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Calcite from
Almadén Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Almadén Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:56964
Long-form Identifier:1:3:56964:6
GUID (UUID V4):a17db6d8-dc53-44a9-a6a6-56c78300464b
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘPeregrina Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘChico Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘLa Sirena Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘEl Cubo Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘGuanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘCata Mine (De Cata Mine), Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘValenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
77.3km (48.0 miles) ⓘArgentina Mine, Mineral de Puerto de Nieto (Puerto de Nieto; Puerto Nieto), San Miguel de Allende Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
77.3km (48.0 miles) ⓘGuadalupe Mine, Mineral de Puerto de Nieto (Puerto de Nieto; Puerto Nieto), San Miguel de Allende Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
77.3km (48.0 miles) ⓘSan Antonio Mine, Mineral de Puerto de Nieto (Puerto de Nieto; Puerto Nieto), San Miguel de Allende Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
References
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Journal (issue)
gressman@minrec.org JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2019 Articles The AlmadĂ©n mining district, Ciudad Real, Spain .............COVER: CINNABAR twin, 6.5 mm, on matrix, from AlmadĂ©n, Spain. Gianfranco Ciccolini collection and photo...Universitario-28805 Alcala de Henares (Spain) The AlmadĂ©n Mining District exploited the largest mercury deposit...declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. The AlmadĂ©n District has yielded excellent cinnabar specimens...gortdrumite and donharrisite. INTRODUCTION The AlmadĂ©n mining district exploited the largest mercury deposit
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...States Geological Survey; The Universidad de Guanajuato; Universidad de Sonora; and the University of
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sedimentary rocks, clay minerals. quartz, feldspars, calcite, and micas are abundant. However, many other...to hard as follows: (1) talc; (2) gypsum; (3) calcite; (4) fluorite; (5) apatite; (6) orthoclase; (7)...crystals at New Cornelia, Arizona and Santa Rita, New Mexico. Also found as cavity fillings in basalts and...silver is found at Broken Hill in New South Wales. Mexico has been a big producer, particularly in Batopilas...Batopilas, in the state of Chihuahua; also at Guanajuato, and Sonora, Durango, Zacatecas. 16 x 2 Silver
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)
Italy. Different geological materials, such as mine waste calcine (retorted ore), soil, stream sediment...mining activity ceased in the 1980s, but abandoned mine wastes continue to release Hg into the downstream...giant Hg 3 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT districts at Almadén, Spain, and Idrija, Slovenia, accounts for about...Hg worldwide. Moreover, at the main Mt. Amiata Hg mine (Abbadia San Salvatore), waste calcines are located...the Mt. Amiata area were analyzed including (1) mine waste calcines and soils, (2) suspended particulate
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eastern Brazilian (Cobbold et al., 2001), Gulf of Mexico (McDonnell et al., 2008; Pilcher et al., 2011)...subduction zones in the USA, Chile, southern Peru, Mexico, and Canada (Cooke et al., 2005; Kelley et al....copper–molybdenum giant deposits 26 in Chile, Peru, Mexico, USA, and Canada. A similar inference can be made...Potosi and San Rafael), silver deposits of Mexico (Guanajuato and Pachuca), molybdenum and tungsten deposits...Oyarzun, R., Morata, D., MunhĂĄ, J., 1999. The AlmadĂ©n mercury mining district, Spain. Miner. Depos. 34
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mediterranean [8–11]. All these studies have suggested AlmadĂ©n as a possible source. Nonetheless, all they generally...none of them considered Spanish mines other than AlmadĂ©n, although the written sources mention the presence...It was found in Casa Montero (Madrid, Neolithic mine) in burial sites, such as La Pijotilla (Badajoz;...cinnabar mines are known in Spain, including: AlmadĂ©n (Castilla la Mancha); Tarna and many others (Asturias);...cinnabar mines are known in Spain, including: AlmadĂ©n (Castilla la Mancha); Tarna and many others (Asturias);
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magmatic-related hydrothermal activity in the Almadén syncline, Spain: a longlasting Silurian to Devonian...Higueras, R. Oyarzun, J. Munhå and D. Morata Almadén (central Spain) is the most remarkable mercurymining...of the Iberian Variscan Chain2,3 (Fig. 1). The Almadén rocks and mineralization pose an intriguing problem...Lower Silurian strata-bound mineralization (e.g. Almadén and El Entredicho) other deposits are found higher...persistent submarine magmatic activity in the Almadén basin may have sustained long-lasting submarine
Book
allongées Vue générale des installations de la mine d'or de l'entreprise nationale Adaro, à Rodalquilar...Etau.Unis. X Portugal. ARGENT urborcsccnt s ur Calcite. Batopil;u, Chihuahua, Mexique. X l, .S J FER...Sud, Australie. Pour l'Espagne, on peut citer la mine appelée Eperon de Saint-Michel, Villanueva de Cordoba...trouvé est le Cullinan, ou Etoile de l'Afrique, de la mine Premier, offert par le Transvaal au roi Edouard...natif à Guadalcanal, Province de Séville; dans la mine de bismuth de l'Epcron de Saint Michel à Villanueva
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Mining Towns of Colonial Mexico David M. Gitlitz University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque © 2019...2019 by the University of New Mexico Press All rights reserved. Published 2019 Printed in the United States...of colonial Mexico / David M. Gitlitz. Description: Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, [2019]...Crypto-Jews—Mexico—History—16th century. | Jews—Mexico—History—16th century. | Silver miners—Mexico—History—...y— 16th century. | Silver mines and mining—Mexico—History—16th century. Classification: LCC F1392.J4
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 13 (below). Pyromorphite, 5 cm wide, from Mine des Farges, Ussel, CorrÚze, France; mined ca. 1972...Cassiterite on quartz, 6.1 cm high, La Parrilla mine, Almoharín, Cåceres, Spain; mined ca. 1986. Jeff...Pyromorphite, 8 cm, from Geoda Realces, San Andrés mine, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba, Spain;...on dolomite, 4.7 cm high, from the Las Manforas mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria, Spain; mined...Hinggannite-(Y) on dolomite, crystal 0.5 cm, from the Trimouns mine, Luzenac, AriÚge, France; mined 1996. Jeff Scovil
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
setting, such as Se-rich polymetallic deposits, Almadén type Hg deposits, U-Ni-Co-As-Ag polymetallic deposits...and ramsdellite. The main gangue minerals are calcite and chalcedony/opal whereas barite veinlets can...Artillery Park, Arizona, USA (Derby, 2012); Santa Rosa, Mexico (Rodriguez-Diaz et al., 2013); Sierra de Ambargasta...textures. The gangue minerals are goethite, hematite, calcite, opal, barite, and minor fluorite, quartz and chalcedony...of opal, quartz and adularia along with minor calcite and epidote close to the contact with the veins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Monitoring well The Geysers The Geysers Schwartz Mine adit Anderson Hot Sprs Anderson Hot Sprs Anderson...acid-sulfate alteration, quartz pseudomorphing platy calcite, ïŹ‚uid inclusions with variable liquid: vapor ratios...as New Almaden and New Idria were collected from mine workings and dumps. Spring precipitates were collected...stained mudstone cg poorly sorted sandstone near Reed Mine fg sandstone and mudstone Mt. Konocti sequence dacite...of the Knoxville mining district near extensive mine dumps and the Ore deposit Area and district Coast
Report (issue)
e@eeeeeeoe 323 COLORADO PLATEAU (COLORADO-UTAH-NEW MEXICO-ARIZONA) ... 323 A. Rifle area, Colorado «0s.....olla/allevale siatelavatetmcual shat eceeveee 434 NEW MEXICO ..... AGeA Repeeacoeee “ep CeO Pe pbb s conga tessoga439...ole Diolo nie ateleteretete ets 74203 Arizona-New Mexico ...... encase ties sess SE CRE IERO ceeieea ee...between galena sphalerite, Darwin Lead-Silver-Zinc mine, Inyo County, California, Econ. Geol., v. 66, p...fissure ore Utah: Econ. Geol., v. Moore, NEW MEXICO; E. S., 1971, W. J., and Lanphere, eralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Rytuba 2005). The world’s largest Hg deposit, the AlmadĂ©n district of central Spain, is representative of...shales are disrupted by volcanic activity. New AlmadĂ©n and New Idria in California, the largest Hg mining...reworking of the mercury-hosting rocks of the AlmadĂ©n district (primary mineralization 427–380 Ma) led...single date can be applied to Hg minerals from AlmadĂ©n, as well as to many other mercury mineral localities...district, including the New AlmadĂ©n mine in Santa Clara County and the New Idria mine in San Benito County (two
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
E.I.M.I. Almadén, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Plaza Manuel Meca 1, 13400, Almadén, (Ciudad Real)...Aplicada, E.I.M.I. Almadén, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Plaza Manuel Meca 1, 13400 Almadén, (Ciudad Real)...bacteria and mineral growths of aragonite and calcite; green layers of live thermophilic Lyngbya-type...near-saturation in haematite, dolomite, goethite, gibbsite, calcite, strontianite, aragonite, some Pb, Cu, and Zn selenide...bands of (Figure 2(E)) (1) carbonate (aragonite-calcite); (2) greencoloured live colonies of thermophilic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
R 12 Browne, Arthur W 429 Bruce, George A 308 Calcite Crystals, Staunton, V a . (Giannini and Sherwood)...Federation Convention Show (Browne) 429 Himoloyo mine reopened 489 Canada, Collecting in New Brunswick...manganese 515 Diamonds, Crater of (Owens) 3 Diamond Mine owner dies, one of world's richest men 123 Duncan...113, 222, 414, 515 Elsing, Morris J 212 Emerald Mine "Old Plantation" (Sterrett) 302 WNC emerald mines...Meteorite from Castalia, N.C. 335 Meteorite Cutting 421 Mexico, Our trip into (Knowlton) 234 Michigan, Marcasite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
present in Hg-bearing wastes from the Wanshan Hg mine (WSMM) of the eastern Guizhou province. The results...samples, while the most prevalent Hg compounds in mine waste calcine is in the following order: meta-cinnabar...rocks and roasted calcines are present at these mine sites with residual levels of Hg ranging in concentration...in the surroundings. The speciation of Hg in Hg mine wastes is a critical factor in determining its mobility...transport of Hg. Therefore, knowing Hg speciation in mine wastes can provide insights about the processes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
near Jamestown in Cherokee County is another lead mine." ARIZONA—A letter dated Sept. 17, 1953, from John...to you that I found some nice quartz gĂ©odes and calcite crystals in Flagstaff (Coconino Co.), Arizona."...his letter, dated Aug. 19, 1953, writes:— "An old mine near here had cavities in it that contained a sandlike...Chromrutile, has been found at the Red Ledge chromite mine in the Washington mining district of Nevada Co....clear, but presumably it was around 1949. Red Ledge mine was originally developed as a gold-bearing property
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
source of cinnabar in the ancient world was the Almadén district in Spain, which has been mined for approximately...studies have established that cinnabar from the Almadén mines contains α-quartz because of the volcanic...cinnabar if not the Almadén mines? (ii) Or could the cinnabar source be the Almadén mines but was the pigment...(orange), orpiment + indigo (green), indigo + calcite (light blue) + alum ............................(n = 1) tenth to eleventh admixture: indigo + calcite + gypsum, orpiment + indigo AMS-FN24 (n = 4)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Servicio de GeologĂ­a, Minas de AlmadĂ©n y Arrayanes S. A., 13400 AlmadĂ©n, Spain R. A. BOTH,† Department...The final paragenetic stage consists of barite, calcite, and pyrite, which may have been deposited during...boul = boulangerite, bour = bournonite, cal = calcite, cb = cubanite, ccp = chalcopyrite, chl = chlorite... A NT 10 km ICL INE PUERTOLLANO TRES VENTAS MINE 40ÂŽ PUERTO 11 LLA NO 12 13 30 15 14 17 ...43 47 48 64 40 42 41 50 56 Cu LO SP EDR MINE 10ÂŽ 3°00ÂŽ 50ÂŽ 3°45ÂŽ FIG. 2. Generalized map
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the world’s largest Hg producing regions. Numerous mine-waste and calcines still remain, leaching Hg to...at sample sites about 100–500 m downstream of the mine wastes. Total Hg concentrations ranged from extremely...below mine wastes, to quite low in tributary streams (1.9 ng L 1, about 14 km downstream of the mine wastes)...water samples were found just downstream of the mine wastes, the concentrations decreased sharply to...could account for 99.6% of the THg close to the mine wastes. Ó 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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result of natural acid rock drainage (NARD) and acid mine drainage (AMD) which tend to revert to goethite...jarosite ochres from locations as diverse as Sia Copper Mine, Cyprus and Minerals 2018, 8, 201 10 of 35 Kimmeridge...in supergene environments and in association with mine waste [77–80]. Jarosite group minerals are readily...identified from micropalaeontological analysis. 3.3.1. Calcite and Gypsum Calcium carbonate (CaCO3 ) and calcium...calcium-based white (which does not differentiate calcite and gypsum). The phrase “calcium carbonate white”
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M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAY–JUNE 2020 ‱ VOLUME 51 ‱ NUMBER 3 ‱ $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 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)
from Brixham, Devon, England 88 Rosiaite from Bwlch mine, Deganwy, Conwy, Wales 89 Natrolite from Carlton...quarry, Cumbria, England 91 Raspite from Carrock mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England 92-93 Parasymplesite...Cumbria, England 93 Vesignieite from Castletown mine, Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute 94-95 Otavite from...Pseudomorphoses ou exomorphoses de quarz aprĂšs calcite ? 212- 215 Gustave Dewalque - ardennite 19-20...California, USA 409-425 History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, USA * AMERICAN MINERALOGIST
 
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