 | | Book | | "'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'« u~ o V :¾ 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) | | 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 (issue) | | Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 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 company’s assay office |  | | Catalog/List | | blue xtls. GRF. Ml. £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. £5.00 11 UVSW. ALLOPHANE, Hawks Wood Mine, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. SW green. Ml. £5.00 12...SPAR CALCITE, Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon State, Mexico. FL PH blue white. Super long after glow. Ml. ...matrix. GRF. C. £5.00 14 SPHALERITE, Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, nr Alston, Cumbria. Glistening black |  | | Journal (issue) | | Conichalcite and TwinnedFornacite from the Singer Mine, Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada Paul M. Adams...Helberta Ave. #2 Redondo Beach, CA 90277 • The Singer Mine is located on the south end of Bonanza Hill, in...Ersknie Ross of Los Angeles and J. H. Polk. The mine operated from 19I 3 to I 920, during which time...of radiating sprays of willemite crystals, Singer Mine, Goodsprings, Nevada. Recent Collecting Activities...individuals possessing valid and current federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) certificates |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | December 2000 . '. ····:•. ·•~::.·: ::•. ✓. 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | years ago. ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Fine, pale-lemon coloured, transparent A/l. xtls...00. A/2. ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi. Durango, Mexico. Superb, large, colourful cabinet display specimen...5", £85 ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. An attractive and inexpensive example of A/3....5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...ADAMITE (Mauve). Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. From a rare find of several years ago, these choice |  | | Catalog/List | | PST CATALOG $30.00 United States $45.00 Canada/Mexico pee - PRICE: yarene SUPERIOR A DGSE GALI...of abandoned mining towns from California to New Mexico to Montana. He did extensive research on the mineral...Ward Minera! on QUARTZ RHODOCHROSITE District Mine. Climax Climax olTolg-Yole Lake. County. ncredibly...years to find a specimen rhombs rhombs Climax Mine, ot rhodochrosite $50 OOU 60.000 Ex The ... 8 nn ae from the \ slight ¢ « nax 1g Mine : The Kevin Ward Mineral Exceptional German |  | | Book | | PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals encompass...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...more directions. br Drusy linarite, Bingham, New Mexico, USA * 9x 75 x 2.cm Arborescent copper, Michigan...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, José Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm |  | | Journal (issue) | | emphasis or clarity, and (d) proper names, e.g., mine levels. 8. Credits. Caption data for specimen photos...he expanded his field of collecting to include Mexico, and formally began his mineral business in 1956...the New Nevada mine in Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico and legrandite from the Ojuela mine in Mapimi, Durango...Durango, Mexico. These were major finds and have noi since been equalled. In quest of new material, he...he traveled extensivel) throughout Mexico, braving remote areas and contending with the many difficulties |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...Photo courtesy of Peter Megaw. Mexico-II December, will be Mexico-III, covering a selection of several |  | | Book | | times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...occasionally workable veins of cassiterite with hematite (Mexico); many other minerals too form as sublimates but...largely exhausted today, such as the silver of Mexico and South America, and the copper of Rio Tinto...(to several tons). In various copper mines of New Mexico and Arizona, abundant as branching growths(!) sometimes...with sulphides in calcite veins; also cl"endritic. MEXICO - dendrites and 'herringbone' twin growths ( ! |  | | Book | | out of the water first. , .2.t'l UNDERSTAN DING MINE RALS HOVV MINERALS FORM Minerals are the natural...thicker E.g barite, linante. r& iJ NDE RSTA NDING MINE RAL S MI NERAL PROPERTIES: PHYSICAL Every 1nineral...harnmered into sheets. 'Sectile' minerals like chlorargyrite can be sliced. 'Ductile' minerals can be drawn...found by Thomas Cullinan in 1905 at the Premier Mine, South Africa. Gem colours A vivid colour is also...metal as a cation, such as the silver chloride (chlorargyrite ). So you might think you could group minerals |  | | Catalog/List | | He■imorphite. QS Hixi co Champion Hi, CA St. Hilaire Mexico rget«ore 8y aid of Sunshii Ajo Conn Hphigan Ontario...a■pion Hine Grants, New Hexi Tarter Hine, NC • Naica, Hex Wdtkman Creek Connecticut Canada Finland India...pass, wash. Mexico alifornia olo .. Chile San manuel mi. CSSR Rowley nine Red c..oud mine Gold hill, Ut...White porcelaneous material in Gypsun matrix New Mexico BASTNAESITE yellow xln through-out fluorite matrix...20 1.80 .75 MEXICO white & calico colored crested xls- nice! 4.00 2.00 l./2. WELDON MINE lile-pink l0-40mm |  | | Catalog/List | | 01')' vcinsin andon matrix.somcwith Fallowlicld mine, I x 1/, Il BaC■ CO'J Al 1oni1cmicros. ·--_ H~am...Grcylibrousmasson dolomiticmarblc International mine, IxI .E4 PliSb S Kaladar,Ontario,Canada BREWSTDlITE...Zn COl3S0'4 OH LikeHydrozincitcbut not nuorcsccnt Mine,Ncnthead,Cumbria I x ½.Cl.SOlxl D UOCHANTITE Fairlysparsc...SouthCroftyMine,Cornwall _ HardingMine,TaosCounty, New Mexico Ultcvis,LapplandSwcden G")' Oakeon milkyquanz...Okcharnton,Dcvon ycllowaust on matrix MonumentI Mine,Navajo ½x ½!3 ____________ Coun .~~na, U.S.~ ____ |  | | Journal (issue) | | with dolomite and chalcopyrite, from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection...topography; Anonia 7.5-minute quadrangle (1972). Today the mine area is considerably more extensive than shown....as very colorful material from within the active mine. Much of the more massive iron oxide is found in...pyrites.” Prior to the development of the kyanite mine several shallow shafts and trenches traditionally...the zone of weathering where exposed in the active mine (Henry Barwood, personal communica tion). The jarosite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Islet Famous mineral localities: the Silver Islet mine, O n ta rio ............... 49 by W. E. Wilson ...Famous mineral localities: the Batopilas District, Chihuahua, M e x ic o ....................................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...mountainside had smelted surface ores (probably chlorargyrite?) in place, and the molten silver had run down |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorescentiespectrum van TT-calciet uit Coahulia, Mexico, onder MW-UV en bij 195°K (-78°C). Links : fosforescentie...history of mineral collecting at the Chino mine, Grant Co., New Mexico. 502-519 The graphites of New York 520-527...and mafic LE REGNE MINERAL # 90, 12.09 5-16 La mine du Buisson, Saint-Etienne-duValdonnez, Lozère 18-23...macle de la pyrrhotite sur un échantillon de la mine El Potosi, Santa Eulalia, Chiahua, Mexique LITHORAMA...Ireland. 10-14 Zincolivenite from the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall 15-25 Supergene manganese mineralisation |  | | Journal (issue) | | Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...that men would be hired as laborers to work the mine and help develop it, but that no men would be involved...September–October, 2019 7 HISTORY had declined and the mine was sold. Today it is formally owned by “the children...time collection,” he said, “collected by a former mine superintendent over a period of many years. Nearly |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma |  | | Journal (issue) | | .. 54 K. Nassau Willemite From the Andover Iron Mine, Andover, New Jersey..............................$6.00 per year in the United States, Canada and Mexico. All other countries, $7.00 per year. Copy right...at Bowie, Md. EM M ONSITE from the M octezum a mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, M exico. Strange hair-like crystals...to 0.5x0.5 in. $200.00 METASTRENGITE. Bull M oose Mine, Custer, South D akota (SDSM&T M u seum Specimen)...Barbosalite. $9.50 - $25.00 PYROMORPHITE. Hercules Mine, Burke, Idaho. (Single pocket, found 1966). G reen |  | | Report (issue) | | Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy Cal and Kerith...wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve Neely collection (ex...ite; 9.:n,,..._,....,., Santa Eulalia, ch· ualwa, Mexico La Plante photo n� sp ct, Attica, Greece ion;...1867. ·thsonian Smithsonite First Oxide Zone, Tsu Mine, Tsumeb, Nami 10cm tall Brent Lockhart coll Joe...cuprian, apple green smithsonite from Magdalena, New Mexico, which was marketed circa 1908 for jewelry and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Nineteen, Number Three Articles The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, A rizona by G. B. Allen & W. Hunt...........221 COVER: ANGLESITE from the Touissit mine, Morocco. The large crystal measures 4.5 cm. This...Chichibu mine” (by Kuniaki Kato and Hidemichi Hori), “ Collecting report: Hikagezawa gold mine, Shizuoka...Avenue Sun City, Arizona 85351 he Tonopah-Belmont mine is a micromounter’s paradise. An un common suite...sulfates, molybdates and chromates can be found at the mine. The abundance of species makes it an ideal introduction |
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