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Acanthite from
San Jose Mine, San Jerónimo Taviche Municipality, Oaxaca, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Raman Spectroscopy
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Selenium3 photos of Acanthite associated with Selenium at this locality.
Pyrite3 photos of Acanthite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Tennantite Subgroup1 photo of Acanthite associated with Tennantite Subgroup at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view San Jose Mine, San Jerónimo Taviche Municipality, Oaxaca, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1224910
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1224910:7
GUID (UUID V4):17ed2ddb-04e7-4b16-a5b8-1b204c025108
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
12.3km (7.6 miles) Consuelo Mine, Ocotlán de Morelos, Ocotlán de Morelos Municipality, Oaxaca, Mexico
13.2km (8.2 miles) Benjamín Mine, San Jerónimo Taviche (Taviche; San Jerónimo Tabiche), San Jerónimo Taviche Municipality, Oaxaca, Mexico
73.1km (45.4 miles) Natividad Mine, Natividad, Natividad Municipality, Oaxaca, Mexico
73.2km (45.5 miles) Poder de Dios vein, Dulce Nombre mine, Natividad, Natividad Municipality, Oaxaca, Mexico
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of Dana’s Tratado de Mineralogia. In 1898, Jose Guadalupe Aguilera...Griffith, Peter Megaw, John Whitmire, Paul Desautels, Jose Luis Garza-Nieto, A. P. Salas-Guillero, Eugene
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...Hermosillo District ... Alamos District ........ San Bernardo Area Alistos District ........... Magdelena...Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine............. San Antonio Mine....... Cusihuiriachic District..
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sharp 4.2-cm acanthite paramorph after argentite from the Rayes mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. Francis Benjamin...Hill occurrence in Davidson County, and the McMakin mine in Cabarrus County (Genth 1891); and mines of the...abundant acanthite. Many mines of the Colorado mineral belt contained important amounts of acanthite, although...whereas others that contained important amounts of acanthite produced no good specimens (Eckel 1997). Some...coated with acicular crystals of primary acanthite. Masses of acanthite to about 0.5 kilogram and groups of
Journal (issue)
Islet Famous mineral localities: the Silver Islet mine, O n ta rio ............... 49 by W. E. Wilson ...photo © SILVER crystals, 3.3 by 4.5 cm, from the mine, Kongsberg, Norway. (See the this issue.) Keith...silver mines at all in Asia. He does mention a silver mine in Macedonia that used to yield a talent of the...January-February, 1986 Figure 2. Interior of a German silver mine, 1830s. Photo Deutsches Museum, Miinchen. hillside...Wieden Near the village of Wieden is the old Anton mine, records of which date to 1786 (though mining in
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
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Trucco mining district, Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero, Mexico .................................... .401 by J...mineral localities: The Refugio mine, Municipio de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico ................................mineral localities: Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico .................................................Ferry ~alace of Jlline_s The Palace of Mines in Mexico City .................................... .497...Smithsonite, 4 cm wide, from the Refugio mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico. William Dameron collection; Jesse Fisher
Report (issue)
plwto Plldi.wp11�. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt...Minerals from the San Jose and Itos Mines in Oruro ... 26 BY ROBERT B. COOK The Morococala Mine .............Deposit: A Pre-Columbian Gem Mine ........... 80 BY ALFREDO PETROV The Anahi Mine ..........................(Chacaltaya, about 5,100 meters), the highest metallic ore mine (Chorolque, up to 5,450 meters), and so on. But...deposits, including the unique Anahi "ametrine" Mine (page 85); Cerro Manomo, the world's largest carbonatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lamentos, Mexico. Figure 4. Quartz, var. amethyst (15 × 13 cm; D50726), Amatitlan, Mexico. Unless otherwise...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...10. Malachite (32 × 21 cm; D50673), Great Cobar mine, Cobar, New South Wales. pounds (Henley 1988).
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
Journal (issue)
cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected...pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken...Cerussite twins on matrix, 6.5 cm, from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham County, Arizona. Ken
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 (article/letter/editorial)
hopper crystals of acanthite pseudomorphs after argentite, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico (9.5 cm). Figure 6:...Africa (7 cm). Figure 8: Lustrous lead-grey acanthite pseudomorphs after argentite crystals with chalcopyrite...barite crystals, Villamassargia, near mine, Guanajuato, Mexico (8.5 cm). Iglesias, Sardinia (11 cm)...Enna, Sicily (6 cm). West 800 Level, White Capps mine, Man- 11: Dark grey stibnite crystals, (variety...For a period, Bill attended the University of New Mexico where he pursued mineralogical studies vigorously
Journal (issue)
July 2000 T he Mineral Collector's Newsletter Mexico News Part II Jean des Rivieres Maryfield, Albany...southern Mex ico in the s1ate~ o f Guerrero and Oaxaca. Both states have new previou~ly unreported occurre...only the third locality world-wide: two of them in Mexico. Madoc is famous for having produced a large scale...Diaphorite was found on a specimen from Uchucchagua Mine, near Oyon, Oyon Province. Lima Department. Peru...mining district. The mineral is associated with acanthite and galena. Continued on page 4 2 Mineral News
Journal (issue)
Three May-June 1980 ARIZONA! Articles The Hamburg mine and vicinity, Yuma County, Arizona by D. M. Shannon...Shannon Famous mineral localities: the Red Cloud mine, Yuma County, Arizona............................... ARIZONA-1 COVER: WULFENITE from the Red Cloud mine (see p. 141). This crystal, 5 cm across and nearly...Multiple Japan-law quartz twins from the Yankee Boy mine (1, 7, 33), by Richard A. Bideaux. Three specimens...described from an outcrop near the White Tail Deer mine in the Bisbee district. Wickenburgite (1,2, 80)
Catalog/List
& SHARON CIBNEROS • 16840 EAST ALTA VISTAWAY, SAN JOSE, CA 95127-1737 U.SA PHONE: 1•1 W-4111 FAX: ...Canad1anMTnerals", R. J. Traill, P. 4 (1983), 1·:herein Acanthite (after Argentitc) "crystals were coITlllonlyfrosted...and combinations of these". The occurrence of Acanthite from the Cobalt District is also mentioned in...very crudely developed xls., plus massive blacl: Acanthite after Argentite, are richly intergrown over the...4042AGUILARITE - San Carlos Mine, Municipio de Guandjuato, State of GuanajuMexico - Dana & type locale
Journal (issue)
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
Report (issue)
and base metal-bearing, epithermal deposits of Mexico and Peru by Nora K. Foley Open File Report 84-633...District, Guanajuato, Mexico References Geologic map of Guanojuato District, Mexico Pachuca-Real del Monte...District, Hidalgo, Mexico References Geologic map of Pachuca-Real del Monte District, Mexico Colqui District...base metal-bearing deposits from Peru and two from Mexico are compiled to facilitate comparisons with other...deposits. Silver and base metal-bearing deposits of Mexico and Peru constitute an important portion of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vein system in the Guanajuato mining district, Mexico. In each sample, the various features that are...La Luz vein system in the Guanajuato district, Mexico, and their variation both laterally and with depth...Tarascan, or P’urhÉpecha) in central Mexico, approximately 330 km NW of Mexico City (Fig. 1). The silver±gold...volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks located in central Mexico (NietoSamaniego et al., 2005). The plateau is bounded...Bolañitos, San José, Lucero, Karina and Daniela, and inactive historical mines sampled include Nopal, San Pablo
Journal (issue)
From a Collector's Notebook: Some New York and New Mexico Minerals but Many "Too Bad" Specimens Art Smith...New Mex ico before the War ~nd after at the zinc mine at Balmat. These specimens resulted in an article...silver, Edwards Mine:· The Edwards Mine, also a zinc mine, was near the Balmat Mine in St. Lawrence County...which side you looked) material. I s uspected acanthite, so had E xc a libur run and SEM-EDS which confirmed...native silver from the Balmat Mine but not Continued on page 5 .. Mine rnl Ne ws 2 Mineralogical Almanac
Journal (issue)
December 2000 . '. ····:•. ·•~::.·: ::•. ✓. New Mexico News Ramon S. De Mark 421 East Ridge Street, Apt...discoveries in New Mexico minerals were revealed at this year' s (November) New Mexico Mineral Symposium...hosted by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and organized by the New Mexico Bureau of Mines...Simmons of Sandia Park, New Mexico i the acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along...Phillip is actively exploring the mine for minerals. The San Pedro Mine is perhaps best known for producing
Journal (issue)
fluorite crystal group, 7 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Marty Zinn collection;...province, department of Huanuco Huanzala mine Mercedes mine Chiurucu mine Uchucchacua district, Dos de mayo...mayo province, department of Huanuco Hercules mine, Ticapampa district, Recuay and Aija provinces, department...Carrion province, department of Pasco Colquijirca mine, Cerro de Pasco province, department of Pasco Atacocha.................................. Huaron mines, San Jose de Huayllay district, Cerro de Pasco province
Book
Crystals up to 140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law...secondary cementation origin in association with acanthite, stephanite, proustite, pyrargyrite, copper and...Dendritic aggregates from Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico, reached up to 150 mm (6 in). Crystals and aggregates...to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates
Journal (issue)
Mexico ineralogical Record November-December 2003 ❖ Volume 34 Number 6 ❖ $20 Wayne & Dona Leicht,...Angles Mexico Special Issue III Los Lamentos Famous Mineral Localities: The Erupción/Ahumada Mine, Los...Los Lamentos District, Chihuahua, Mexico ...................................... 4 by W. E. Wilson Fresnillo...Famous Mineral Localities: Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico .............. 36 by T. C. Wallace & M. K. Hall-Wallace...Famous Mineral Localities: Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico .............. 55 by W. Lieber & Gerhard Frenzel
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...to studying and mining the pegmatite rninerals of San Piero in Campo on the island of Elba. In the second...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.
 
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