 | | Book | | The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission... CONTENTS • Foreword lX Preface Xl Important Mining Districts 1 Discovery and Developments in Mexico...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 Mexico, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- LX x I Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors |  | Arfè, Giuseppe, Boni, Maria, Mondillo, Nicola, Aiello, Roberto, Balassone, Giuseppina, Arseneau, Vernon, Soyk, Dominik (2016) Supergene Alteration In the Capricornio AU-AG Epithermal Vein System, Antofagasta Region, Chile. The Canadian Mineralogist, 54 (3) 681-706 doi:10.3749/canmin.1600012 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Au-Ag EPITHERMAL VEIN SYSTEM, ANTOFAGASTA REGION, CHILE GIUSEPPE ARFȧ AND MARIA BONI* Dipartimento...INTRODUCTION The Antofagasta region in northern Chile hosts many of the world’s significant porphyry Cu...owned by SQM Inc. (Sociedad Quı́mica y Minera de Chile), hosts a low-sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag vein system...same area. REGIONAL GEOLOGY The Atacama Region in Chile consists of several physiographic units, which include...deposits of the Coastal Cordillera in northern Chile (Coira et al. 1982). The Paradero del Desierto Formation | | | 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 México...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 México, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- x / Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors |  | | Report (issue) | | ophyllite; 5. 2 cm tall Cerro Rico, Potosi, B,atillo province, Potosi Andy Seibel col/action Jejf-SC,m/.plwto...wp11�. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt (ex Marv............................ 4 BY ALFREDO PETROV Mining, Politics, and Tumult: A Brief Look at Bolivian...BY JAROSLAV HYRSL AND ALFREDO PETROV The Poopo District ................................................in Oruro ... 26 BY ROBERT B. COOK The Morococala Mine ............................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | no other group of minerals has more associated mining lore or history. Silver financed empires and great...recovered as a byproduct of low-grade copper and lead mining. This fact, coupled with the historically low price...copper were the first). The earliest known siIver mining occurred in Cappadocia in Asia Minor and is dated...probably reflects the fact that the earliest silver mining amounted to gathering the metal in its native state...ancient world, was considerably rarer than gold. Chlorargyrite appears to have been the fvst silver mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Patagonia, Argentina: response to subduction of the Chile Ridge Richard H. Sillitoe 1 Received: 22 March 2018...massif during early stages of subduction of the Chile oceanic-ridge spreading center at the Pacific margin...the Deseado massif and Atacama Desert of northern Chile was the result of Cenozoic uplift during progressive... Epithermal Au-Ag deposits . Tectonic uplift . Chile Ridge . Deseado massif Introduction Supergene sulfide...mid-Cenozoic in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile (Alpers and Brimhall 1988; Sillitoe and McKee 1996) |  | | Report (issue) | | Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient Perú A translation of Minería y Metalurgia en el Antiguo Perú Arqueológicas...[Minería y metalurgia en el antiguo Perú. English] Mining and metallurgy in ancient Perú / by Georg Petersen... Contents Introduction to the English translation of Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient Perú . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient Perú Prologue . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Alluvial Gold Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (issue) | | The Guatomo (“Hat Yai”) mine near Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand ............................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...supplement showing many details of the Berezovsk mining district, the subject of the July–August 2016 issue...larger Ekaterinberg district (including the Berezovsk district). Figure 26. The gold mining region around Berezovsk |  | Alfonso, Pura, Ccolqque, Elsa, Garcia-Valles, Maite, Martínez, Arnau, Yubero, Maria Teresa, Anticoi, Hernan, Sidki-Rius, Nor (2023) Mineralogy and Mineral Chemistry of the Au-Ag-Te-(Bi-Se) San Luis Alta Deposit, Mid-South Peru. Minerals, 13 (4) 568 doi:10.3390/min13040568 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | but selenium minerals occur in minor amounts. Chlorargyrite and iodargyrite occur and are associated with...exploited by artisanal mining, including San Luis Alta, Filomena, Santa Rosa, Estrella, Posco-Misky,...deposits in the area, including the San Luis Alta and Santa Filomena deposits. The second one, by Crespo et...the western contact of the San Luis deposit, the Santa Rita Complex outcrops. T consists of pyroxenic diorites...the western contact of the San Luis deposit, the Santa Rita Complex outcrops. This At San Luis Alta, the |  | | 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....owned by Richard Bideaux’s Arizona Exploring and Mining Company for quite a few years. Bideaux and Wayne...period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | microprobe, etc.) Because New Mexico is a mining state, mining districts are given whenever possible in... Placitas district (Sandia Mountains), NE of Albuquerque: schorl. Tijeras Canyon district (Manzano Mountains)...Mountains), E. of Albuquerque. Galena King mine: barite, fluorite, galena, malachite. Hell Canyon subdistrict...subdistrict (Seiiora de 10s Milagros mine): copper, cuprite, malachite. Catron County Apache Creek, N. of...of Reserve: quartz (chalcedony). Mogollon district, NE of Glenwood: acanthite, bornite, chalcocite, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1988) or Gold Deposits from the Sonoran Desert Province (Pérez-Segura, 1993); nevertheless, previous names...dissected by the current extensional Basin and Range province, and originated in the active North American...basement rocks and, most especially, with the province of Yavapai Paleoproterozoic granitc rocks, and...Also, the same authors postulate that the Yavapai province represents a crustal weakness area that might...indicated that the observed deposits in Santa Gertrudis and Santa Cruz Mixtepec formed during two distinct |  | | Book (edition) | | MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...Hydrothermal Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 -...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...gysinite-(Nd) and other rare minerals from [the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by...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 | | | Book (edition) | | MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Hydrothermal Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART |  | | Book | | Universidad de Concepci6n Casilla 4107 Concepci6n, Chile ISBN 978-3-642-88284-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-88282-1.... . . . 37 The Metalliferous Ore Deposits of Chile and Argentina, and Their Geologic Framework J. Oyarzun... . . . . . . . . 147 X Contents El Aguilar Mine: An Ordovician Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Lead-Zinc...Sulfides in the Greenstone Belt of South-Central Chile - An Overview G. Alfaro and S. Callao . . . . ....Formation and Massive Sulfide Orebodies, South-Central Chile: Geologic and Isotopic Aspects S. Callao, G. Alfaro |  | | Journal (issue) | | long in clusters were mined at the Mashamba copper mine, in Zaire. When they were introduced at major shows...Arizona, comes to mind immediately, as the Southwest mine produced some of the most handsome, multi-inch,...finest—have come from the Milpillas mine, in Sonora, Mexico. Actual mining of this deep deposit started in...were discovered there, and from 2006 to 2012 the mine produced huge quantities of the world’s finest azurites...inpection reveals the crystal rosettes. (Tsumeb mine, Namibia) irocks.com degree. The terms “botryoidal” |  | | Report (issue) | | deposits, or a formally designated mining district. For some mining districts described in this report...individual deposits within the district are also given. This was done so that district-scale phenomena, such as...as zoning, could be described in the district record, whereas deposit specific data could be described...individual mines and mining claims. MINING DISTRICT/AREA Name of the mining district or geographical area...area to which the deposit belongs. 11 PROVINCE The Republic of Bolivia is divided into 9 departments |  | | Journal (issue) | | cultural standpoint. These are localities rich in mining history and regional flavor; the old drifts and...2 Germany An historical perspective on silver mining in G erm any.................. by W. Lieber and...Islet Famous mineral localities: the Silver Islet mine, O n ta rio ............... 49 by W. E. Wilson ...Batopilas Famous mineral localities: the Batopilas District, Chihuahua, M e x ic o .........................photo © SILVER crystals, 3.3 by 4.5 cm, from the mine, Kongsberg, Norway. (See the this issue.) Keith |  | | Book (edition) | | brown Macedonite yes Pyrostilpnite yes Chlorargyrite Mendipite Stolzite Vanadinite on {112} Braunite... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...(red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach);...Argentite, Cabriite, Carbonates, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, native Copper, Embolite, Galena, Geversite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...various colonies as well, specifically to aid the mining community in exploiting much needed natural resources:...Australia (1896). To provide training in mining and metallurgy, Mining Schools were opened at Ballarat and |  | | Journal (issue) | | AN INFLUENTIAL IRON ORE MINERAL + ARTISANAL MINING A Complex Industry ROCK & GEM • Vol. 49 No. 05...Magma Dot Wine Country Bill Rozday 26 ARTISANAL MINING It’s Dangerous, Illegal, Undocumented—and Booming...HEMATITE AND GOETHITE Exploring New Mexico’s U.S. 60 Mine Mark Leatherman 42 PROUSTITE 36 58 THE MINERALS...that result in the huge hematite iron deposits we mine today? Everyone knows that iron and oxygen in a...and pyramidal hematite crystals from the Wessels mine, Hotazel. They are lustrous and sharp in well-formed |  | | Book (edition) | | Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably mined...his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a member of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...noted for computer applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express...permission to reproduce the Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts. Carleton B. Moore, Peter R. Busek, and | | | Book (edition) | | his co-authors. A graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University)...a men1ber of the faculty of Michigan College of Mining and Technology for three years, leaving that position...noted for con1puter applications in geology and mining engineering. The authors and publisher express...permission to reproduce the Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts. Carleton B. Moore, Peter R. Busek, and...Copper-Related Deposits The Bisbee District Tl1e Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger 17 17 21 3. Uranium and |  | | Book (edition) | | Leigh McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa...used mining districts as part of the locality description. These political and geographic district names...with a more descriptive term, metallic mineral district. This term shows the geochemical and mineralogical...reader to learn more about the geology of the district and to possibly predict the minerals that could...districts. Where possible, the metallic mineral district for each mineral locality is given for the mineral |
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