 | | 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............................................................... 24 Mapimí District Geology .................................... 32 Sidebar: First Discovery of Adamite at Ojuela................................ 43 Sidebar: Purple...find in the San Judas chimney, Level 6, of the Ojuela mine. Houston Museum of Natural Science collection; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Conichalcite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb Otjikoto Region, Namibia A n article appeared...Conichalcite on malachite, 10.5 cm across, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia. Fine spherules...green crusts of fibrous spheres at the Cap Garonne mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France...chrysocolla and cuprite has come from the Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Conichalcite...Figure 2. Conichalcite with azurite from the Clara mine, OberTsumeb conichalcite is fibrous spherical or |  | | Report (issue) | | most cherished products of the Ojuela mine at Mapimí, Durango, Mexico: of the several styles of “old”...“old” fluorite specimens from the great mine, the best known shows deep purple, transparent, cubo-dodecahedral...beginning around 2008, fresh ore exploitation in deep mine levels has yielded beautiful groups of gemmy, lustrous...shows 13 excellent fluorite miniatures from the Ojuela mine, nine “new” and 4 “old,” the “old” showing typical...galena crystals with the fluorite: a rarity for Ojuela, where massive galena at depth is an important |  | | Thesis/Dissertation | | The mineralogy of the Mapimí mining district, Durango, Mexico Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction...MINERALOGY OF THE MAPIMl' MINING DISTRICT, DURANGO, MEXICO by Victor Joseph Hoffmann A Dissertation...Mineralogy of the Mapimi Mining District,______ Durango, Mexico______________________________ be accepted...samples from the mines and offered information on the mine locations and their access. Mr. Salvador Davila...Smithsonian Institution from both the collections of Ojuela mine specimens obtained by Foshag in 1934 and from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | purchased in 1948 as bayldonite from Ojuela mine, Mapimi, l)urango, Mexico (B.M. 1948,267) gave a powder pattern...of Brandy Gill showed some characters of both duftite and conichalcite. All the earlier patterns showed...the small differences in the powder patterns of duftite and conichaleite by establishing chemically the...presence of reasonable quantities of lead in the new duftite specimens, but as the mineral from Mapimi is intimately...dithizone method 1 with the following results: PbO. Duftite, Tsumeb (B.M. 1939,225) . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (issue) | | row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler...the Musonoi mine, Zaire (#950). Jerry Cone photo. Adamite, 5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za Duftite after Wulfenite Tsumeb Mine, Namibia T sumeb wulfenite is world-famous...pseudomorphs after wulfenite from the Tsumeb mine. One of these is duftite after wulfenite; it is perhaps the best...varieties are known from the United States and Mexico, in particular, and all are featured in this column... Figure 1. Wulfenite on matrix covered by dark green duftite intermixed with mottramite, with some of the outermost...layers composed of calcium-rich duftite, EDS confirmed, 11.8 cm, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. Mariusz Oleszczuk |  | | Report (issue) | | Duftite PbCu(AsO4 )(OH) c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic....bayldonite, beudantite, mimetite, cerussite (Cap Garonne mine, France). Distribution: Many minor localities. Abundant...Zambia. At the Touissit mine, near Oujda, Morocco. From the Cap Garonne mine, near le Pradet, Var, France...France. In the Virneberg mine, near Rheinbreitbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. From Beresovsk, near...Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. From the Ojuela mine, Mapimı́, Durango, Mexico. In the USA, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za TSUMCORITE Tsumeb Mine, Namibia I t is fitting that Tsumeb should have...development, growth, and ultimate closure of the mine in 1996. Tsumeb Corporation Limited (TCL) was founded...World War II, when the Tsumeb mine was put up for sale. Prior to this the mine was owned by Otavi Minen–...Eisenbahn–Gesellschaft (OMEG). TCL operated the mine until 1988 when it was acquired by Gold Fields South...(söhngeite is named in his honor) worked at the Tsumeb mine, and his two publications (Söhnge 1967, 2001) give |  | | Catalog/List | | times. MA,l.CH 1974 1. ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Specimen A Sharp, light yellowish... 7. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey ';onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Small, sharp, ttansparent...2xlt". £1.50. 9. BAYLDONITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crusts...Itxlt". 75p. -2- 10. BEUDANTITE. Penberthy Cro~ts Mine, st. Hilary, Cornwall. Transparent, well formed...'1ssociation. 3x2x2". £3. 15. C SSITEnITE. Giew Mine, Nr. st. Ives, Cornwall. Unusual, vein section consisting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cornubite, clinoclase, adamite, legrandite, euchroite, duftite, conichalcite, austinite, bayldonite, and schultenite...adamite from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Mexico, and clinoclase from the Majuba Hill mine, Nevada, USA, were...studies involving bayldonite (BM 1912, 517) and duftite (BM 1981,306), both from Tsumeb, Namibia, showed...mixtures containing bayldonite and schultenite to duftite by treatment with acid. Such attempts were prompted...the relative stabilities of bayldonite versus duftite with changing pH (Guillemin, 1956; Keller, 1977) |  | | Catalog/List | | larger sizes. Item 100 ADAMITE - Mapimi, Dgo., Mexico -Botryoidal or crystali7.ed w'.riite to.lemon yellow...3 $2, 101 3 X 4 $3.75 -Santa Eulalia, Chi., Mexico -White coral-like cave groups, all fine 2 X 2 $1...X4 103 $3.25 ?4 AUSTINITE - M::ipimi, I)go., Mexico -Light green end-member of the ConichalciteAustinite...$2.25, 2 X 3 $2.75, 104 $3.50 Mapimi, I)go., Mexico ~ Turquoise blue feathery sprays of xl§. on 2 X...50, CRYSTAL LIST (Continued) Frapimi, Dgo.,.Mexico -Bright green nodules and xls. covering brown _ |  | | Journal (issue) | | by W. E. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Patagonia, Argentina ............................Martino & A. Oteiza The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California......................................... 376 New Mexico Symposium 2019 by C. J. Stefano .................387 COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling...WULFENITE with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection |  | | 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........................ Durango ............... |  | | Report (issue) | | 034–17.036 Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Washington mine, Montana, USA. 3.078 (100), 2.865 (80), 2.290 (70)...31.36 7.59 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Washington mine, Montana, USA; by electron microprobe, H2 O by difference...arseniosiderite, pharmacosiderite, olivenite, bayldonite, duftite, anglesite, cerussite, azurite. Distribution: Many... In Germany, at the Louise mine, Horhausen, and the Schöne Aussicht mine, near Dernbach, Rhineland-Palatinate;...Reichenbach, near Bensheim, Hesse; from the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, and elsewhere in the Black Forest |  | | Catalog/List | | best APRIL 1977 1. ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. select, lustrous, transparent sharp...2~-x2xl". £3.50. 6. 7. 8. APATITE. Great Work Mine, 8reage, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent colourless...rix. 3b<4x2t". £33.00. ARSENOPVRITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Specimen A - well " .•. ·formed...matrix. 2tx2xlt". £3.50. BARVTES. settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Sharp, lustrous, creamy...£2B.00. BARVTOCALCITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Mine, AlstJn Moor, Cumberland. Specimen A - Lustrous |  | | Catalog/List | | Limonitic matrix. 2x2xlt" .£2.75. ARGENTITE. Valenciana Mine, Guana,;uato, Me~ico,. Fine, bright, silvery grey... 5. 6. 7. ARSENOPVRITE. Parrall, Chihuahua, Mexico. Sharp, very bright, silvery crystals to .,." in... 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Select turquoise blue...matrix. l~xltxl". £3.25. AZURITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, 5. Australia. Pure bright blue crystaline...crystalised Calcite. 3x~1". £r,.50. BARYTE~. Mowbray Mine, ;'rizington, west Cumberland. A select group composed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 9(2) Å3, Z = 2, is a new mineral from the Capitana mine, Copiapó, Atacama Province, Chile and has been identified...numerous other deposits world-wide. At the Capitana mine, it occurs as transparent, colorless, tapering hexagonal...the Capitana mine, a Cu-Pb-Ag deposit, where it closely associated with quartz, duftite, and bayldonite...array of unusual minerals. In 2004 at the Capitana mine near Copiapó, one of the authors (R.A.J.) collected...the dumps of the southern workings of the Capitana mine. Three samples were found on different parts of |  | | Catalog/List | | axinite. 2x1~x1t", £1•• 5~ 11. AZURITE. HEnderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Choice bright blue ball-like...association. 3x2~x1~", £16.5~ 12. BARYTES. Dalmellington Mine, Frizington, Cumberland. Fine lustrous transparent...matrix. 2~x17", £33.00 15. NATIVE BISMUTH. Botallack Mine, St. Just, Cornwall. Bright metallic silvery masses...matrix. 25x15 mm. £6.50p 17. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. apecimen A: Small bright green...matrix. 2tx1tx1", £2.25p 18. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Specimen A: Select silvery-grey |  | | Catalog/List | | display. ltx2i". £11. 7. ARSENOPYRITE. New Rosewarne Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich, bright, silvery mass composed...ist matrix. 2x2xlt". £3.50. BUST ITE. Zinc Corp. Mine, Broken Hill, N.S. ales, ustralia. Large, slightly...veinstuff. 2tx2". £5.50. CASSITE1i.ITE. Poldi e Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Small, bright, brmmish black...veinstuff. 2-tx2xlt". £4.75. CASSITE1i.ITE. Cligga Mine, crranzabuloe, Cornwall. Select, Vlell formed, large...Dufti te. 2ixlt", £6.50. CThUSSITE. Pentire G13ze Mine", St. Minver, Cormlall. Rich, creamy ,lhite, elongated |  | | Catalog/List | | MUS=MUSEUM(lOOmm +) 1. ADAMITE.Mina Ojuela,Mapimi,Durango,Mexico. Superb,large, colourful cabinet display...is fluorescent. MUS,L85. 2. ADAMITE. Kameriza Mine,Laurium,Attica,Greece. Goethite fragment vith aggregates... SC,L6. 3, AGARDITE(CALCIAN).Penberthy Crofts Mine,St Hilary,Cornvall ■ Tvo specimens. Specimen A-boxed...xtls and thin crusts. SC,L8. ~- AGARDITE-Y. Clara Mine,Rankachtal,BLack Forest,Germany. 3 boxed specimens...deeper blue. SC,L9. 6. ALSTONITE. Brownley Hill Mine,Nenthead,Cumbria. Six specimens. Specimen A-matrix |  | | Catalog/List | | Itxl". £1.50. ARSENOPMRITE. Parrall, Chih~ahua, Mexico. Specimen A - Choice, bright, silvery sharp doubly...l~lt". £4.50. 6. 7. -. 8. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Bright, sparkling...colourful specimen., 3i;x2txlt". £14.00. AZURITE. TVnagh Mine, Co. Galwav, Eire. Select bright blue small sparkling... 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. -2BARYTES. Hailemoor Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland. Specimen A - Choice...specimen. 3tx2~-x2". £8.00. BARYToCALCITE. Nentsberry Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Fine, sharp, creamy spear-like |  | | Catalog/List | | Specimen B. 3x1-pc1-z:ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela,Mapimi,Durango,Mexico. Brilliant lemon-yellow coloured 11...current material f:t,om the mine. 1ix1lx1½ 11 ,Z4aOO. ALLUANDITE.Pleasant Valley Mine,Custer,South Dakota,U...Specimen B. 5~3fx11 11 ,i:.16.50. AZURITE. Central Mine,Kamaraze,Attica,Greece. Sparkling crusts and cavity...2-bc2P1i",€9.00. 10. AZURITE/MALACHITE.Morenci Mine,Arizona. A 1p1 11 major area,richly covered in brilliant...2½x2x1¾",:&14.25" 11, AZURITE/MALACHITE"Burra Mine,S.Australia_ Interesting 'Chessylite'-Azurite nodule |  | | Catalog/List | | all times. MAY 1978 1. ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Fine lustrous yellowy-green sprays...specimen. ~-x2tx1~", £18.00 10. AZURITE. Copper queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Select bright blue radiated... 4x1~1i", £23.00 ~ • BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine Hexham, N:rthumberland. Choice lustrous creamy sharp...i" on face edge, with inclusions of light green DUFTITE. 2x1i", £4.SOp 1S. CASSITERITE. Wheal Maudlin,...MALACHITE. 2tx1i", £1t.SOp 19. CHALCOCITE. Levant Mine, Bendeen, Cornwall. Very rich metallic grey heavy |  | | Catalog/List | | green crystals. 2ix2t". 3 ".s. ANTHOINITE. Bjordal Mine, Uganda. Specimen A - Rich whitish earthy masses...quartz. 2tx2xl". £3.25. 5. AZURITE; Copper queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co. Arizona, U.S.A. Choice, bright...cavities. 4x2xl-t'.'. £23.00. 6. AZURITE. Buckingham Mine, Doddington, Nether Stowey, Somerset. Small bright...*2~-x1~-", £4.50p. { 9. 10. BREWSTERITE. Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland. Choice lustrous...Llmestone matrix. 3xl~1". £4.50. CALCITE. Levant Mine Pendeen, CornulalL Creamy white saddle shaped crystal |
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Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico