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Silver from
Descubridora Mine, Tayoltita, San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Silver
Formula:Ag
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Silver data
Locality Data:Click here to view Descubridora Mine, Tayoltita, San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:60977
Long-form Identifier:1:3:60977:7
GUID (UUID V4):db344b8e-530c-416f-b6f5-811ccc85b2db
Nearest other occurrences of Silver
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘCarrillo Mine, Tayoltita, San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAranzazĂș Mine, Tayoltita, San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘGuadalupe Mine, Tayoltita, San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘSan JosĂ© Mine, Tayoltita, San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘMoertos Mine, Tayoltita, San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘSoledad Mine, Tayoltita, San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘMaximiliano Mine, Tayoltita, San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘTayoltita Mine, Tayoltita, San Dimas District, San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico
74.1km (46.1 miles) ⓘVirgen Mine, Pánuco, Concordia Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico
74.1km (46.1 miles) ⓘSan Antonio Mine, Copala, Pánuco, Concordia Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
"'<' ~/ 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
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...MĂ©xico are impressive. Over $6 billion worth of silver and gold alone have been mined. During 300 years...MĂ©xico. Today, MĂ©xico is still a world leader in silver production. It is also first in the production
Book (volume)
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...Phillips Petroleum Company . Shell Oil Company Caswell Silver Standard Oil Production Company Oryx Energy Company...reserved. Geologia economica de Mexico. English. Economic geology, Mexico / edited by Guillermo P. Salas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Depositsof the BolafiosSilverDistrict, Jalisco,Mexico JAMESI. LYONS* BP Minerals America, 4600 Kietzke...Nevada 89502 Abstract The silver-richveinsof the Bolafiosdistrict,Jalisco,Mexico,are geneticallyrelatedto...lowercopper-silver zonecharacterized by argentiferous digenite,chalcocite, andspecular hematite;a silver-lead-zinc...sphaleritewith fluoritegangue;and an upper argentite-silver sulfosalt zonewith silicifiedgangue.The boundarybetweenthe...Asdistanceincreases radiallyfromtheTepec intrusion,the silver-lead-zinc zonedisappears andtheuppersilversulfidesulfosalt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Desert of Atacama, but also in Africa and Mexico, It is true that masses of meteoric iron, rarely...a n J~feteorites. But the evidence relative to Mexico is of a much more voluminous character, and is...is deserving of the closest attention. Mexico is remarkable beyond any other part of the earth's surface...distributed over hundreds of miles of country in Nortbern Mexico, and his conclusion has been generally accepted...distance of more than a thousand miles through Mexico and the United States, were the resuit of a single
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Desert of Atacama, but also in Africa and Mexico, It is true that masses of meteoric iron, rarely...a n J~feteorites. But the evidence relative to Mexico is of a much more voluminous character, and is...is deserving of the closest attention. Mexico is remarkable beyond any other part of the earth's surface...distributed over hundreds of miles of country in Nortbern Mexico, and his conclusion has been generally accepted...distance of more than a thousand miles through Mexico and the United States, were the resuit of a single
Journal (issue)
Mexico ineralogical Record September-October 2003 ❖ Volume 34 Number 5 ❖ $20 Wayne & Dona Leicht,...Van Pelt, Los Angles Mexico Special Issue II The Ojuela Mine Preface to Mexico-II1....................................................... 24 Mapimí District Geology ........................................ from the 1981 find in the San Judas chimney, Level 6, of the Ojuela mine. Houston Museum of Natural...headframes and processing facilities of the Ojuela mine ca. 1900. The famous suspension bridge designed
Book (volume)
MEXICO VOL. IN 1827 11. Shortli) wili be puhlis/ied. VIEWS SIX of the great Towns of Zacatecas...engraved by Mr. Pye. Drawn upon the spot, MEXICO IN 1827. BY H. G. [S WARD, ESQ. MAJESTY'S...CONTENTS THE SECOND VOLUME. BOOK IV. THE MINES OF MEXICO. Page. General Observations : subject, how...same period . . SECTION The Mining System of Mexico of Foreign Companies was of these Companies some...my particularly during . Changes The number Mexico, with the Extent of the which they have had to
Book
REFERRING TO - - MEXICAN MINING PREPARED IN OF MEXICO VIEW OF THE PARTICIPATION IN THE UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION...MINES CARLOS SELLERIER MEXICO. F. P. HOECK AND COMPANY, PRINTERS First San Francisco No. 1901 1 ...REFERRING TO - - MEXICAN MINING PREPARED IN OF MEXICO VIEW OF THE PARTICIPATION IN THE UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION...MINES CARLOS SELLERIER MEXICO. F. P. HOECK AND COMPANY, PRINTERS First San Francisco No. IQOI 12...publishing these brief and incomplete notes, mining Mexico present state of Mexican Mining and of the remarkable
Thesis/Dissertation
The mineralogy of the MapimĂ­ mining district, Durango, Mexico Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction... THE MINERALOGY OF THE MAPIMl' MINING DISTRICT, DURANGO, MEXICO by Victor Joseph Hoffmann A Dissertation...entitled The Mineralogy of the Mapimi Mining District,______ Durango, Mexico______________________________...samples from the mines and offered information on the mine locations and their access. Mr. Salvador Davila...Institution from both the collections of Ojuela mine specimens obtained by Foshag in 1934 and from the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stoppingplacesfor the Pacific Company's steamers;but San Francisco, or " TheCity,"as it is moregenerallydenominated...of the parallel of 6? 415 nearly shuts in that of San Francisco Solano (60 15' N.). The small river Cupica...wretchedwanderers,in the shape of "Lcateadores" or mine hllnters,or the far-sightedvulture,soarillg in mid...and even withinview,are to be found the richest silver-mineson the globe, distributing wealth and independenceto...theMiales of.Copiapo. On all side3, almost daily, llew silver-minesare discovered, sometimesunderthe verythresholdof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
................. The Future of Mining in the District .................................. Bibliography...Guanaco,a't Cerro Blancoand in many other localities; silver was encounteredat Huantajaya, Caracoles, Ladrillos...Tres Puntas, Arqueros and at Chafiarcillo. The silver veins of these celebratedc‱istrictsproved exceedinglyrich...depthsof 50o to 6o0 metersin the southernpart of the district; but the methods of mining‱inusewere not adaptedto...bibliography. THE VEINS OF CHAI‱ARCILLO, CHILE. of the district were flooded. A few tentative efforts have s‱ince
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1988, pp. 1721-1736 BatopilasMining District, Chihuahua,Mexico GREGG WILKERSON, U.S. Departmentof Interior...percentNaC!. Studiesof the later generationof calcite, silver,and minorsulfidesgive Th valuesbetween137þ and...eralization and productionof 300 million oz Of silver (Wilson and a porphyry copper magmatic-hydrothermal...asthe majorand almostexclusiveore mineralin the district. Since no large-scalemining or exploration effort...CREEL ß FIG. 1. Location of the Batopilasmining district in the Sierra Madre Occidental, southwestern Chihuahua
Book (edition)
large pieces are rated so low as their weight in silver. Thus much money expenditure has been essential...the rare and interesting Australia, Russia and Mexico. meteorites from these countries have been largely...the Sie- In Russia maschko Collection. While in Mexico during half a dozen visits we were much aided by...others being stones we have in Australia and in Mexico received but two stones each, the others being...*We have frequently wondered why Glorieta, New Mexico, and Trinity County, California, should be so persistBut
Journal (issue)
...103 by M. Hansen The libethenite zone, Burra mine, South Australia .................................Mineralogical Research Co., 704 Charcot Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131. A list of other dealers in back issues...Quartz, variety amethyst, from Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico. The group is 19 cm tall. Chris W right specimen;...92-meter level,” though all other measurements in the mine will be converted. In short, English units will...worked in the Surveyor’s Department at the Geevor tin mine (Pendeen, Cornwall), and with Consolidated Goldfields
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TERRY From antiqbi@, the quest for silver and, more recently, for silver minerals has M e n expbrers, conquerors...beautiful herringbone plates from Batopilas. Silver and silver-bearing minerals are part of the nobility...associated mining lore or history. Silver financed empires and great wars. Silver is said to have magical purifying...turn lead to silver (both of these myths are partially true!). To the mineral collector, silver minerals...unlike gold, silver is quite a reactive element, forming more than one hundred different silver-bearing minerals
Report (issue)
MExICOn ec BiOrosandeMachoacanm Mogollon News Mexico. Toles AOE cok oe cre Oh Mexiconasey ote teers...cd ce seis sere eats Oh oie Sole tak rN Ocampo: MEXICO We Sasco he Poo sw oS @Ouartz Hail Montana 2a...0000eeceescececscdbeen structural map, or Rico; Colorado, .district: . ..+.5. ssw Fea ive Res five voles ow tod...cureieunertiae ote teers 12 Plan. and section of Sunlight district, Wyoming, 16 4, tires sheik aes ........02+2...through Matehuala half dome, Mexico Aenea SmmSCLUCLUTAlEMaprOrsOllyentons district ColoLadoum Ole Genera
Journal (issue)
. n o t e s f r o m t h e y EDITOR SILVER ISSUE Among the precious metals, gold has always...behind, however, is silver. Though today only about 2% as valuable by weight, silver was nearly on a par...discerns a warm richness to silver that all the others lack. Furthermore, silver has been found as superb...famous and in­ teresting localities for native silver. Of course there are hundreds, perhaps thousands...and plenty remain for future issues. Unlike gold, silver forms the basis for an extensive array of addi­
Book
K FIELD GUIDE to the GEMS and MINERALS of MEXICO (Exclusive of Baja California) A guide to the...Information............ Driving in Mexico................... Trailcring in Mexico ............. 5 6 6 7 8 8........ A Word to the Wise ............. Jade in Mexico......................... Manto and Chimney Deposits...El Antimonio District Cananea District ...... Arizpe District ........... Nacozari District ...... Moctezuma...Moctezuma District ... Hermosillo District ... Alamos District ........ San Bernardo Area Alistos District
Book (volume)
North America Principal silver camps of the Western United States The Great Silver Channel in South America...ore-deposit belts of Colorado and New Mexico The Great Silver Channel 79. Tertiary ore deposits of...descending waters Guanajuato, Mexico; Carmen mine. Upper pressure limit Waihi mine. New Zealand. Upper termination...termination of veins 87. 88. .... platinum district Mountains. Pyroxene-olivene-magnetite rock, showing...dome Magmatic differentiation of molybdenite; Hxmt mine, Renfrew County, Ontario Sudbury, Ontario. Intrusive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
REGIONAL GEOLOGY MINING OF THE CHANARCILLO SILVER DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHILE 1 KENNETH SEGERSTROM........................... 1257 1258 Potential silver resources .......................................for its fabulous bonanzas,is in a long belt of silver-producingmining districts in northern Chile. Part...Cretaceous (?) age are the hosts of the rest of the silver depositsof the region. All of the formations are...faults that follow the same NNE trend as that of the silver deposits,and which are cut by northwest-strikingfaults
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
world's copper production, nearly 30 percent of the silver production, significant amounts of lead, zinc,...the Quechm (the Inca) had words for gold (cori), silver (colqui), the ruby silvers (cochiso), and argentite...Gold was thought of as the "sweat of the sun," silver was the "blood of the moon," and emerald was the...market in the last few years have been spectacular silver specimens from Uchucchacua, Peru; emeralds from...valuable materials. Why some magmas are rich in silver and others are rich in copper remains a subject
Journal (issue)
Otro ejemplo no menos notable existe en la inina «San Felipe)). Las numerosas vetas de crucero de rumbo...varia entre cinco i ocho metros. Desde la mina «San Felipe)) incluso, i hasta la «Buena Esperanza)),...pasta met&lica de plata. Del otro ramo ramo con «San Jose» un rumbo tros de distancia que es ancharon...de los cruceros, la ganga es est^ril. La niina «San i 6 de ancho, del gramos de plafca fina, i lo debe...«Justicia», «Perseverancia», empalman i cruzan las vetas «San Carlos)), «Invitacion)), «Laura)), la corrida «Errazuriz»
Journal (volume)
PORFIKIO DIAZ, President of the United States of Mexico. TRAISACTIOIS OF THE Yol. Containing tiik...the President and the people Uui1.e.d Htates of Mexico. PREFACE. As ]iii[)ers era-l ex])huuo(l of...'‘rhe othi'T found more or and industries of Mexico. Pro(‘(H‘diiigs of <)(‘ on the title-page, this...Laws of Mexico. Precious Stones of Mexico. sion, p. 568), 55 The Value of Ores in Mexico. By N. H...H. Emmons, 2d, The Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico, and Its Ore-Deposits. By James W. Malgolmson (Discussion
Book
AGUASCALIENTES 290 390 MILES DISTRI FEDERfl P A C H MEXICO LEGEND BOUNDARIES - International State or Territory...organization of the production of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in Mexico; (3) the effects of the activities...activities of the mining industry upon Mexico and its economy; and (4) the policies of the Mexican government...and second, revolutionary and postrevolu¬ tionary Mexico. From this study there emerges a picture of an...indicate that “what was good for min¬ ing was good for Mexico.” Later we see the reasons for, and the effects
 
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