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Acanthite from
Santa Rosa Mine, Mazapil Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Santa Rosa Mine, Mazapil Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:120820
Long-form Identifier:1:3:120820:7
GUID (UUID V4):0c84d3c8-bdbb-47ac-adf7-2d429aae068b
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘAranzazĂș Mine, AranzazĂș, ConcepciĂłn del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘPeñasco Pit, Peñasquito Mine (Peñasquito Project), Mazapil, Mazapil Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...Pefioles, Compafiia Minera Fresnillo, and Compania Santa Rosalia, who allowed me to photograph, gather samples
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............... Santa Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine............. San Antonio Mine....... Cusihuiriachic............................... Minerals of Ojuela Mine .... . Velardena District......................
Journal (issue)
Moore Tpmoore1@cox.net The Guatomo (“Hat Yai”) mine near Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province..................731 . by M. P. Sacchi The Santa Rosa mine, Inyo County, California ....................SCORODITE crystal, 1.6 cm wide, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia. Unique Minerals...in the area of the No. 1 shaft at the Pyơminskij mine near Berezovsk. Figure 29. Workings along veins...www.budil-minerals.com The Guatomo (“Hat Yai”) mine near Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province
Book
Minerals, Collecting, and Value across the U.S.-Mexico Border TRACKING GLOBALIZATION Robert J. Foster... Minerals, Collecting, and Value across the U.S.-Mexico Border elizabeth emma ferry Indiana University...Minerals, collecting, and value across the U.S.-Mexico border / Elizabeth Emma Ferry. pages cm — (Tracking...States. 2. Minerals—Collection and preservation—Mexico. 3. Rock collectors. 4. Mineral industries—Social...industries—Social aspects. 5. United States—Commerce—Mexico. 6. Mexico—Commerce—United States. I. Title. QE392.5.U5F47
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
“new” silver mineral specimens on the market. Only Mexico, Peru, and, to a lesser extent, Kazahkstan have...Himmelsfurst, and the Elizabeth. In 1521, Spain conquered Mexico, and the world’s economy changed forever. In a...fabulously rich silver deposits at Taxco, Pachuca, Zacatecas, Fresnillo, and Guanajuato were discovered. In...World will never be known, but from 1500 to 1800 Mexico had probably produced one-third of the total silver...developments in silver mining occurred at Pachuca, Mexico. In 1550, a merchant from Seville named Bartolome
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
long, N45°W-trending mountain range in Central Mexico. The rocks exposed in the Sierra de Guanajuato...displacement of 1200 m near Las Torres mine and of 1700 m at the Valenciana Mine. The Veta Madre vein was discovered...(B). Fig. 2. Morphotectonic provinces in central Mexico (modiïŹed after ArandaGĂłmez et al., 2012). The approximate...long, N45°W-trending mountain range in Central Mexico (Fig. 1). The southwestern front of the Sierra...fossil structures of the opening of the Gulf of Mexico (Vassallo et al., 2015), and to the north is the
Book (volume)
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, MEXICO The Geology of North America O r > W 4^ *1^ ^ ^ \ \ f ax4 u \ \...of North America Volume P-3 Economic Geology^ Mexico Edited by Guillermo P. Salas Geologo Consultor...Centro Minero Nacional Carretera Mexico-Pachuca Pachuca, Hgo., Mexico, D.F. 1991 EXPLORATION LIBRARY...reserved. Geologia economica de Mexico. English. Economic geology, Mexico / edited by Guillermo P. Salas...; v. P-3) Translation of Geologia economica de Mexico. Includes bibliography references and index. ISBN
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ag-sulfoselenides, Ag-sulfoantimonides, Ag-sulfosalts, and acanthite, as well as by base metal sulfide minerals including...Vein, L CAD-12-013; M CAD-13-021; N CAD-13022. Santa Rosa Vein, O CAD-13-024; P CAD-13-027; Q CAD-12-004...sulfates, and carbonate minerals; (G) AA-027 AD (Santa Rosa Vein at 26.90 m): altered and siliciïŹed rock...Mejillones Mejillones Mejillones Mejillones Santa Rosa Santa Rosa Santa Rosa Esperanza Esperanza Esperanza Esperanza...sulfoselenides, Ag-Cu-Zn sulfoarsenides, rare acanthite, and tennantite (Fig. 8A; Table 4). Pb-Fe-Mg vanadates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold, smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico boasts an array of mineral species. RAMON S. DEMARK...New Mexico 87110 THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDEX is to provide a comprehensive listing of New Mexico mineral-specimen...to compile all of the mineral occurrences in New Mexico-a venture of that magnitude is beyond the scope...Minerals of New Mexico is the basic reference for locations. Abstracts from the New Mexico mineral symposia...(1979-91), some of which have been published in New Mexico Geology, were also extensively used for current
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONCENTRATOR // SCALE o I IKm i I A A SANTA ROSA I MANTO / CALERA "‱ S__‱ T‱..‱G O /--o...Pisaca tuff;Ts= dacitelavas ofSarpane Complex; Tsr= Santa RosaFormation. After Noble(1972),Arenas(1975),andOreopampa...AndahuaValley, a largeasymmetric Formation.Within the Calera mine, a thick sequence grabenthat boundsthe districton...faultsof rocks.Pastproductionwasfrom the Manto,Santa Rosa,Santiago, andTudelafissureveins;presentprodu...Calera fault, betweenthe then-producingManto and Santa Rosa-Santiago vein systems(Fig. 2; Noble, 1972). At
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrothermal springs in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico Augusto Antonio Rodríguez-Díaz 1,2 & Carles Canet...Ba, Ca, Cu, Mg, Pb, Sb, Sr, Tl, V, W, and Zn. Acanthite and native silver occur along with pyrite in a...Keywords Hot spring mineralization . Todorokite . Acanthite . Native silver . Mn-stromatolites . Gulf of California...México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México City, Mexico 5 Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional... Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla, 76230 Querétaro, Mexico 2 Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional
Book (volume)
ERAL INDEX Acanthite San Juan de Reyes Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 52 Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango...Durango, Mexico, 47 (Cuproadamite with Ferrolotharmeyerite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 22 Apophyllite...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)
row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalå mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacå 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
$ 20.00 3. ANHYDRITE Eagle Picher mine, Niaca, Chihuahua, Mexico Superb pale blue-white elongated 5...form. 2x3xl-1/2" $ 15.00 4. ACANTHITE Rayas mine, Guanajuato, Mexico Superb lustrous dark black globular...dolomite. 2x3x3/4" $ 50.00 15. CALCITE Mandawaska mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada Select dark tan 4 mm...sulfides. 2xl-3/4" $ 35.00 25. CHALCOCITEMusonoi mine, Shaba, Zaire Choice lustrous terminated gray metallic...crystals $ 25.00 on jet-black 27. CONNELLITE Czar mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona Select rich dark blue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the vicinity of Milluachaqui and are penetrated by mine workings. Local Structure: The veins at Milluaehaqui...decreased slightly with depth, and even in the principal mine, La Guardia, values in both elements nearly disappear...original deposition under thermal conditions. The acanthite is interpreted as an inversion of originally deposited...hypogene or supergene systems, the presence of acanthite pseudomorphing octahedral argentite (intergrown...supergene products coating sulfides with the acanthite further infers these complex minerals are only
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carriers, were found to be transformed into acanthite. Acanthite was also found locally in association with...identified as uytenbogaardtite (Ag3AuS2), and/or by acanthite, with both of the replacing minerals commonly...collected from surface exposures and underground mine levels. The mineralogy was determined from polished...radiation. X-ray powder data of uytenbogaardtite and acanthite were obtained using the Debye-Scherrer method...observed in the mineralized bodies cut by underground mine galleries (500, 550, 600, 650, and 690 m.a.s.l.)
Journal (issue)
FLUORffE Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe...Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China. Ex Steve Smale Kunzite spodumene, 11 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais...photo. Benitoite on natrolite, 5.5 cm, Dallas Gern mine, San Benito County, California. Ex Robert Gill collection
Book
tetrahedrite crystals; from the Home Sweet Home mine near Alma, Colorado. Found in 1965, it is considered...variety known as k1111zire; from the Pala Chief mine, San Diego County, California. Found shortly after...the finest pieces ever recovered from the Tsumeb mine in Namibia; the \\"orldwide tourmaline collection...specimens of azurite from a major find at the Tsumeb mine in Namibia, Desautels and Sams bought the entire...conceivable combi­ nation, all f rom the famous Elmwood mine at Carthage, Tennessee. Tucked away in the crevices
Journal (issue)
January–February 2009 Articles Topaz from near El ChaltĂ©n, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. . . . . . . . ...cm (4 inches), from the Morro da Mina manganese mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Probably...2008 issue for his article on the Mockingbird gold mine). Like the rest of us on the staff, he will be striving...January–February, 2009 5 Topaz from near El ChaltĂ©n Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Robert Brandstetter Auweg... Neuquen, RĂ­o Negro and Santa Cruz, the latter being our destination. Santa Cruz is the southernmost
Journal (issue)
Inn - Orange County Airport, 2726 S. Grand Ave., SANTA ANA, CA 92705 (Take 55 Fwy exit 8 for Dyer Rd. to...PM Reader Letters IELD NOTES EDITORIAL the mine where we could oversee the valley and stream when...there?) Rock & Gem has been a favorite magazine of mine for years, so it’s a wonderful thing to have it...or manganese oxyhydroxide, came from the Robert mine in the Cuyuna iron range in northern Minnesota....TACOMA, WA HILLSBORO, OR EUGENE, OR SAN DIEGO, CA SANTA ROSA, CA COSTA MESA, CA SACRAMENTO, CA Last ____
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typically abraded specimens you’ve found in the old mine dumps. And you’ve probably looked long and hard...Everyone has heard repeated warnings about entering old mine workings. But, face it, those deep, open shafts...commonality: They can be very dangerous. Each year mine rescue specialists and conventional search and rescue...Statistically, shafts are the most dangerous part of any mine; 90 percent of all accidents and entrapments in...disturbed. In the narrow confines of an underground mine, shattering timbers can be as deadly as the rock
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
Catalog/List
(2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm) 81B06 STILPNOMELANE, Sterling Mine, Antwerp, N.Y. (a) very nice (7 x 11 cm) Botryoidal...millerite spray) ‱‱‱ $20.00 81B07 CHALCOCITE, Magma Mine, Superior, Arizona. Sharp (1 mm) chalcocite crystals...above more than one crystal ‱.. $22.50 81B12 ACANTHITE, Ag s, Saint Andreasberg, Harz Mts., East Germany...Germany. (a) excellent 2 x 2 3 x 2 cm acanthite paramorphic after argentite crystal cluster. Cuba-octahedral...calcite coating ‱‱‱ $80.00 (b) solid "dendritic" acanthite reminiscent of copper from Ray, Arizona (1.5 x
Journal (issue)
Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...place in the Sardinian mines and the Traversella mine (Piedmont). The second edition of the Catalogue...chalcopyrite and various rare sulfosalts from the Bottino mine in Tuscany. MINERAL COLLECTING FROM THE POST-WAR...exploring the underground workings of an historic gold mine in the Brusson area, Val d' Ayas, western Alps....momentum came from my first visit to the Jeffrey mine in Asbestos, Quebec in 1997. I was fascinated by
 
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