 | | Journal (issue) | | gressman@minrec.org JANUARYâFEBRUARY 2019 Articles The AlmadĂ©n mining district, Ciudad Real, Spain ..............82 by T. P. Moore COVER: CINNABAR twin, 6.5 mm, on matrix, from AlmadĂ©n, Spain. Gianfranco Ciccolini...Universitario-28805 Alcala de Henares (Spain) The AlmadĂ©n Mining District exploited the largest mercury deposit...Heritage Site by Unesco. The AlmadĂ©n District has yielded excellent cinnabar specimens during its long mining...gortdrumite and donharrisite. INTRODUCTION The AlmadĂ©n mining district exploited the largest mercury deposit |  | | Book | | consequences for the environment and for labor, as mine operators and refiners resorted to extreme forms...case study. The richest single colonial-era silver mine, PotosĂ experienced a secondgeneration boom as a...discusses major mining developments in Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Brazil, addressing such topics as the economic...Views in New Mexico [1840]. Cover design by Cheryl Carrington UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS UNMPRESS...University of New Mexico Press \ Albuquerque © 2012 by the University of New Mexico Press All rights |  | | Book | | America: The Case Study of Copper Exploitation in Mexico (SixteenthâEighteenth Centuries) 127 AmĂ©lia PolĂłnia...Claudia de Lozanne Jefferies 10 Copper Money in Mexico: The Transition from the Eighteenth to the Nineteenth...Interest Rates and Silver Production: Credit in Mexico City Between Market and Spirituality (1770â1779...University of Mexico (UNAM). His most important research themes include economic history of Mexico, history...political and sociological ideas in Mexico, and travellers in Mexico in the nineteenth century. Claudia |  | | Book | | anc MINERALS OF MEXICO 7 | : = Pras #0 AaprTTARE ; | MINERALS OF MEXICO William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogyâ Collectors and collectingâ Mexico. 2. Mines and...and mineral resourcesâ Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This book...Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirezâs La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of Danaâs Tratado de Mineralogia...States Geological Survey; The Universidad de Guanajuato; Universidad de Sonora; and the University of |  | | Book (edition) | | 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...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | isotope fractionation during ore retorting in the AlmadĂ©n mining district, Spain John E. Gray a,â, Michael...de Castilla-La Mancha, Plaza M. Meca 1, 13400 AlmadĂ©n, Spain a r t i c l e i n f o Article history:...Retorting Cinnabar ore Mine waste calcine Mass dependent fractionation a b s t r a c t AlmadĂ©n, Spain,...was to measure Hg isotopic compositions of cinnabar ore, mine waste calcine (retorted ore), elemental Hg...evaluate potential Hg isotopic fractionation. AlmadĂ©n cinnabar ore ÎŽ202Hg varied from â0.92 to 0.15â° (mean |  | Rimondi, Valentina, Bardelli, Fabrizio, Benvenuti, Marco, Costagliola, Pilario, Gray, John E., Lattanzi, Pierfranco (2014) Mercury speciation in the Mt. Amiata mining district (Italy): Interplay between urban activities and mercury contamination. Chemical Geology, 380. 110-118 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.04.023 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Italy. Different geological materials, such as mine waste calcine (retorted ore), soil, stream sediment... ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT compounds such as sulphides (HgS, cinnabar and metacinnabar), and more soluble Hg halides...mining activity ceased in the 1980s, but abandoned mine wastes continue to release Hg into the downstream...giant Hg 3 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT districts at AlmadĂ©n, Spain, and Idrija, Slovenia, accounts for about...Hg worldwide. Moreover, at the main Mt. Amiata Hg mine (Abbadia San Salvatore), waste calcines are located |  | Tsantini, Evanthia, Minami, Takeshi, Cau Ontiveros, Miguel Ăngel, Takahashi, Kazuya, Melgarejo, Joan Carles (2020) Sulfur Isotope Analysis to Examine the Provenance of Cinnabar Used in Wall Paintings in the Roman domus AvinyĂł (Barcelona) Minerals, 11 (1) 6 doi:10.3390/min11010006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Isotope Analysis to Examine the Provenance of Cinnabar Used in Wall Paintings in the Roman domus AvinyĂł...Isotope Analysis to Examine the Provenance of Cinnabar Used in Wall Paintings in the Roman domus AvinyĂł...study examines the sulfur isotope ratios of the cinnabar used in Roman wall paintings sampled from the...various Spanish cinnabar/mercury mines. The results exclude the possibility of the cinnabar being imported...few possible sources for the pigments. Keywords: cinnabar; origin; isotope; sulfur; ICP-MS; wall paintings; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A VISIT TO ALMADĂN, SPAIN By JOHN F. JEDLICKA 7212 Stratton Way, Baltimore 24, Md. and CHARLES PELLETIER-DOISY...in Nice, France. We consider our brief visit to AlmadĂ©n, one of the world's classic localities, as one...Moroccan localities. This time it is Charles' turn. AlmadĂ©n is one of the most ancient mines in the world,...deposit and gave the town its name, AlmadĂ©n, which in Arabic means, "the mine." Soon after the discovery of...of America, the quicksilver of AlmadĂ©n was sent to Peru to be employed in the gold and silver mines, thus |  | Robins, Nicholas A., Hagan, Nicole, Halabi, Susan, Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Gonzales, Ruben Dario Espinoza, Morris, Mark, Woodall, George, Richter, Daniel deB., Heine, Paul, Zhang, Tong, Bacon, Allan, Vandenberg, John (2012) Estimations of historical atmospheric mercury concentrations from mercury refining and present-day soil concentrations of total mercury in Huancavelica, Peru. Science of The Total Environment, 426. 146-154 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.082 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Peru a b s t r a c t Detailed Spanish records of cinnabar mining and mercury production during the colonial...to elemental mercury (Hg) vapor resulting from cinnabar reïŹning operations. Between 1564 and 1810, nearly...Introduction 1.1. Huancavelica, Peru Colonial cinnabar mining began in Peru at the Santa Barbara Hill...initially exported mercury to New Spain, present-day Mexico, where silver production through mercury amalgamation...which was PotosĂ in present-day Bolivia. Broken cinnabar ore was ïŹred on a grate which stood approximately |  | Hazen, R. M., Golden, J., Downs, R. T., Hystad, G., Grew, E. S., Azzolini, D., Sverjensky, D. A. (2012) Mercury (Hg) mineral evolution: A mineralogical record of supercontinent assembly, changing ocean geochemistry, and the emerging terrestrial biosphere. American Mineralogist, 97 (7) 1013-1042 doi:10.2138/am.2012.3922 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ma. Since the first terrestrial appearance of cinnabar more than 3 billion years ago, mercury minerals...effectively sequestered as insoluble nanoparticles of cinnabar (HgS) or tiemannite (HgSe) during the period of...biosphere at ~400 Ma. Keywords: Ocean geochemistry, cinnabar, tiemannite, biosphere, supercontinent cycle,...contain linear SâHgâS configurations, for example in cinnabar, which has infinite helical chains (âSâHgâSâ)â...(see Table 2 for key) Oldest (Ma) Youngest (Ma) Cinnabar HgS >2000 known localities: AU02, AU04, AT02, |  | Higueras, Pablo, MunhĂĄ, JosĂ©, Oyarzun, Roberto, Tassinari, Colombo C. G., Ruiz, Izabel R. (2005) First lead isotopic data for cinnabar in the AlmadĂ©n district (Spain): implications for the genesis of the mercury deposits. Mineralium Deposita, 40 (1) 115-122 doi:10.1007/s00126-005-0471-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ă Izabel R. Ruiz First lead isotopic data for cinnabar in the AlmadeÌn district (Spain): implications...compositions of cinnabar in the district. Whole samples and stepwise leaching cinnabar aliquots display...âs (2002) pyrite lead isotope results, the new cinnabar isotopic data deïŹne a steep array trend on the...including the AlmadeÌn mine and the ââEl Entredichoââ open pit, where the ore (cinnabar: HgS) is disseminated...the ïŹrst report of lead isotopic compositions of cinnabar from diïŹerent deposits (AlmadeÌn, El Entredicho |  | Smith, Christopher N., Kesler, Stephen E., Blum, Joel D., Rytuba, James J. (2008) Isotope geochemistry of mercury in source rocks, mineral deposits and spring deposits of the California Coast Ranges, USA. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 269 (3) 399-407 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.029 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sedimentary and volcanic rock hosts and consist of cinnabar associated with kaolinite, alunite and silica..., 1995). Silica-carbonate deposits consist of cinnabar and native mercury with amorphous silica and Mg-carbonate...Monitoring well The Geysers The Geysers Schwartz Mine adit Anderson Hot Sprs Anderson Hot Sprs Anderson...variable liquid: vapor ratios, and chemically pure cinnabar that forms âpaintâ on fractures (Yates and Hilpert...as New Almaden and New Idria were collected from mine workings and dumps. Spring precipitates were collected |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | eastern Brazilian (Cobbold et al., 2001), Gulf of Mexico (McDonnell et al., 2008; Pilcher et al., 2011)...brines, geologically instantaneous precipitation of cinnabar, and finally explosive formation of numerous tuffs...subduction zones in the USA, Chile, southern Peru, Mexico, and Canada (Cooke et al., 2005; Kelley et al....copperâmolybdenum 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | paper Fluid inclusion study of the HornĂ Luby cinnabar deposit, Saxothuringian Zone, Bohemian Massif:...represented by cinnabar disseminated within the phyllite and by lenticular bodies rich in massive cinnabar (lenses...strike varying from less than 1 m up to 20 m). Cinnabar is accompanied by pyrite and locally also siderite...hydrothermal pyrite crystallized at 220â210 °C and cinnabar at 195â160 °C. The formation of the richest ore...quartz in phyllites by the cinnabar in weakly alkaline solutions. The cinnabar is pure phase, free of admixtures |  | | Book | | Book Company New York Dusseldorf Johannesburg Mexico City Rio de Janeiro St. Louis San Francisco ...Prieto meved to Mexico and soon was qualified by the Universidad AutĂłnoma Nacional in Mexico City to practice...fulfillment of this double requisite. He arrived in Mexico as a Spaniard, nearly fifty years ago; with a Spaniardâs...live the exciting reality of the great country of Mexico; and today, as a citizen of that country and indeed...rightly observed that the Spaniards did in Peru and Mexico what the Carthaginians and Romans had done in Spain: |  | Yin, Runsheng, Feng, Xinbin, Wang, Jianxu, Li, Ping, Liu, Jinling, Zhang, Ying, Chen, Jiubin, Zheng, Lirong, Hu, Tiandou (2013) Mercury speciation and mercury isotope fractionation during ore roasting process and their implication to source identification of downstream sediment in the Wanshan mercury mining area, SW China. Chemical Geology, 336. 72-79 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.030 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wanshan Hg mine (WSMM) of the eastern Guizhou province. The results showed that cinnabar is the dominant...Hg compounds in mine waste calcine is in the following order: meta-cinnabar, cinnabar and mercuric chloride...occur during transformation of cinnabar to by-products (such as meta-cinnabar and mercuric chloride) by the...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 |  | | 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 â (Tracking...States. 2. MineralsâCollection and preservationâMexico. 3. Rock collectors. 4. Mineral industriesâSocial...industriesâSocial aspects. 5. United StatesâCommerceâMexico. 6. MexicoâCommerceâUnited States. I. Title. QE392.5.U5F47 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | magmatic-related hydrothermal activity in the AlmadĂ©n syncline, Spain: a longlasting Silurian to Devonian...Higueras, R. Oyarzun, J. MunhĂĄ and D. Morata AlmadĂ©n (central Spain) is the most remarkable mercurymining...of the Iberian Variscan Chain2,3 (Fig. 1). The AlmadĂ©n rocks and mineralization pose an intriguing problem...Lower Silurian strata-bound mineralization (e.g. AlmadĂ©n and El Entredicho) other deposits are found higher...persistent submarine magmatic activity in the AlmadĂ©n basin may have sustained long-lasting submarine |  | Yin, Runsheng, Feng, Xinbin, Wang, Jianxu, Bao, Zhengduo, Yu, Ben, Chen, Jiubin (2013) Mercury isotope variations between bioavailable mercury fractions and total mercury in mercury contaminated soil in Wanshan Mercury Mine, SW China. Chemical Geology, 336. 80-86 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.017 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in mercury contaminated soil in Wanshan Mercury Mine, SW China Runsheng Yin a, b, Xinbin Feng a,â, Jianxu...out in soil samples collected from Wanshan Mercury Mine (WSMM), Guizhou, SW China. Substantially higher...application of ammonium thiosulphate [(NH4)2S2O3] to mine tailings with Hg concentration of 2.8 ÎŒg gâ 1 (Moreno...study, soil samples collected from Wanshan Mercury Mine, Guizhou Province, SW China were extracted by pure...behind signiïŹcant amounts of mercury contaminated mine wastes as shown in Fig. 1. The large scale Hg mining |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 13 (below). Pyromorphite, 5 cm wide, from Mine des Farges, Ussel, CorrĂšze, France; mined ca. 1972...Cassiterite on quartz, 6.1 cm high, La Parrilla mine, AlmoharĂn, CĂĄceres, Spain; mined ca. 1986. Jeff...Pyromorphite, 8 cm, from Geoda Realces, San AndrĂ©s mine, Villaviciosa de CĂłrdoba, Espiel, CĂłrdoba, Spain;...on dolomite, 4.7 cm high, from the Las Manforas mine, Ăliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria, Spain; mined...Hinggannite-(Y) on dolomite, crystal 0.5 cm, from the Trimouns mine, Luzenac, AriĂšge, France; mined 1996. Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | range of mineral and organic pigments such as cinnabar, orpiment, minium, azurite and indigo. In addition...orpiment to produce vergaut (green) and a mixture of cinnabar with iron-gall ink and cerussite to produce darker...painterâs preference, such as the admixture of cinnabar with carmine red [13]; â the possible geographical...origins and sourcing of the pigments, especially cinnabar and lapis lazuli [14,15]; â evidence for degradation...Monastery Beato. (a) Orpiment, (b) minium, (c) cinnabar and (d) indigo. (Online version in colour.) (a) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | setting, such as Se-rich polymetallic deposits, AlmadĂ©n type Hg deposits, U-Ni-Co-As-Ag polymetallic deposits...Artillery Park, Arizona, USA (Derby, 2012); Santa Rosa, Mexico (Rodriguez-Diaz et al., 2013); Sierra de Ambargasta...oxidized thermal deposits where sulfides, except for cinnabar, are unstable. A high thermal gradient and Se/S...is complex and includes bornite, chalcopyrite, cinnabar and metacinnabar, umangite, tiemannite, clausthalite...Pampia terranes). 2.1.6. AlmadĂ©n-type Hg deposits The cinnabar from AlmadĂ©n deposit is likely to have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pertinent example is the red, mercury sulphide mineral cinnabar. This phase has been synthesised since antiquity...have been important trade commodities. The words âcinnabarâ and âvermillionâ therefore convey very different...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 [77â80]. Jarosite group minerals are readily |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Edouard de Verneuil, cinnabar from AlmadĂ©n and the first geological map of Spain Miguel Calvo The âMineral...crystals of him to obtain a wide representation cinnabar, along with their labels, of specimens of dioptase;...isolated groups of description of those lands by cinnabar crystals, which formed Casiano de Prado (Prado...Edouard Poulletier de obtained by Casiano de Prado Cinnabar crystals (the size of each Verneuil, donated by...Paris, now in the Miguel French geologist was cinnabar crystals. Among these Calvo's collection. MINERAL |
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