITE, Kelly Mine, New Mexico. Colorful sky-blue small crystals thickly...mimetite crystals, lxlĀ£, $7.00. BERAUNITE, Palermo Mine, New Hampshire. Very small amounts of greenĀ­ ish... New Mexico. Large (g") twinned crystals on matrix, 24x34, $7.50. COPPER, NATIVE, New Mexico. Pseudomorph
Journal (issue)
Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. ā€¢ 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: ā€¢ 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...spent the rest of their lives there as miners and mine captains. Cornish tradition favored the collecting...build his mineral collection. His job at the Moonta mine was sampling ore for the companyā€™s assay office
Catalog/List
places. ltx17Xl". 0.25. ARSENoPYRITE. Parrall, Chihuahua, Mexico. Excellent very bright sharp silvery crystals...Sphalerite. 2tx2~xli". Ā£9.00. ARSENOPYRITE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. Choice, silvery grey... 7. 8. 9. -Ā·2- 10. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. select, bright... 3x2x1-t".Ā· Ā£22.00. 11. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A,- ~hoi~e, lust...2-tx2xl ".Ā£2.50. 12. BEUDANTITE.Ā· Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sparkling, golden, to pale
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carbonate-Replacement Cinco de Mayo Zn-Ag Deposit, Mexico Andreas Beinlich,1, 2,ā€  Shaun L.L. Barker, 2, 3...Cu) carbonate replacement deposit (CRD), in Chihuahua, Mexico. Our results demonstrate that stable isotope...in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, approximately ~190 km north of the capital, Chihuahua City (Robertson...CRDs are hosted in carbonate successions of the Chihuahua and Sierra Madre terranes, which together with...series of linear basins, including the NW-elongate Chihuahua trough, which controlled sedimentation (Megaw
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the names of the great chemists of the periodā€”scheelite named for Karl Wilhelm Scheele (1742ā€“1786), berzelianite...with quartz from the El Cobre mine, ConcepciĆ³n del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen...exceptional 9-cm tennantite specimen from the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain Pass, Ouray County, Colorado. Dave...the localities in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The United States will be examined first, with...disease has not gotten to them.) From the Yankee Girl mine, Silverton district, San Juan County, tennantite
Catalog/List
blue xtls. GRF. Ml. Ā£4.00 4 MALACHITE, Killie Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA. Very rich with fibrous edges...00 10 SMITHSONITE, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Pale blue botryoidal pearly development...GRF. SMI. Ā£5.00 11 UVSW. ALLOPHANE, Hawks Wood Mine, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. SW green. Ml. Ā£5.00 12...SPAR CALCITE, Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon State, Mexico. FL PH blue white. Super long after glow. Ml. ...matrix. GRF. C. Ā£5.00 14 SPHALERITE, Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, nr Alston, Cumbria. Glistening black
Journal (issue)
Island, Alaska, Gary McWilliams collection. A New Mexico Collecting Venture Ramon S. De Mark 530 E. Arch...used to describe a lluorite mine in the San Andres Mountains of New Mexico. The author was Don Alfredo...Rockbound Hits the Jackpot" in Vol. 30, No. 5 of New Mexico 181,/agazine. Inspired by Mr. Alfredo's article...location for a possible collectin_g ve~ture. The mine was determined to be the Bohrnstedt lluonte mme...approval for myself and personnel from the New Mexico Natural History Museum to visit the site for the
Catalog/List
3. 4. 1/ 5Ā· 6. 8. 9. 10. ALTAITE. smuggler Mine, Balarat, Boulder Cty., Colorado, U.S.A. Rich metallic...under ultra-violet light. 4x2". Ā£6. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co.Galway, Eire. Sparkling blue crystals with minor...limonitic gossan. 3tx2tx2" ā€¢ Ā£8. AZURITE. TL~g Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Thin blue coatings inter-mixed... 20. 21. 22. 24. 25Ā· BISMUTHINITE. Old Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Delicate silvery needles in...with minor Feldspar. Hxl". 80p. BORNITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Pure massive , with bright irridescent
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: the Taewha mine, K orea...........................................The Collectorā€™s Library, part III: Minerals of Mexico .................................................with mimetitefrom the San Francisco mine near Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico. The large crystal is 28 mm across...Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, California Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala, California Pala Chief mine, Pala, California...Ledge mine, Washington, California Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito Co., California U.S. Borax mine, Boron
Journal (issue)
December 2000 . '. Ā·Ā·Ā·Ā·:ā€¢. Ā·ā€¢~::.Ā·: ::ā€¢. āœ“. New Mexico News Ramon S. De Mark 421 East Ridge Street, Apt...discoveries in New Mexico minerals were revealed at this year' s (November) New Mexico Mineral Symposium...hosted by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and organized by the New Mexico Bureau of Mines...Simmons of Sandia Park, New Mexico i the acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along...Phillip is actively exploring the mine for minerals. The San Pedro Mine is perhaps best known for producing
 
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