 | | Journal (issue) | | Number 5 The JllilpillaB Jlline Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico .............................................with malachite, 5.4 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Fine Minerals International specimen;...the mines and minerals of Mexico is devoted entirely to the Milpillas mine, a relatively new locality...quantities. We published a preliminary report on the mine by Tom Moore and Marcus Origlieri back in 2008,...specimens; they visited Milpillas and went underground with the miners. Since the mine has now shut down permanently |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...minerals (e.g., chalcopyrite, azurite, malachite, chrysocolla, linarite, etc.). Consequently it was deemed...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...(hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected in 1958;... Chalcedony on chrysocolla pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district |  | | Journal (issue) | | row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the GachalĂĄ mine, GuaviĂł-GuatĂ©que mining district, BoyacĂĄ 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, GalilĂ©ia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler...the Musonoi mine, Zaire (#950). Jerry Cone photo. Adamite, 5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino |  | | Journal (issue) | | with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...7 THE COLLECTIONS 1 1 Malcolm Alter Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Mark Kielbaso Jim & Imelda Klein...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 |  | Del Rio-Salas, Rafael, Ochoa-LandĂn, Lucas, Valencia-Moreno, MartĂn, Calmus, Thierry, Meza-Figueroa, Diana, Salgado-Souto, Sergio, Kirk, Jason, Ruiz, Joaquin, MendĂvil-Quijada, HĂ©ctor (2017) New UâPb and ReâOs geochronology of Laramide porphyry copper mineralization along the Cananea lineament, northeastern Sonora, Mexico: Contribution to the understanding of the Cananea copper district. Ore Geology Reviews, 81. 1125-1136 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.11.029 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralization along the Cananea lineament, northeastern Sonora, Mexico: Contribution to the understanding of the Cananea...mineralization along the Cananea lineament, northeastern Sonora, Mexico: Contribution to the understanding of the Cananea...mineralization along the Cananea lineament, northeastern Sonora, Mexico: Contribution to the understanding of the Cananea...Nacional AutĂłnoma de Mexico. L.D. Colosio y Madrid S/N, Col. Los Arcos, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83240 MĂ©xico. ...y Naturales, Universidad de Sonora, Rosales y Encinas, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83000 MĂ©xico. MA (3) Geosciences |  | | Journal (issue) | | particularly from the huge silver deposits of Mexico and eru. panish silver mining remade the economy...Record, E Figure 3. Montezuma, the ruler of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, is said to have observed a blazing...employed as forced labor, cobbing out silver ore at a mine in Chihuahua; from Louis Simonin s i e ergr u r...mita mestizo E W Figure 18. Indian miners in Mexico, from Louis Simonin s i e ergr u r i e a i er (1869)... Figure 20. An engraving of the School of Mines in Mexico City, opened in 1795, from Calderon de la Barca |  | | Report (issue) | | there is new work afoot at the famous Red Cloud mine in the Trigo Mountains, in the southwestern part...backgrounds on the history of wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, see the essay by Szenics just quoted (âEd Over...headed by Wayne Thompson (âBonanza at the Red Cloud mine,â in the SeptemberOctober 1996 issue). The Thompson...notable wulfenite would be found at the Red Cloud mine. But 14 years ago Robert Bell, a mineral collector...collector who lives in Kansas, purchased the mine anyway, and now he has contracted for experienced field man |  | Valencia-Moreno, MartĂn, CamprubĂ, Antoni, Ochoa-LandĂn, Lucas, Calmus, Thierry, MendĂvil-Quijada, HĂ©ctor (2017) Latest Cretaceous-early Paleogene âboomâ of porphyry Cu mineralization associated with the Laramide magmatic arc of Mexico. Ore Geology Reviews, 81. 1113-1124 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.05.005 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralization associated with the Laramide magmatic arc of Mexico MartıÌn Valencia-Moreno, Antoni CamprubıÌ, Lucas...mineralization associated with the Laramide magmatic arc of Mexico, Ore Geology Reviews (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev...mineralization associated with the Laramide magmatic arc of Mexico SC RI MartĂn Valencia-Morenoa*, Antoni CamprubĂb...Colosio y Madrid S/N, A.P. 1039, 83000 Hermosillo, Sonora (MĂ©xico) Instituto de GeologĂa, Universidad Nacional...(MĂ©xico) Departamento de GeologĂa, Universidad de Sonora. Luis Donaldo Colosio y Madrid s/n, 83000 GEO |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | apacheite, ajoite, and stringhamite as well as chrysocolla, an excellent lapidary material. Shattuckite...deposits. Commonly associated minerals include chrysocolla, ajoite, malachite, quartz, and hematite. It...the type locality, the Shattuck or Shattuck-Denn mine at Bisbee, Warren district, Cochise County, after...which the mineral in named (Schaller 1915). The mine itself was developed by one of the Bisbee copper...and as small blue spherules associated with chrysocolla, variety bisbeeite, which replaces it. Shattuckite |  | | Journal (issue) | | (rniddle colurnn) Fluorite, 5.3 cm, from Naica, Mexico---Stephen Blyskal and Sigrid Stewart collection;...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...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the |  | | Journal (issue) | | KHURSHEED DINSHAW NEVADA PATENT MINE 34 United Statesâ only active azurite mine. STUART âTATEâ WILSON Regular...Azuritecredit) with Malachite,. (photo Milpillas Mine, Mexico : ARKENSTONE specimen now in the Jeff Kremer...of Tiffany Stone are no longer available from the mine at Delta Utah, even though the beryl content is... Mexican miners working underground at Ojuela mine circa 1908. Note safety equipment of the day. IMAGE...have Mexico become a reliable source of mineral specimen wealth â and periodic surprises. Mexico is a |  | | Journal (issue) | | Issue Presidentâs Message 2&4 Officers 3 Milpillas Azurite Story 5-9 State Mineralogy Books 10-15...28-30 Our Affiliates 31 Mimetite, Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Mexico, 2.4 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm, Alex Schauss Collection...Chapter Newsletter: Get it While You Can: the Milpillas Azurite Story by Bob Carnein A Lake George Club...exorbitant amount of money for an azurite specimen from Mexico (Figures 2, 3). The price was in the very low 3-figures...to answer that question and show you why the Milpillas mine is one of the great contemporary mineral localities |  | | Journal (issue) | | (a variety of zoisite), 9 cm, from the Merelani mine, located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains...cover: Top left: Euclase, 2.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Colombia. Top right: Topaz, 8.4 cm, from Ouro Preto...left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Bottom right: Grossular, 3.5 cm...Fluorapatite on elbaite, 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson...discovery of morganite at the famous Corrego do Urucum mine in 1973. Will Johnson collection (I had to trade |  | | Journal (issue) | | AZURITES 16 Part I: Electric blues from the Milpillas mine. By Bob Jones 16 PREHISTORIC TEXAS Lubbock...others, at an auction. I was told it was taken from a mine in Alaska called Aurora Borealis in the â60s. I...on, there is an old mine adit bored into a sheer rock wall. Beyond the old mine, there are spectacular...from the Milpillas Mine T Story by Bob Jones he azurite specimens recently mined in Mexico are the...azurite. But this recent source of azurite, the Milpillas mine near Cuitaca, about 25 miles south of the Arizona |  | | Journal (issue) | | p. 258 COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michiganâconsidered by some to...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...and Other Minerals from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona Chapter authors: Les...Presmyk and Tony Potucek The Mammoth-St. Anthony mine at Tiger has produced not only large amounts of...Frank Schultz staked the first claims in 1879. The mine began as several separate workings that ultimately |  | | Journal (issue) | | M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAYâJUNE 2020 âą VOLUME 51 âą NUMBER 3 âą $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAYâJUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ........................... 487 COVER: BARITE, 6.5 cm, from the Montreal mine. David and Karen DeBruin collection, ex Muscatine...crystals to 1.6 cm on vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana...world-class realgar specimens from the Royal Reward mine, Green River Gorge, King County, Washington. The |  | | Journal (issue) | | | w w w. FineMineral.com Tourmaline Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil. 19.5 cm Fine Minerals International proudly...greenmountainminerals.com BA R I T E 12 X 8â Parkside Mine, Frizington Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK Photo...specular hematite. In the bed of the access road to the mine, which descends the scarp of the Neogene plateau...authors Bartorelli and Cornejo a tour of several mine workings. One of the mines is reached through a...Fanadinho Creek and the Fanado River. AdĂŁoâs open pit mine is nowadays in full operation, having received artisanal |  | | Report (issue) | | monthsâ in the Big Bear orebody in the Fletcher mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri; these...twin, 6 cm, from the Big Bear orebody, Fletcher mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri. Weinrich...Galena, 4 cm, from the Big Bear orebody, Fletcher mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri. Weinrich...attractive specimens has been given as the Ortega mine in the Mundo-Tamboras district, Sanchez Carrion...occurrence was actually in a previously unnamed mine that the Ortega brothers, who developed it for the |  | | Catalog/List | | August 2020 4 5 Fluorite on Quartz Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China 6.35 cm tall x 6...with Pyrite Inclusions on Manganocalcite Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China 16 cm tall x 18 cm...wide 14 15 Azurite Milpillas Mine, Mun de Nacozari de Garcia, Sonora, Mexico 14 cm tall x 10.2 cm wide...tall x 7 cm wide 22 23 The Tourmaline Queen Mine draws its fame from the âBlue Capâ pocket discovered...This âGreen Capâ tourmaline comes from the same mine. Identical in every way except for the color of |  | | Catalog/List | | of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagleâs Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized âLeafâ Gold...gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized...Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A âclassicâ Rhodochrosite with associated...associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful...colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A âgemâ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in |  | | Journal (issue) | | his reach into other countries including China, Mexico and Colombia. His fledgling dealership grew so...notably in Zambia, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, USA, Mexico, Namibia, the Ural Mountains, and Australia. When...Instead, the bar is set by places like Guerrero, Mexico, the mountain ranges of the Brandberg and Goboboseb...Jackson Crossroads, Georgia in the USA, Vera Cruz-Las Vigas, Mexico, and Denny Mountain, Washington, USA. ...crystals of its purple variety, amethyst. The municipality of AmatitlĂĄn is centrally located within the |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystal with calcite, 6.5 cm, from the Cosq uez mine, Colombia; found in 1998. Scott Rudolph collection............................................... 22 Mine Exploitation (or not) Today ......................Detail of the area marked by the rectangle, showing Santa Fe de Bogota (lower right) and "Musos" (Muzo) about...occurrences (abandoned), The Nemoc6n mine is primarily a salt mine refitted as a tourist attraction; it...(including the La Chapa, Camancha, Alumbral, Guincha, Santa Barbara, El Chulo and Yacopi), and in the Eastern |  | | Journal (issue) | | âą NOVEMBER 2021 40 Rockhounding Adventures in Mexico â Part 1 By Bob Jones 14 50 A Guide to the Carnegie...Hidden Valley Jasper and Moonshine Jasper. We own and mine these claims. You can contact any of us for specimens...Owner/proprietor Steve Schultz Mine Owners Tom & Jessa Pearson Mine Owners * Specializes in Mines Agates...gml@gmail.com | shop.gilmansatthecave.com ROUGH GEMS MINE-DIRECT FACETING ROUGHS & MINERAL Sapphire, Emerald...Lytle Coleman, Owner/Operator Mine Owner of Lava Cap Thunderegg, Mine Shaft Thunderegg, Eggzilla Thunderegg |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystal cluster, 3 cm across, from the Machacamarca mine (Viboras Vein), near Colavi, PotosĂ Department,...Highlands of Venezuela, about 40 km from the town of Santa Elena in Bolivan state, since the 15th century.... Venezuelan gold specimens to 3.8 cm, from the Santa Elena district. F. John Barlow collection; Wendell...good friend of mine, Jim Minette, worked as superintendent of a large open-pit borax mine that produced... Collection of W. E. Sheffield (fl. 1808) Chrysocolla Dalehead mine, Cumberland (Cumbria), England W. E. Sheffield |  | | Journal (issue) | | Voynick THE WORLDâS FINEST AZURITES Part II: The Milpillas mine has its pockets full of fine crystals. By Bob...area around Zumpango del Rio, Amatlan, Guerro, Mexico. (Jeff Scovil photo/ University of Arizona collection)...shattuckite (basic copper silicate), after the Shattuck mine in Bisbee, Arizona; and the qualifications of minerals...crystalline nate), after Mexicoâs historic Ojuela mine; and tsumebite, structure because it is a liquid...historically considered to be after Namibiaâs famed Tsumeb mine. About 14% of minerals are named for their chemistry |
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Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico