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Willemite from
Margarita Mine, Caracoles, Caracoles mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Willemite
Formula:Zn2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Willemite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Margarita Mine, Caracoles, Caracoles mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:482613
Long-form Identifier:1:3:482613:2
GUID (UUID V4):f8a72bea-1563-4a0b-bf87-88fedc10e738
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (volume)
Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...Locality: Salar de Carcote deposit, El Loa province, Antofagasta, Chile. Description: Colourless crystal from...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta province, Argentina (type locality). Description: Colourless...Pink massive aggregate from the association with willemite and Mn carbonates. Identified by IR spectrum....Bandylite 27 CuB(OH)4F Locality: Palestina, Atacama, Chile. Description: Blue crystals from the association
Journal (issue)
Trebisky and S. B. Keith The Minerals of the Zinc Hill Mine, Inyo County, California..........................c o rc l W \ Beryl. The Hiddenite and Emerald mine, near Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina...made his mark in a tourmaline find at the B.B. #7 mine in north Norway, Maine, and came to fame as the...Maine, and proceeded to learn Maine’s pegmatites by mining them. He has, over the years, mined commercial-grade...his main love, the mining of gem-bearing pegmatites. Considering that the mining of gems is primarily
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country names are...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga
Report (volume)
Mineral Belts in Western Sierra C:ourlty, New Mexico, Suggested by Mining Distri.cts, Ceologyt and c... Mineral Belts in Western Sierra County, New Mexico, Suggested by Mining Districts, Geology, and Geochemical...geochemical information on mineral belts in western Sierra County, New Mexico, indicates many new areas favorable...1921Mineral belts in western Sierra County, New Mexico, suggested by mining districts, geology, and geochemical...mineral resources-New Mexico-Sierra County. 2. Geology-New Mexico-Sierra County. I. Heyl, Allen Van, 1918-
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...ye ty a ara id (ean ® “1 le hI AAP : oo A Mine seh Ranier “i i : lever vei ekealps ; cet ...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely
Book (edition)
Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...Pelican Dives rnine , Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise...Juab County, and with austinite at the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utal1; in Inyo, San Bernardino,...Simon mine, Mineral AENIGMATITE County , Nevada. Magnificent specimens occur at the Ojuela mine, Mapimi
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia;
Book
Spanish-English, English-Spanish glossary of gem, mineral and mining terms. BY PAUL WILLARD JOHNSON Price $2.00 r...El Antimonio District Cananea District ...... Arizpe District ........... Nacozari District ...... Moctezuma...Moctezuma District ... Hermosillo District ... Alamos District ........ San Bernardo Area Alistos District...SECTION 2 — Highway 45 Sabinal District ............... Los Lamentos District.... Placer de Guadalupe Puerto...Aire District Chihuahua .......................... Santa Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine.....
Journal (issue)
The twelve color photos show groups of mine lamps and other mining antiques from the extraordinary private...Sverdlovsk in the Urals, Soviet Union; the Morefield mine, Amelia County, Virginia; and the Anjanabonoina...resulted in a partial closing of the mine in 1984. The Socoto mine lies north-northeast of the Campo Formoso...sludite). Schorl is common in the feldspar. Primitive mining at the deposit consists of small, irregular open...though not of gem quality. Phenakite from the Socoto mine occurs as milky to translucent crystals up to 10
Catalog/List
...................... . . . . . . 77 78 Mining and Mining Engineering ............. 78 Paleontology...Back Cover COVER PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal...... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite...fluo­ rescence under ultraviolet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...Calcium magnesium iron aluminum silicate. Spain Province of Huesca, Estopinian. �ue mass in ancient trap
Journal (issue)
(red), xonotlite (violet), nasonite (yellow), and willemite (green, SW), Prehnite is present but not fluorescent...Articles related to the minerals or mines of the district are welcome for publication in The Picking Table...Sterling Hill Mining Museum Foundation. Fee: $1.00/lb. 10:00- Noon —Micro Group, Sterling Hill Mining Museum...Cases in the passageway to the mine replica. Copper from the Franklin Mine is the theme. This exhibit is...ultraviolet light. On June 17, 2000 the Sterling Hill Mining Museum (SHMM) will have an exhibit featuring selected
Catalog/List
sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in syenite CROSSITE...iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite ..... . GRUNERITE...GRUNERITE Basic iron silicate Michigan Champion, Spons mine White-tan fibrous aggregates in magnetite with stilpnomelane...manganese silicate New York Fowler, Arnold Tale mine Lavender prismatic crystalline mass ...... . LB...mass .............. South Dakota Custer, Bull Moose mine Pure white cleavable mass ........... . MM Fl
Journal (issue)
Speaking 3 T5I California Convention 4 Yogo Sapphire Mine Reopened 4 Alpha Counters 5 Berkeley Cass iter ite...States. YOGO SAPPHIRE MINE REOPENED A REOPEN INC OF THE FAMED YOGO~ 'SAPP H I RE MINE, IN THE LITTLE BELT...scheduled TO BEGIN THIS MONTH, UNDER NEW OPERATORS. THE MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1929, AFTER HAVING PRODUCED...Mountains The Yogo mine has the distinction of being the only lode vein SAPPHIRE MINE IN THE WORLD, SINCE... An extensive gold strike in the Searchlight district, thirty MILES FROM LaS VEGAS, NEVADA HAS BEEN
Book (edition)
Geology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Margarita I. Novgorodova: Inst. Geol. of Ore Deposits, Acad...British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Lake Co., Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan...Ledge mine, Nevada Co., Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., Colorado quartz mine, Mariposa Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity
Catalog/List
Geology ..... . Petroleum Geology ..... . Mining and Mining Engineering . Prospecting and Fluorescence...78-79 79 79 79 VANADINITE specimen from the Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona GLOBES AND ATLASES...fluo­ rescence under ultra violet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...Calcium magnesium iron aluminum silicate. Spain Province of Huesca, Estopinian. �ue mass in ancient trap...silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky- blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite
Journal (issue)
Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such
Report (issue)
Gavilanes Tungsten District El Antimonio District Magdalena District Cananea District Preliminary Deposit-Type...or to a group of closely-spaced deposits. Two district records have been included (MX00018 and MX02161)...or names of individual orebodies. DISTRICT/AREA Informal district name used in the literature. Names...economic interest. MINOR: Coproducts or byproducts of mining. POTEN: Commodities that have not been exploited...geologic inferences only ("inferred ore"). The mining industry terms "proven", "probable", and "possible"
Catalog/List
...... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen with minor...AERINITE Calcium magnesium iron aluminum silicate ~ Province of Huesca, Estopinian Blue massive in an_cient...silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite .....Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...... ALLOPHANE Hydrous aluminum silicate Seain Province of Barcelona, Station Creu Elorde Waxy yellow-green
Book (volume)
.......................14 Arizona – Apache Co. Mining Districts .............................................................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ...........................................24 Arizona – Northern half of Coconino Co. Mining Districts ..............................25 Arizona............................26 Arizona – Gila Co. Mining Districts...............................................................27 Arizona – Graham Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Catalog/List
pg 115 M • Af!/\GONITE from Mexico & the Weldon Mine were misidentified!!-Sorry, but it's Calcite! ARAGONIIE/CALCITE...Horseshoe Da111 Spain Maine Carter Hine,tl Champion Mine Grants, New H Workman Creek Grand Reef Mi Connecticut...· Hine Planet Mine Rk {and, i Haga Mir« Hartsell,'0 Juanita Mi,NM Mexico Neldon Mine Norman, OK [ nal...matrix from would you believe? f rijole Mine I ri jole Mine San Benito Co,CA Arkansas Arkansas .Biermann...Rgsalit Thomas Range,Ut Ii "aga Mine !J Boron, CA Peru • England Chile Oklahoma BROCHANlITE Green acicular
Book
The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission...is * CONTENTS Foreword Preface Important Mining Districts Discovery and Developments in MĂ©xico...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in MĂ©xico, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- x / Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors
Catalog/List
Champion Mine Utah Crystal Peak,CO Four Peaks Horseshoe Dam Spain Maine Carter Mine,NC Champion Mine Grants..."Roses11 Hartse! !,CO Juanita Hi,NH Mexico Weldon Mine Norman, OK BARYIOCACIIE Hasive xln with Hausmanite...Morado hi le ·san Manuel Hine 'Niaca, Mexico 79 Mine St. Hilaire UJuela MI, He Chef Mire Cerro Gordo...Sunshin . Posey Mi, Utah United Verde Hi liumbot Mine 79 Mine Rowley Hine Lacatecas, Mex Sorra, Mexico St...Mexico Washington leat h V,il I e·.-, CA 0jue la Mine, Mx Palos Verde, CA Rowley Hine Planet Nine Rock
Report (volume)
nos. 1, 2. Boston, Mass. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 121-132; Transactions...Mineralogist, vol. 2. Philadelphia, Pa. American Mining Congress: Report of Proceedings, 19th Annual Session...nos. 1-9. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 72-75. San Francisco, Cal...Summary report for 1916. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Monthly Bulletin, nos. 57-68;. Transactions...Transactions, vols. 19, 20. Ottawa, Ont. ' Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 38. Toronto and Montreal, Canada
Book (volume)
Not a county in Alabama but a tradition of a “lead Mine” worked by Indians.) PELL CITY, NE 3 mi., area quarries⎯black...Copper, Gold and Pyrite; (b) Franklin or Jemison Mine, in NW¼SE¼Sec. 8, on tributary of Mulberry Cr.,...Muscovite mica, Quartz, etc. ASHLAND: c area: (a) M & G Mine⎯Apatite, Garnet and Smoky Quartz; (b) Gibson prospect⎯Garnets;...mines⎯Muscovite mica. (A line drawn from the Delta Mica Mine in the NE corner of the county with a bearing 45º...old Delta Mine, on dumps⎯Beryl, Kyanite and Tourmaline; d NW 2.6 mi., the Smith No. 1 Mine⎯gem Beryl
Book (volume)
Not a county in Alabama but a tradition of a “lead Mine” worked by Indians.) PELL CITY, NE 3 mi., area quarries⎯black...Copper, Gold and Pyrite; (b) Franklin or Jemison Mine, in NW¼SE¼Sec. 8, on tributary of Mulberry Cr.,...Muscovite mica, Quartz, etc. ASHLAND: c area: (a) M & G Mine⎯Apatite, Garnet and Smoky Quartz; (b) Gibson prospect⎯Garnets;...mines⎯Muscovite mica. (A line drawn from the Delta Mica Mine in the NE corner of the county with a bearing 45º...old Delta Mine, on dumps⎯Beryl, Kyanite and Tourmaline; d NW 2.6 mi., the Smith No. 1 Mine⎯gem Beryl
 
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