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Cinnabar from
Fresnillo, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified, XRF
Raman Spectroscopy
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fresnillo, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1364438
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1364438:1
GUID (UUID V4):babe035a-06de-4be1-836a-73c0bb51436f
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
51.0km (31.7 miles) ⓘSan Acacio Mine, Vetagrande Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
93.0km (57.8 miles) ⓘTequezquite Mine, Nieves, General Francisco Murguía Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
References
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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 .................... Fresnillo District ......................... Zacatecas District.................District..................... Route Map — Central Mexico 45 48-49 51 .51 51 52 SECTION 4 — Highways
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...de Fomento Minero, Pefioles, Compafiia Minera Fresnillo, and Compania Santa Rosalia, who allowed me to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Sombrerete,Colorada,and Fresnillo Districts, Zacatecas State, Mexico TAWN ALBINSON F. Grupo Catorce...Reforma,No. 51, Piso16, ColoniaRevolucion06030, Mexico,D.F. Abstract Recentmappinghasidentifiedthe palcosurfaces...polymetallicvein systemsof Sombrerete,Colorada,andFresnillo,Zacatecas. The characteristics considered indicativeof anenvironment...easternmarginof the Sierra Madre Occidental in the state of Zacatecas;it coincideswith a hiatus in volcanism. Stra...the district of Fresnillo ada districts(Albinson,1987; Soto and Albinson, Zacatecas(Fig. 1). They occupya
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alterationand Fluid InclusionStudiesin the Fresnillo District, Mexico: Evidence for a Brine Reservoir and a...water table. At Plateros, which lies north of Fresnillo, a hotter thermal environment is exposedwhere...cha regional-scale modelof et al., 1986). At Fresnillo,previousresearchwasdi- the anatomyand evolutionof...metalzonation,fluidinclusions, and terns in the Fresnillo district. isotopiccompositions (Stoneand McCarthy...Ruvalcaba-RuizandThomp- GeologicSetting The Fresnillo district is located alongthe eastern margino
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
standards employed were: native elements for Ag, cinnabar for Hg and S, synthetic Sb2S3 for Sb, and synthetic...deposits in Mexico, Chile, Germany, and Peru (e.g., Fresnillo, Guanajuato, Sultepec, and Pachuca, Mexico; Copiapò...from Japan and Mexico. Gemmell et al. (1989) showed that the Santo Niùo vein in the Fresnillo district contains...Erzgebirge, Germany Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico Annaberg, Germany Joachimsthal, Bohemia...Kazakhstan Lengenbach, Vallese, Switzerland Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico Joachimsthal, Bohemia, Czech Republic
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very fine examples have recently been recovered in Mexico and in this article we will compare them to some...silver crystals are not common from Mexico, silver wires from Mexico are spectacular and compare well to...page 2) An extremely fine matrix wire silver from Mexico. How NOT to Disperse a Collection Tony Nikischer...page 5) Mineral News ----2 November 2005 ---- Mexico, like Peru, has recently produced some nice wire...complement crystals and wires from here. In Zacatecas, the Fresnillo region has produced in the past - spindly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the most representative examples occurring in Mexico. The occurrence of the two subtypes of IS are largely...being the important source of precious metals for Mexico, the United States, Canada, Chile, Peru, Papua...based on a summary of 35 of epithermal deposits in Mexico, noting an atypical epithermal style with upper...polymetallic mineralization (Zn-Pb-Cu), largely located in Mexico (CamprubĂ­ and Albinson, 2007). 3. Distribution...the 750-km-long Sierra Madre Occidental belt in Mexico (e.g., Tayoltita), the 100-km-long Zamora belt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
“new” silver mineral specimens on the market. Only Mexico, Peru, and, to a lesser extent, Kazahkstan have...as salt, mica, chalk, oyster shells, sulfur, or cinnabar. In fact, attempts at transmutation represent...Himmelsfurst, and the Elizabeth. In 1521, Spain conquered Mexico, and the world’s economy changed forever. In a...rich silver deposits at Taxco, Pachuca, Zacatecas, Fresnillo, and Guanajuato were discovered. In 1535...World will never be known, but from 1500 to 1800 Mexico had probably produced one-third of the total silver
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold-silver district (Fig. 4e), in the Fresnillo IS silver district, Mexico (Albinson 1988; Sawkins 1988), and...leading to its precipitation as cinnabar in the steam-heated environment. Cinnabar can also be deposited in...the groundwater table has fallen. Less commonly, cinnabar impregnates mudstone laminae in hydrothermal eruption...and van Moort 1986; Barnes and Seward 1997). Cinnabar was formerly mined at Ngawha, from some steam-heated...(Hg3S2Cl2) and other chloride-bearing species besides cinnabar, are hosted by opalite horizons in moat sediments
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carbonate-HostedAg-Pb-Zn(Cu) Depositsof Northern Mexico PETERK. M. MEGAW, JOAQUINRUIZ, AND SPENCERR. TITLEY...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...principalgeologic or laterally into skarn. featuresof northern Mexico, andTables I and 2 sum- Here we discuss the similarities...ores.Our focusisthosedistrictswhich Magdalena,New Mexico;EurekaandPioche,Nevada; are dominatedby carbonate-hosted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
UniÕersidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad UniÕersitaria, 04510 Mexico D.F., Mexico ´ ´ ´ ´ Received 24 April...relationships are incompletely understood, especially in Mexico and Central America. Our comments are mainly focused...and on the distribution of epithermal deposits in Mexico. ) Corresponding author. Tel.: q34-93-402-1357;...partial data used to assess the crustal thickness in Mexico Žsee Figs. 2 and 4 in the original paper., which...different view of the continental crust thickness of Mexico. For instance, a thicker crust between Guanajuato
Book
time. By Frederick A. Ober, aiuhor of" Travels in Mexico," " Camps in the Caiibbees," etc. With 100 Illustrations...the ice-fields of the North to the plains of New Mexico, thence through " The Land of the Aztecs," and...(SttiJre TO AND THROUGH MEXICO. BY FREDERICK AUTHOR OF "travels IN MEXICO," " CAMPS A. IN OBER ... THE CARIBBEES," "YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF MEXICO," ETC. Intjex of CTontents. INDEX OF ADVERTISERS...intended to be appended to the author's " Travels in Mexico," as it in a measure completes and rounds out the
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Eocene-Oligocene Ag/Au deposit in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico Paula Montoya-Lopera, Gilles Levresse, Luca Ferrari...Eocene-Oligocene Ag/Au deposit in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10...Ag/Au deposit in 3 the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico. 4 5 Paula Montoya-Lopera1, Gilles Levresse1*...76230, QuerĂŠtaro, Qro, Mexico de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional AutĂłnoma de Mexico, Campus Juriquilla...Juriquilla, 10 2 11 Juriquilla, QuerĂŠtaro, Mexico. 12 3First Laboratorio Interinstitucional de GeocronologĂ­a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Explorationin a Volcano-PlutonicCenter at Guanajuato,Mexico J.A. RANDALLR., ApartadoPostal,168, Guanajuato...00 1722 GUANAJUA TOVOLCANO-PL UTONIC CENTER, MEXICO 1723 The Upper zone,associated with a rangefront...1989). B = Batopilas,F = Fresnillo,G = Guanajuato,GT = Guerreroterrane,MDF = Mexico(Distrito Federal), SE...Madre Occidental,TMVA = Trans Mexico volcanic axis,V = Velardefia, Z = Zacatecas. GUANAJUA TO VOLCANO-PL...VOLCANO-PL UTONICCENTER,MEXICO 1725 unit includesthe Cerro is recognizable,but the true thicknessis unknown
Report (volume)
*Baneroft, Rowland, 1910, Notes on the occurrence of cinnabar in central western Arizona: U. S. Geol. Survey...industry in 1915 [Iditarod district, antimony-cinnabar lodes]: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 642, p. 66. *...Hickcox, C. A., 1944, Quicksilver deposits in the Cinnabar Creek area, Georgetown and Akiak districts, southwestern...Geology of the quicksilver deposits of Canoas, Zacatecas, Mexico: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 975-B, p. 47-85...the Cuarento mercury district, State of Durango, Mexico: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 946-F, p. 155-168. 30c
Report (issue)
Geology—Mexico. 2. Geology, Structural—Mexico. 3. Faults (Geology)—Mexico. 4. Ore deposits—Mexico. I. Alaniz-Álvarez...The evolution of Middle America and the Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean Sea region during Mesozoic time: Geological...Tectonostratigraphic Terranes and Tectonic Evolution of Mexico: Geological Society of America Special Paper 278...and copper ore deposits (e.g., Fresnillo and Juani- 3 cipio, Zacatecas; Cananea and Nacozari, Sonora;...Durango SW 40 Es Mazatlán Tertiary faults Zacatecas Te ca Za lim it o fO axa quia Zac. 25 rit
Report (volume)
Bulletin 935-C TIN DEPOSITS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO BY WILLIAM F. FOSHAG AND CARL FRIES, JR. Geologic...Continued. Zacatecas............................................. Deposits west of the city of Zacatecas............... Deposits between Fresnillo and Sain Alto.......... Durango....................................171 174 ILLUSTRATIONS Page Plate 25. Map of Mexico showing distribution of reported tin districts...150 TABLES Page Table 3. Production of tin in Mexico................... 105 4. Heavy minerals in the
Journal (issue)
or $46.00 for two years; addresses in Canada and Mexico are US$48.00 per year, or US$90.00 for two years;...pyrargyrite ; a similar effect is seen in some cinnabar and realgar. The collector may want to use caution...and Fresnillo have enough pyrargyrite to allow productive mining utilizing it as an ore; Zacatecas is...have been sporadic finds, particularly around Fresnillo that produced a few rather large, high-quality...Pyrargyrite with calcite, 2" acros, from Fresnillo, Mexico. Russ Behnke specimen and photo. Elsewhere
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
San Dimas de‐ posits, Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico: constraints from fluid inclusions, oxygen - deuterium...gold San Dimas deposits, Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico: constraints from fluid inclusions, oxygen - deuterium...gold San Dimas deposits, Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico: constraints from fluid inclusions, oxygen deuterium...Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Campus Juriquilla, 76230, Queretaro, Qro., Mexico 2Centro de Geociencias...Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Campus Juriquilla, 76230, Queretaro, Qro., Mexico 3Istituto Nazionale
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chalcedony, chl = chlorite, crb = carbonate, cin = cinnabar, cov = covellite, cpy = chalcopyrite, dic = dickite.../ Pyrargyrite Boulangerite Argentite Stibnite Cinnabar Covellite Digenite Pyrolusite Gold / Electrum...chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, marcasite, stibnite, and cinnabar. Abundant native gold occurs as inclusions in...arsenopyrite, boulangerite, proustite-pyrargyrite, and cinnabar (Table 10). Mineral pairs were analyzed for sulfur...Asp = arsenopyrite, Bou = boulangerite, Cin = cinnabar, Cpy = chalcopyrite, Gal = galena, Mar = marcasite
Report (issue)
• •• 24 25 25 " • •• ••• 28 Algeria ••• Mexico ••• United States Chile •• • • •• • •• • ••...sulphides, cinnabar and metacinnabarite, are importa.n t as sources of the· metal. 1 Cinnabar usually has... metacinnabarite, has the same composition as cinnabar, but is gr,e yish-black and gives a black stre...hardness of 3, and a specific gravity of 7·8. Cinnabar generally occurs massive and granular, but a.Iso...is found also in tetrahedral crystals, whereas cinnabar crystals are trapezohedra,l. G·lo,bules of free
Journal (issue)
August 4, 2002 SSW toward the ocean. News from Mexico Dennis L. Beals Xtal - Dennis Beals PMB 256, 5994...80111-4251 - 9 I just got back from a trip to Mexico. It 's the rainy season and from Torreon south...metals has serious ly affected mineral production in Mexico and has caused several mines to close. If zinc...xcelle nt p hosphorescence. Concepcion de ! Oro, Zacatecas is essentia lly closed w i1h only the Tayahua...town p roduc ing a small amount of pyrite. Fresnillo. Zacatecas has bee n wa tc hing !he mine rs c losely
Book
... 1.3.4 The Cumobabi Breccia Pipe Deposits, Mexico................................. 1.3.5 Mineralized.... 1.5.3 The Baguio, Philippines and Thyoltita, Mexico Vein Systems ..................... 1.5.4 Mineralization...1.2 The Providencia Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit, Zacatecas, Mexico ...................... . 2.1.3 Limestone Replacement.................. . 83 The Fresnillo Ag-Pb-Zn District, Zacatecas, Mexico .............................in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Fig. 2; Coney and Reynolds 1977; Keith 1978) during
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Posnjak (73). Depositsof orthorhombicsulfur, cinnabar,metacinnabar,stibniteand orpiment havebeeninterpretedin...the Miami-Picher distict (66), at Providencia,Zacatecas(65) and at Cerro de Pasco(55, 56). Argumentsin...Peril. It is observed in the Cueva Santa vein, Fresnillo, and the Paricutin vein in Pachuca(H. E. McKinstry...17-38. 19. Dickson, F. W., 1964, Solubility of cinnabar in Na2S solutions at 50-250 ø C and 1-1800 bars...Tunell, George, I954, The saturation curves of cinnabar and metaeinnabar in the system HgS-Na2S-H•O at
 
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