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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Brochantite
Formula:Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Brochantite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:936581
Long-form Identifier:1:3:936581:0
GUID (UUID V4):df4ad88f-60f4-4eb2-ae48-efcf1769885b
Nearest other occurrences of Brochantite
89.2km (55.4 miles) San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington, DC 20513 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers...Fluorite with sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners...to describe is difficult. The Burnt Hill tungsten mine, York County, New Brunswick, is located in a metamorphic...the greisen and in kaolinite at the Mount Pleasant mine, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, as transparent...specimen from the Faraday (also called the Madawaska) mine, located near Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario
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
Catalog/List
17. 18. 19. 20. 21. -2BARYTES. Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, westmoreland. ~ single glassy transparent...pinkish Granite. ltxltxlt"- £2.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne Cornwall. A pure, purply, tarnished metallic...the higher workings of the Mine. 2xltxlt". £1.50. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Select... . 3x2xlt". £8.00. ' . . BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Metallic grey slightly tarnfshed...association. 2xl i". £3.50 •. BROCHANTITE. Blanchard Claims, Bingham, New Mexico, U.S.A. Light green, silky
Journal (issue)
KHURSHEED DINSHAW NEVADA PATENT MINE 34 United States’ only active azurite mine. STUART “TATE” WILSON Regular...Azuritecredit) with Malachite,. (photo Milpillas Mine, Mexico : ARKENSTONE specimen now in the Jeff Kremer...of Tiffany Stone are no longer available from the mine at Delta Utah, even though the beryl content is... Mexican miners working underground at Ojuela mine circa 1908. Note safety equipment of the day. IMAGE...have Mexico become a reliable source of mineral specimen wealth – and periodic surprises. Mexico is a
Catalog/List
00. w] PYRRHOTITE ±,a Eta1a, ✓ CRYSTALS chihuahua, Mesieo Ferrous sulfide. Superb groups of large...00. +- VESUVIANITE CRYSTALS Lake Jaco, Chihuahua, Mexico A basic calcium aluminum silicate. Superb...and $3. 50. 2x2" $ 5. 00 and $7. 50. BROCHANTITE Silver Hill mine, Pima Co., Arizona. A basic .sulfate...acicular xls filling cavities in and on massive brochantite. Very attractive Micromount specimens !"to I...$1. 00 and $2. 00. CINNABAR CRYSTALS Culver-Baer mine, Sonoma Co., MARCASITE Folkestone, Kent, England
Journal (issue)
stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite...$32.00 per year air, First Class to Canada and Mexico $25.00, rates include safes taxes as applicable...find of calcite in complete "balls" from the Herja Mine near Baia Mare. Evidently a large vug, or series
Journal (issue)
Hydrous basic copper aluminum sulfate Grandview mine, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (see the article...CARROLLITE copper, cobalt nickel sulfide Kambove mine, Katanga, Republic of the Congo (now Zaire) loose...Microscopy Study of Minerals in Geodes from Chihuahua, Mexico............................. 205 Robert B...$6.00 per year in the United States, Canada and Mexico. All other countries, $7.00 per year. Copy­ right©...explor­ ing an abandoned International Paper Co. mine near Newry, Me. The rocks shown are worth thousands
Journal (issue)
Cassedanne Extreme Symmetrical Distortion of Pyrite from Naica, M exico .........................................$6.00 per year in the United States, Canada and Mexico. All other countries, $7.00 per year. Copy­ right©...50 to $ 1,000.00 HYDROBORACITE from the Thompson mine, Death Valley, Calif. Some spec­ imens w ith colemanite...visits have been made to the best localities in Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Tex­...Tex­ The Mineralogical Record as, New Mexico, North Carolina, and other Southern States.” “Arizona
Catalog/List
J 3. APATITE variety FRA~CoLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Select, sharp, lustrous...association. l-txltxl". £2.75. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Very rich, light green...mineral. 4x2xli". £4,50. 5. 6. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Select, turquoise coloured...attractive specillBn. 3x2xlt". £4.75. 7. AUTUNITE. Mine La Faye, Grury, Saone-at-Loire, France. Rich, crust...3-txltxl-t". £4.50. J -28. AZURITE. Henderson Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Specimen A
Journal (issue)
many exceptional pockets have been discovered. The mine is renowned for the diversity of colors and habits...One of the most remarkable pockets found at the mine was the Afghan Pocket, collected in 2001; it did...cm” Continued on page 6 Pederneira Mine (Brazil) The Pederneira Mine is one of the most important sources...crystals on matrix are the signature specimens for this mine. Associated Photographer: Jeff Scovil (USA) Topaz...topaz find: J. Elliot photo. Gypsum; 10 cm; Naica, Mexico. K. & C. Graeber specimen. J. Scovil photo.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
*V]LY7OV[VNYHWOZ January/February: Gypsum, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico; Carolyn Manchester specimen, Larry Low...photo March/April: Fluorite, Dow Scar vein, Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England; Jesse Fisher specimen... quartz, and albite, Kestral Pocket, Smoky Hawk mine, Teller County, Colorado; Martin Zinn specimen,...September/October: Gold and quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California; Scott Rudolph specimen...Apatite-(CaF), New York, 225 Apatite, Colorado, 422; New Mexico, 498; New York, 451; Ohio, 153 Apophyllite-(KF)
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
matrix.~xltxlt". £2.50. 6. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Specimen A - Rich lime...display. 7~x4x2" .£22.00. 10. AZURITE. Ting Tar.g Mine, Gwannap, Cornwall. Rich, Bright blue small sparkling... 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 16. Hilto Mine Scordale was moreland. Sp i en A - Select, creamy...Bxis. £44.00. 8OLEITE. Boleo, Baja California, Mexico. Sky blue single cubic crystals and parts of crystals...crystaline Brazilianite matrix. 3xl-1xl-t.". £6.00. BROCHANTITE. Laurium, A~tica District, Greece. Deep green
Show/Event (guide)
SYMPOSIUM august ¥ 22-23,2014 Gold Eagle's Nest Mine, California, USA J «. *.1 DALLAS Mineral Collecting...Year’s Speaker Lineup Brice Gobin Tanzanite: From Mine to Market Dr. Robert Bowell Tsumeb: A Mineralogical...collecting has come to focus exclusively on minerals of Mexico. He won the Desautels Trophy in 2006 for the Best...awards. He is photo-moderator for submissions on Mexico to Mindat and co-moderator of the FMF Mineral Forum...Collecting Adventures in Mexico” have been a fringe benefit of exploring Mexico for silver-lead-zinc and
Catalog/List
azurite/chalcocite matrix. 2x2x1-t", £4.5Op 4. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Eire. Select cellular mass of bright...places. ~2-tX1t", £11.00 5. BARYTES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelvehead~, Cornwall, Specimen A: Lustrous well...that were f~und last century in the Ale & Cakes mine in Gwennap; barytes is a rare mineral in the Cornish...specimens •. 11. 8ISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, nr. Tavistock, Devon. Silvery-grey needly crystals...SpecimenC: 1f,<1f" , £1.25p 13. BROCHANTITE. Blanshard Claims, Bingham, New Mexico, U.S.A. Light green silky
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 05:52 29 January 2015 FRENCH CREEK IRON MINE, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA M any minerals described...minerals such as azurite, malachite, aurichalcite, brochantite, linarite, atacamite, cuprite, and native copper...specimens. One such locality is the French Creek iron mine, Chester County, Pennsylvania, an occurrence worthy...of chalcopyrite crystals from the Old Lurzenbach mine, Gosenbach, Siegen, Germany. Jack Halpern specimen...at Rossie, St. Lawrence County, at the Sterling mine, Jefferson County, and in very large crystals associated
Catalog/List
Time 8am -9pm) FLUORITE,Rosilare Level.Minerva Mine No 1 ,Cave-in-Rock District.Southem Illonois.Xtl...£10 9. SPHALERITE,var.Ruby Blende.Mid-Continent Mine,Pitcher.Oklahoma,USA Rich continuous druse of ruby...Attractive D SPC C £24 17. FLUORITE on SPHALERITE,Naica,Chihuahua,Mexico.Ljovely xtl group of slightly modified...Pretty D Ml.£15 18. AMETHYST.Las Vigas.Veracruz,Mexico. Pretty terminated amethystine quartz prisms to...free Very attractive D Ml. £5 36 MALACHITE,Dolwen Mine,Devils Bridge.Dyfed.Wales Vughy matrix of milky
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
2tX1t", £S . 00 9 . BISMUTHINITE . South Croft y Mine , Illogan , Cornwall. Silvery- grey bl ades and...BoLEITE. Santa Rosali a , Ooleo , Baja Californi a , Mexico . Sharp deep bl ue cubic crystal SxS mm in size...2X1t-'.' , £10 . 00. 12. BROCHANTITE . Portales mine , Oingham , New Mexico , U. S.A. Rich crusts of...siZI;l , ;;1 . 2Sp,eoch . 1S . CALCITE . Lev ant Mine , Pendeen , Cornwall. Choice lus trou s creamy to...l]1en 0 :, ~x2tXlt ", £6 . 00 16. CALCITE. Levant Mine , Pendeen , Cornwa ll . Choioe lust~ous transparent
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
Journal (issue)
Desautels Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the 79 Mine Lead-Zinc-Copper Deposit..........................$6.00 per year in the United States, Canada and Mexico. All other countries, $7.00 per year. Copy­ right©...Md. 20 71 5 WULFENITE on mottramite from the 79 mine near Hayden, Arizona. The large crystal measures...purchased a fine collection of Stibnite from a new mine near Felsobanya. Clean, bright miniatures at $25...for information about the min­ erals of the Ecton mine in the July-August (Vol. Ill, No. 4) issue of the
Journal (issue)
particularly from the huge silver deposits of Mexico and eru. panish silver mining remade the economy...Record, E Figure 3. Montezuma, the ruler of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, is said to have observed a blazing...forced labor, cobbing out silver ore at a mine in Chihuahua; from Louis Simonin s i e ergr u r i e a i...mita mestizo E W Figure 18. Indian miners in Mexico, from Louis Simonin s i e ergr u r i e a i er (1869)... Figure 20. An engraving of the School of Mines in Mexico City, opened in 1795, from Calderon de la Barca
 
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