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Acanthite from
Descubridora Mine, Asientos, Asientos Municipality, Aguascalientes, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Descubridora Mine, Asientos, Asientos Municipality, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:60879
Long-form Identifier:1:3:60879:6
GUID (UUID V4):a4ea5ae8-c742-4f32-a768-e00b3760c557
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘOrito Mine, Asientos, Asientos Municipality, Aguascalientes, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘCinco Señores Mine, Asientos, Asientos Municipality, Aguascalientes, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘSan Francisco Mine, Asientos, Asientos Municipality, Aguascalientes, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘSanto Cristo Mine, Asientos, Asientos Municipality, Aguascalientes, Mexico
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘCata Rica Mine, Noria de Angeles (Noria de los Angeles), Noria de Ángeles Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘCata Urista Mine, Noria de Angeles (Noria de los Angeles), Noria de Ángeles Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘCinco Estrellas Mine, Noria de Angeles (Noria de los Angeles), Noria de Ángeles Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘReal de Los Angeles Mine, Noria de Angeles (Noria de los Angeles), Noria de Ángeles Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘSan Francisco Mine, Noria de Angeles (Noria de los Angeles), Noria de Ángeles Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
53.7km (33.4 miles) ⓘSan Ramón Mine, Pinos, Pinos Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
References
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"'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'« u~ o V :Ÿ 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
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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...a. ie = Maes Lie Auadado = ae MINERALS OF MEXICO Vv | Oona tA. IMPORTANT MINING DISTRICTS
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Depositsof the BolafiosSilverDistrict, Jalisco,Mexico JAMESI. LYONS* BP Minerals America, 4600 Kietzke...silver-richveinsof the Bolafiosdistrict,Jalisco,Mexico,are geneticallyrelatedto a distinctiveepisodeof...earliestgeologicworkknownandhave lajarain southwestern Mexico(Fig. 1). Bola‱osis lo- provento be very accurate...production.Later, duringthe early 1900s,an Amer- western Mexico (Fig. 1) extends from Mexico's icangroup,the BradburyCompany...averagewidth of 300 km. A the districtbut failed to mine the deposit.The San reviewandsummaryof the SierraMadre
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“new” silver mineral specimens on the market. Only Mexico, Peru, and, to a lesser extent, Kazahkstan have...Himmelsfurst, and the Elizabeth. In 1521, Spain conquered Mexico, and the world’s economy changed forever. In a...World will never be known, but from 1500 to 1800 Mexico had probably produced one-third of the total silver...developments in silver mining occurred at Pachuca, Mexico. In 1550, a merchant from Seville named Bartolome...and mixed by teams of mules. Drawing by Ward from Mexico (1827). was placed in fine-textured cloth sacks
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photo. Figure 11. Orpiment, 4.8 cm high, Huallapon mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash, Peru. Gene Meieran specimen... In 1519 Cortez landed on the eastern shore of Mexico near modem-day Veracruz. The arrival of the Spanish...short years, the conquistadors had fanned across Mexico and plundered the wealth of an empire. Although...based on amalgamation (Bakewell 1997). Mines in Mexico had faced a crisis similar to that of Potosi, at...the silver industry. Old mines were rediscovered, mine tailings could be reworked, and ore was found everywhere
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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
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Specimensfrom the dumps and accessible adit exposuresof the mine have since been found b-v the author to 1 B. G....sphalerite (in part, arsenian), arsenopyrite, acanthite, and high realgar. The mineralization, probably...incision of the Quebrada La Cortadera, in which the mine iies, into the Upper Miocene Atacama Pediplain (Clark...surfaces of specimenscollected from the dumps of the mine or from the walls of the adit has a strong reddish-orangehue...temperaturesof formation. The assemblageAgzS (now acanthite, but in part exhibiting cubic crystal morphology)f
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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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tgressman@comcast.net Famous Mineral Localities: The Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota ....Wallace Famous Mineral Localities: The Old Gunnislake mine, Callington District, Cornwall, England ..........red hematite inclusions, 4.5 cm, from the Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Don...FineMineral.com AQUAMARINE ON MUSCOVITE Chumuru Mine, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern...Bill went off to college at the University of New Mexico but, despite tremendously enjoying his mineralogy
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On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...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...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
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and the corresponding citation (Hudson Bay 309 mine). in Ref. 4, line Z, for 670 read 676. 310 in...say that this guarantee did much to deterrepaid. mine the award of the grant. To Mr. W. 0. Wiley, Chairman...1844-date. falens, Bonn. Naturaleza. Naturaleza, Mexico. Vol. 1-7, 1869-86; ser. 2, vol. 1-3, 1887Published...Mineralogica 6 catdlogo descriptive de los Min528 pp., Mexico, 1888-91. erales, by Carlos F. De Landero. Lapparent... del Rio. 4to, Mexico, 1795. Tablos miner alogicos, by D. L. G. Karsten. 4to, Mexico, 1804. (1804). Nuevo
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Al)16O34(Cl,SO4,CO3)4.0-6H2O, from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The...Greenish-blue hexagonal crystals from the Bou-Skour copper mine, Jebel Sarhro,* Ouazazate,* Morocco, have the composition...270. Natural /1-FeOOH, occurring at the Akagane mine, Iwate prefecture, Japan, and named from the locality...isomorphous with wollastonite. From Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. Prepared artificially by S. Hilpert and P. Weiller...districts, Transvaal. Named from the Amosa asbestos mine, this word being formed of the initial letters of
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