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Covellite from
Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cananea, Cananea Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:389303
Long-form Identifier:1:3:389303:6
GUID (UUID V4):0e04360b-b47b-4ee6-b3c5-823392b44a4a
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
22.1km (13.7 miles) ⓘMilpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
50.3km (31.3 miles) ⓘNelly James Mine (Miller Canyon deposit; Miller Canyon prospect; Nellie James prospect; Holenstein Mine), Miller Canyon, Miller Peak, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
53.0km (33.0 miles) ⓘReef Mine, Carr Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed copper prospect, Brown Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
57.9km (36.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed prospect, Cerro Morita, Naco Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
58.0km (36.0 miles) ⓘAlfonso Villey Mine (Alfonso Villy prospect), Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
64.1km (39.8 miles) ⓘCole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
65.1km (40.5 miles) ⓘTwilight Mine, Higgins Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
65.3km (40.6 miles) ⓘHiggins Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
65.3km (40.6 miles) ⓘIvanhoe Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
copper mineralization along the Cananea lineament, northeastern Sonora, Mexico: Contribution to the understanding...understanding of the Cananea copper district Rafael Del Rio-Salas, Lucas Ochoa-Landı́n, Martı́n Valencia-Moreno...copper mineralization along the Cananea lineament, northeastern Sonora, Mexico: Contribution to the understanding...understanding of the Cananea copper district, Ore Geology Reviews (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.11...copper mineralization along the Cananea lineament, northeastern Sonora, Mexico: Contribution to the understanding
Report (issue)
SURVEY PRELIMINARY DEPOSIT-TYPE MAP OF NORTHWESTERN MEXICO By Kenneth R. Leonard U.S. Geological Survey...Northwestern Mexico Los Gavilanes Tungsten District El Antimonio District Magdalena District Cananea District... Preliminary Deposit-Type Map of Northwestern Mexico Kenneth R. Leonard Introduction The following...economic data on mineral deposits and occurrences in Sonora, North Baja California, South Baja California and...and the northern part of Chihuahua, Mexico. The area is important for the evaluation or mineral deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1988, pp. 1760-1781 Mineralizationat Cananea,Sonora,Mexico, and the Paragenesisand Zoning of BrecciaPipesin...quartz-adularia alterationof wall-rockfragmentsin the Cananea-Duluthpipe persistto muchgreaterdistances abovelimestonethan...earlyproductioncamefromdeposits in alteredlimestone,Cananea hasbeenofparticulargeologic interest because of...0361-0128/88/879/1760-2252.50 of northwest Mexico and several old mines such as Cananea-Duluthare foundin the pedimentlikebedrock...longitude.Principalaccessto the town isby pavedroad, Mexico Route 2. The border with the United States is 40
Journal (issue)
Number 5 The JllilpillaB Jlline Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico ............................................. 5.4 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Fine Minerals International specimen; James...ninth special issue on the mines and minerals of Mexico is devoted entirely to the Milpillas mine, a relatively...Mines and Minerals of Mexico" series has thus far covered the following topics: Mexico I: (1998, vol.29,...As with the previous Mexico issues, we will have a small number of copies of Mexico-IX hardbound. These
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in a semi-arid environment: San Pedro River, Sonora, Mexico AgustĂ­n GĂłmez-Álvarez a,c,⇑, JesĂșs L. Valenzuela-GarcĂ­a...University of Sonora, Blvd. LuĂ­s Encinas and Rosales, Hermosillo, Sonora 83000, Mexico Department of...University of Sonora, Blvd. LuĂ­s Encinas and Rosales, C.P. 83000, Hermosillo, Sonora 83000, Mexico Institute... Benito JuĂĄrez, s/n, C.P. 21280, Mexicali, BC, Mexico a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received... which is located in a semi-arid region in Sonora, Mexico, was conducted to evaluate the chemical, spatial
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PARAGENESIS OF THE SULPHIDES, COLORADA CANANEA, VINCENT COPPER MEXICO. C. KELLEY. CONTENTS. Summary ............... 667 667 668 669 Texture of the Covellite .................................... 676 Luzonite-Tennant{te...the upperlevelsof the mine. Blue chalcociteand covellite replace an earlier chalcopyriteand bornite intergrowth...chalcopyrite. The textures of the chalcociteand covellite are particularly describedin this paper, and the...doubt as to the distinction of these varieties at Cananea. In general the paragenesis of the minerals of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization associated with the Laramide magmatic arc of Mexico Martı́n Valencia-Moreno, Antoni Camprubı́, Lucas...mineralization associated with the Laramide magmatic arc of Mexico, Ore Geology Reviews (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev...mineralization associated with the Laramide magmatic arc of Mexico SC RI MartĂ­n Valencia-Morenoa*, Antoni CamprubĂ­b...Colosio y Madrid S/N, A.P. 1039, 83000 Hermosillo, Sonora (MĂ©xico) Instituto de GeologĂ­a, Universidad Nacional...(MĂ©xico) Departamento de GeologĂ­a, Universidad de Sonora. Luis Donaldo Colosio y Madrid s/n, 83000 GEO
Book
"'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'« u~ o V :Ÿ 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...would like to thank the director of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum who allowed me to travel extensively
Report (issue)
enargite, tetrahedrite–tennantite, chalcopyrite, covellite, sphalerite, bismuthinite, silver, gold, marcasite...and Darwin, Inyo Co., California. In Mexico, at Cananea, Sonora. From Cerro de Pasco and Morococha, Peru
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
compatible with digenite, andchalcopyrite with covellite, thuscuttingpyrite off from all the simplecop...bserved Mssociatio,s Covellite-Sulfur-E‱argite.--Enargiteis associatedwith covellite in the centralcopperzoneat...rswith enargite (and pyrite) (27). Dicdenite-Covellite-Enargite.--At Butte digeniteis intimatelyassociated...telmantiteand bornite) replacesenargiteat the CaridadMine, Sonora (80). Gaines(23) was able to prepareeither mineralat...tennantite(7). Luzonite-Tennantite, Luzonite-Covellite, Luzonite-Chalcocite.--Apparently associations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Porphyry Copper Deposit at La Caridad, Sonora, Mexico, and the Relationship with a Neighboring High-Sulfidation...OCHOA-LANDIN, Departamento de GeologĂ­a, Universidad de Sonora, Rosales y Transversal, Hermosillo, MĂ©xico GEORGE...Nacional AutĂłnoma de MĂ©xico (UNAM), Hermosillo Sonora, MĂ©xico FERNANDO BARRA, Department of Geosciences...AND ENRIQUE ESPINOZA Grupo Mexico, Unidad La Caridad, Sonora, Mexico Abstract Four main stages of...and mineralization are present at La Caridad, Sonora, Mexico. In stage I, quartz veins are associated with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Atlantic University] at 04:09 22 November 2014 Covellite Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado Two minerals...environments: chalcocite and the somewhat less abundant covellite. Both can also form as primary minerals under...column (Cook 1995), and so it was suggested that covellite be described as well for completeness. In keeping...fine Summitville covellite was nominated as the Connoisseur’s Choice specimen. Covellite is a relatively...massive, it exhibits a subresinous to dull luster. Covellite is flexible in thin leaves, is very soft with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
economic ones are chalcopyrite, bornite, chalcocite, covellite, enargite, tetrahedrite, tennantite, native copper...Spaniards in 1800 at what is now Santa Rita, New Mexico. England was the world's leading producer until...the Arizona belt into Sonora. The base metal ores carry silver and gold. The Cananea district has yielded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
conclusions on observationsmade in the Pilares mine, Sonora, Mexico. Replacement by ascending solutions is a fourthpossible...minerals, ferromolybdite, malachite,azurite,cuprite,covellite,and chalcocite are found near the surfaceof the...molybdenite. Supergene‱halcopyrite, bornite, chalcocite,covellite, azurite, malachite,cuprite,ferromolybdite,"limonite...coarse-grainedchlorite accompaniesthe pegmatiticzones? At Cananea,Sonora,Mexico, Kelley‱' hasreportedmolybdenite, pyrite...pyrite,chalcopyrite, bornire,chalcocite, covellite,tennantite,galena, sphalerite,quartz, phlogopite,kaolin
Report (volume)
Mex........................................ Cananea, Mexico..............................................Review of mining districts Continued. Nacozari, Mexico...................................................................................... La Dicha, Mexico..................................................Columbia.................................... San Jose, Mexico..................................................mine, Campo Morado, Mexico.............................. Velardefia district, Mexico..................
Book
BISBEE° © CANANEA Map of the southwestern United States and adjoining regions of Mexico showing the...Most ern United States and adjoining regions in Mexico. The purpose of this compilation is twofold: first...SETTING . by Harrison A. Scumartt, Silver City, New Mexico 17 Introduction—Scope—Definitions—Previous Work—General...THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT AT SANTA RITA, NEW MEXICO by Artuur W. Rosr, Bear Creek Mining Co., and Witt...GEOLOGY OF THE CANANEA 245 DISTRICT by J. Rusen VELasco, Compania Minera de Cananea, S. A. de CV.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
posits, unconformity-typeuranium deposits, and Sonora,Mexico, divides downward into two prongs sediment-hosted...desitic volcanics Ortiz, New Quartzite, pyroclas- Mexico rounded tiary rounded Oligocene 3/1 970 X...inferred) Mainly Abundant Inguarfm,Michoac‱tn, Mexico Granite,granodiorite, granodiorite porphyry 35...Pilares, Sonora, Latitic q- andesitic volcanics Mexico Washington dist., Sonora, Mexico La Colorada...Andesitic,latitic q- trachytic volcanics rounded Mexico 10/3 up to 600 X 300 1/1 150 X 150 >600 Angularto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Utah; SevenDevils District, Idaho; San Pedro, New Mexico; Bisbee, and Morenci, Arizona; BoundaryDistrict...and Nickel Plate Mine, British Columbia;. Cananea,Mexico; Langban,Sweden;and Tamaya, Chile. Lindgren...normal position. It is an early mineral at Cananea,Mexico, and Bagdad, Arizona. . The relationshipof...Arizona;PremierMine, BritishColumbia;Cobalt,Ontario; Cananea,Mexico; Cerro de Pasco,Peru; Chuquicamata, Collahuasi...Chalcopyrite Bornite Fracturing Enargite Late Covellite SupergeneAlteration 560 MARK C. BANDY. Sphaleriteand
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... SECTION 1 — Highway 15 El Antimonio District Cananea District ...... Arizpe District ........... Nacozari...District..................... Route Map — Central Mexico 45 48-49 51 .51 51 52 SECTION 4 — Highways
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
may be replaced by bornite, galena, chalcocite, covellite, and pyrite (Uytenbogaardt and Burke 1971). Enargite...tennantite, chalcocite, pyrite, quartz, chalcopyrite, covellite, barite, and fluorite. Pseudomorphs of chalcopyrite...to 3 cm long have been collected at Cananea, Sonora State, Mexico. Enargite has also been found in the...labeled as being from the Las Chispas mine, Arizipe, Sonora State, with crystals to 3 mm in length associated...Clarite was found to be enargite altering to covellite and chalcopyrite (Palache, Berman, and Frondel
Report (volume)
Mexico_____________ 222 , Cananea, Mexico __________________ 224 Nacozari, Mexico. ____________________________...Campo Morado, Mexico_____I___ 242 242 San Jose, Mexico- 243 Velardefia district, Mexico_ Prince William...of copper ores: A, Pilares mine, Nacozari, Sonora, Mexico; B, Calumet & Arizona mine, Bisbee, Ariz.;...Silver mine, San Francisco region, Utah___ V. Covellite replacing zinc sulphides, Horn Silver mine, San...Valley and many copper deposits in Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. Examples could be multiplied, but these
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the explorationprogram Arizona and northernSonora,Mexico,and is lo- at Red Mountainprior to 1974. The geologicwork...Arizona and 43 miles northwest of the Cananea district of northern Sonora(Fig. 1). The Ilarshaw miningdistrictand...CRUZ COUNTY :. ‱o NOGALES ARIZONA U.S.A. SONORA i MEXICO ß .. ‱..A‱, ; MILES o J ii, i1,11 i ,5...5 i,o i , I0 1,5 KILOMETERS $/ CANANEA II1þ FIGURE I R M CORN Fro. 1. Index map showingthe...resulted in a thick interval of weak chalcocite-covellite mineralization at copper. The major intervalsof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
clinozoisite cs .cassiterite cup cuprite cv covellite Alteration Rocks alsk alaskite Andandesite apl.... stock,Qd Butte Pal Is, sh, st; Montana Cananea Sonora CastleDome K And Pal teds; Lar volcs & intrusiverocks...quartzmonzonite SanManuelMp Arizona Santa Rita New Mexico PaI-Meso (K) teds Silver Bell Pal & K teds ...Chile ............. 0 ........... Montana Cananea Sonora ,‱ ......................... 0,oo, ‱o,,...3000 chl, ept py, ser, cal & mont Montana Cananea Sonora Castle Dome Arizona c l zo Chuquicamata
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
table, the secondary sulfides chalcocite and covellite. This is particularly well known to collectors...familiar with porphyry copper deposits of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Many of the world’s finest specimens...Michigan mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan. New Mexico has been the periodic source of exceptional cuprite... Cuprite is of relatively wide distribution in Mexico (Panczner 1987). Good specimens have been found...Alamos, Sonora; crystals to 8 mm in the oxidized zone of the enormous copper deposit at Cananea, Sonora;
 
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