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Wulfenite from
Oruro Mine, Cuchillo Parado, Coyame del Sotol Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wulfenite
Formula:Pb(MoO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wulfenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oruro Mine, Cuchillo Parado, Coyame del Sotol Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:103588
Long-form Identifier:1:3:103588:9
GUID (UUID V4):ec152c9d-e80b-45c0-9c89-1a915695f9cf
Nearest other occurrences of Wulfenite
0.0km (0.0 miles) Plomosas Mine, Cuchillo Parado, Coyame del Sotol Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) Aurora Mine, Cuchillo Parado, Coyame del Sotol Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
79.5km (49.4 miles) Sierra Rica, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
96.5km (60.0 miles) Apex mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals, including azurite, malachite, smithsonite, wulfenite, pyromorphite, and mimetite. Of these, the acquisition...anglesite, pyromorphite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, wulfenite, willemite, vanadinite, descloizite, caledonite...These include the Preble Hill mine near Garland, Maine; the old lead mine near Middletown, Middlesex County...Connecticut; Sterling Hill, New Jersey; and the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, and the well-known Wheatley...Bulldog Mountain mine in the Creede district, Mineral County; and the Missouri mine DI:Robert B. Cook
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...appointed the renowned Spanish scientist Andrés del Rio (1764-1849) to teach the first course in Mineralogy...book written in the new world. Although several of del Rio’s students continued his interest in Mexican
Journal (issue)
(rniddle colurnn) Fluorite, 5.3 cm, from Naica, Mexico---Stephen Blyskal and Sigrid Stewart collection;...Scheelite-David and Marcie Bristol collection, page 42; Wulfenite-Gail and Jim Spann collection, page 253. (right...like those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have been...ofLeadville, Colorado. Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico and Arizona as a prospector, he leamed some mineralogy...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens
Journal (issue)
cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...the participating collectors. Contents How wulfenite became the official State Mineral of Arizona by...Steve Maslansky Bill Yedowitz Denis Menard How Wulfenite Became the Official State Mineral of Arizona Alexander... the Arizona State Legislature voted to make wulfenite the official state mineral of Arizona. Considering...source of the world’s most beautiful and treasured wulfenite, and has not just one but many world-class occurrences
Report (issue)
a whiff of Mexico too. There are many good things here from the famous Little Three mine, Ramona district...blue topaz: Topaz, 6 cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California....impressive: Axinite, 5 cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California....County, especially from the Stewart mine. And from the Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande district, San Diego County...(besides plenty of elbaites) such rarities from that mine as cassiterite, hambergite, and a large, superb
Report (issue)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A sbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...not yet discovered or not presently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered...They consist of base-metal vanadate minerals and wulfenite, the molybdate of lead. These minerals replace...common vanadium minerals in the vanadate deposits. Wulfenite, a molybdate of lead (PbMo0 4), is also common...same general habits as the vanadium minerals. Wulfenite may be even more commonly reported in oxidized
Catalog/List
crystal faces. 2xltxl". £6. 5. M\SENOPYRITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Sharp, silvery grey, complex...matrix in association. Itxlt". £4. 8. AUTUNITE. Mine La Faye, Grury, Saone-et-Loire, France. Yellowish...with Beudantite - £6. lit. BOT: LkCKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Pale gree:, lustrous micro-crystals...mineral. Itxl". £4. 15. BOURNONITE. Bridford Barytes Mine, Bridford, Teign Valley, Devon. Rich, grey, metallic...fine form. 3tx2". £6. 19. ~LCITE. New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfries. group of long doubly terminated
Catalog/List
13. 14. 15. 16. Mina Ojuela,Mapimi, Durango,Mexico pale green terminated ¼11 to ½" radiating sprays...modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...to 3 mm fragments. 3/ 4 11 capsule New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2
Catalog/List
13. 14. 15. 16. Mina Ojuela,Mapimi, Durango,Mexico pale green terminated ¼11 to ½" radiating sprays...modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...to 3 mm fragments. 3/ 4 11 capsule New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2
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
Catalog/List
Mineral Shows 1 3 5 BARITE, FLUORITE & TAR Emilio Mine, Caravia, Spain. Fluorite cubes to 14mm. 68x52x29mm...Min Rec Nov/Dec 04) San Pedro Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico. 38x25x23mm. £68 10 KAMMERERITE Kop Daglieri...47x33x33mm. £135 maliastr 2 CASSITERITE Pendarves Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Crystal pockets on both sides...La Paz District, Oruro, Bolivia. Huge crystals to 23mm. 130x90x60mm. £275 12 WULFENITE, Bou Becker, Morocco...Crystals to 14mm. 32x21x17mm. £46 15 SYLVANITE Cresson Mine, Cripple Creek. Colorado, USA. Rare+. Gold-silver
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 07:53 01 January 2015 Bournonite Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China T here are certain...size, and perfection of flashy minerals such as wulfenite, rhodochrosite, and azurite coupled with their...clearly the most prolific being the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan Province. (Additional locality information...from such disparate localities as the Black Hawk mine, Blue Hill, Maine; New York City, New York; an unspecified...King. It has also been reported from the Albion mine in the Little Cottonwood district, Salt Lake County
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2012 Figure 3. Wulfenite on dolomite (25 × 15 cm; D50729), Los Lamentos, Mexico. Figure 4. Quartz...var. amethyst (15 × 13 cm; D50726), Amatitlan, Mexico. Unless otherwise noted, all photos by Carl Bento...Smithsonite. (7 × 4 cm; D49972), Broken Hill Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Prospect dolerite...Figure 6. Anglesite (5 × 3 cm; D49920), Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Figure 7. Pyromorphite...(4.7 × 3 cm; D49966), 17 Level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. specimens from these
Catalog/List
Wlerry Mine, Penzance, Cornwall. Polished Section 86x40x28mm. £48 2 WULFENITE Erupcion Mine, Chihuahua...Chihuahua, Mexico. Superb blocky golden orange crystals to 14mm 70x55x20mm. £89 3 QUARTZ & CHLORITE Tormlq...crystal 70mm. 70x53x40mm. £68 5 GALENA Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Missouri, USA. 35mm galena cube. 78x57x37mm...7 CASSITERITE Mina La Viloca, La Paz district, Oruro, Brazil. Crystals to 25mm. 60x45x38mm. 9QUARTZ...20mm. 181x101x42mm. £68 10 FLUORITE Frazers Hush Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, County Durham. Crystals to
Catalog/List
54 x 1.27 x 1.91 cm) RHODOCHROSITE N'Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, N. Cape Prov., South Africa 1.68 x 1.37...Milan! HEMIMORPHITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 5.11 x 3.89x2.52 inches (13x9...(13x9.9x6.41 cm) CREEDITE Akchatau Mine, Akchatau, Karaganda Oblast', Kazakhstan 3.61 x 2.4 x 2.14 inches... La Verde District, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico .5 x .25 x 1.25 inches (1.27 x 64 x 3.18 cm) SPODUMENE...inches (5.08 x 3.18 x 2.54 cm) SAPPHIRE Passara Gem Mine, Badulla, Badulla Dist., Uva Prov., Sri Lanka PINK
Journal (issue)
Record.com Frontcover Wulfenite with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...enough, just across the border to the south is Mexico, rieb in active mines where miners are gathering...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange...Thomas noticed tbe beautifül red crystals of wulfenite and vanadinite in the ore. He collected a suite
Book
178-180 ABSTRACTS [Abstracts of the] FM-TGMS-MSA Wulfenite Symposium (chairman: K. Wenrich) 21:98100 Abstracts...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G
Catalog/List
00. 5. BOURNONITE Mina Noche Buena~ Zacatecas, Mexico. Choice lustrous gray metallic aX¾"to ¾x¾"cogwheel...locality. 4½x6x3½" $50. 00. 7. CALAVERITE Cresson mine, Cripple Creek, Teller Co., Colorado. Select silvery-gray...with fluorite. 3x4" $85. 8. CASSITERITE Siglo XX mine, Llalla.gua., Bolivia, Choice lustrous jet-black... 3x3:xl¼" $35. 00. 12. COPPER and SILVER Seneca mine, HouP-ton, Michtga.n. Chotce bronze metallic irregular...formation. lxl½x8½" $20. 00. 18. KRENNERITE Cresson mine, Cripple Creek, Teller Co., Colorado. Lustrous silvery
Catalog/List
REFERENCEMINERALSLIST ADAMITE Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Select golden-yellow to blue-green 1 to 3 mm terminated...Amelia mine, Boleo, Baja California, Choice bright blue single cubic crystals. covering Mexico 1 to 2...to lxl-1/2" 5 Specimens $ 10.00 CROCOITE Red Lead mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia Bright orange-red crystalline...with minor black $ 15.00 FLUORITE Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico Superb pale green lustrous intergrown stepped...00 crystals HEMIMORPHITE Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico Superb lustrous milky white 3 to 6 mm terminated
Book (volume)
Cata Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 10 Adamite (Manganoadamite) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 28 Aegirine..., Morocco, 48-49 Apatite (with Bikitaite) Foote Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina,... 22 Aphthitalite PCA Intrepid Potash Mine, Carlsbad, New Mexico, 22 Axinite (Magnesio-Axinite) Char Band...Pakistan, 7 Azurite (& Malachite) "Sams Pocket", Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 20-21 Bastnaesite (on Calcite)...Tourmaline) Paprok Mine, Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan, 33 Bismuthinite Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden,
Journal (issue)
Mulingisha. or Mulungwishi, which he says is not a mine but a village nearby where minerals are traded (much...barite comes from Shangulowe, an open pit copper mine abandoned in 1943 and mined on and off since by...Febn.mry 1999 Caution, faked wulfenite matrix specimens from Aurora Mine The following should have been...been included with Peter Megaw's Mexico news article last month, but never made it. Guess who's fault that...month, I reported that the Aurora Mine at Cuchillo Parado, Mexico has produced ome line specimen of nice
Journal (issue)
Thirty-four, Number Four Articles The El Desierto sulfur mine, Potosí, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...J. González del Tánago & J. Viñals Famous mineral localities: The Pacajake selenium mine, Potosí, Bolivia...for the Romero Mineralogical Museum in Tehuacan, Mexico from 1975–1981. He has traveled widely and occasionally...Associate in Geology, 1953–1954), the University of New Mexico (Assistant Dean and Dean, 1963–1965; Associate...1980 when he paid me a visit at the Jacupiranga mine; somehow he had learned of my mineralogical researches
Book (volume)
Juan de Reyes Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 52 Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 47 (Cuproadamite...(Cuproadamite with Ferrolotharmeyerite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 22 Apophyllite (on Stilbite) Jalgaon, Maharastra...Liu Feng Shan Mine, Anhui Prov., China, 18 (& Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 32, 38-39 Barite...Quartz) Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 56 Calcite (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee...India, 40 (on Copper) Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, 49 Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Autonomous Pref,, Yunnan
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut......................................in the U.S.A. notesfrom th r EDITORS OLD YUMA MINE Another great mineral locality has now been closed...longfamous Old Yuma mine near Tucson (see R. L. Jones, “Famous mineral localities: the Old Yuma mine,” in vol....period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro...and Mining Company for the sum of $558,000. The mine is now owned outright by the Federal Government
 
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