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Opal from
Tres Marias mine, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tres Marias mine, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:616937
Long-form Identifier:1:3:616937:4
GUID (UUID V4):17282cbd-111f-4745-88fa-91a86fd53084
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
21.1km (13.1 miles) Apex mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
47.2km (29.3 miles) Ferandes Mine (Destolin Mine; Scott claims; Gatlin claims), Christmas Mountains, Brewster County, Texas, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sites off Southern California, the west coast of Mexico, and within the Gulf of California. These sites...This site lies just south and landward of the Tres Marias Island chain. 3. METHODS Coring was conducted...infer slow dissolution kinetics for sedimentary opal as compared to Corg degradation (Schink et al.,...it could indicate Corg rain associated with non-opal grains. Although the diagenetic behavior of biogenic...these two constituents. The remineralization of opal and Corg that most affects dissolved flux is focused
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with up to 41.38 wt% Cd) and wurtzite, subordinate opal, pyrite, chalcopyrite and Fe-oxyhydroxides, as well...Cu-rich chimneys contain numerous channels filled with opal sinters. The sulfide edifice was oxidized from the...more compact opal–Zn sulfide zone up to 1.5 cm thick rimmed by an almost continuous dense opal–Zn sulfide...sulfide layer up to 1 mm thick; (iii) A zone of porous opal–Zn sulfide aggregates up to 4 cm thick with a small...samples are characterized by a higher amount of opal (Figure 2d). 4.2. Mineralogy of Massive Sulfides
Report (volume)
Billings, M. P., 1. look: Clifford, O. C., Jr. Mexico, Paricutin ash deposits, Ore detection by new devices:...geological history and Future: Conselman, F. B. , 7. Mexico: Guzman Jimenez, E. J., petroleum geology: Thomas...limonite: Keller, W. D., 5. Moneymaker, B. C., 1. Mexico; Rodriguez Cabo, J., Jr. ,1. Indian Mtn. area:...Oxygen-isotope variations, MalasCleary Hill gold mine, soluble pina Glacier: Epsteina, S., 7. heavy metals...River field, stripAirborne: Dempsey, W. J., 2R; mine possibilities: Maloney, Moxham, R. M., 5R. R. P
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chalzedon, Kalzit, Limonit, Sph~irosiderit, Siderit, Opal, der yon bier erstmals beschriebene ,Mauritzit"... Ouro Preto, Belo Horizonte, Sete Lagoas, Tr~s Marias bis zur Hauptstadt Brasilia. Zum Untersehied von...Gebiete Ffibriea Mine - - Ouro Preto - Pieo de Itabira. Im Tagbau der Ffibriea Mine lernten wit den Abbau...Sehiefertonen fiber denen bei Tres Marias feinsandige Sehiefertone folgen. Westlieh Tres Marias liegen fiber der eokambrisehen...Kraubath (K. A. REDLmrI) mit Meerschaum, Deweylith, Opal, Chalcedon. b) Bmcitparagenese (H. MEIXNER, 1937)
Journal (issue)
Alice S. Keller FEAW ARTICLES The Anahi Ametrine Mine, Bolivia Paulo M. Vasconcelos, Hans-Rudolf Wenk...7994 GemokgicalInstitute ofAmerica Anahi Ametrine Mine 0 ne of the most interesting gem materials to...open-door policy practiced by the current owners of the mine has made it possible to disseminate reliable information...a-na-e)ainetrine mine is located in eastern Bolivia, near the border with Brazil [figure 2). The Anahi mine produces...for further testing, the authors traveled to the mine in October 1992 (PMV)and August 1993 (PMV, HRW,
Report (volume)
headings are: ALABAMA, ALBERTA, CANADA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, NEVADA, UNITED STATES. CANADA and UNITED STATES...-Asociacion Mexicana de Geologos Petroleros Boletfn. Mexico, D.F. Assoc. Am. Geographers Annals-Association...and Gas Industries. Gardenvale, Quebec. Ciencia. Mexico, D.F. Colo. School Mines Mineral Industries Bull...Gr¢nland. Copenhagen. Mexico Consejo Rec. Naturales no Renovables Bol.-Mexico Consejo de Recursos Naturales...Boletfn. Mexico, D.F. Mexico Univ. Nac., Inst. Geolog!a Bol.; Paleontologia Mexicana-Mexico Universidad
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
concentrations in marine sediments from the California, Mexico, Peru, and Chile margins to ascertain the behavior...margin settings. At sites along the California, Mexico, and Peru margins where there are estimates of...from 0–50 nmol m2 day1. At the California and Mexico margin sites Mo accumulation rates range from 0...consistent with reported Mo:Corg rain ratios from Mexico margin sediment traps. In contrast to Mo, there...data from a number of cores along the California, Mexico, Peru, and Chile margins. These data point to authigenic
Journal (issue)
in bastnäsite • Flashes and flames in Ethiopian opal • Cat’s eye imitation pen pearls • Negative crystals...metal mounting and emphasize the gems. Photo by Manuel Silveira Ramos, courtesy of the Ajuda National...resistance from powerful empires—the Aztecs in Mexico and the Incas in Peru— the Portuguese were confronted...adventurers (Draper, 1950a). In 1695, at Rio das Velhas, Manuel Borba Gato finally discovered gold, triggering...Roggewein, the Portuguese had discovered a diamond mine not far from St Sebastian [a coastal village near
Report (volume)
minero, vols. 34, 35. Mexico City. Boletln del petrSleo, vols. 34, 35, Mexico City. ° Boletln de petr61eo...petr61eo y minas, vols. 1, 2, 3 (nos. 1, 2). Mexico City. Boston Society of Natural History: Bulletins 66-73;...vols. 9, 10. Sharon, Mass. Copenhttgne, Museum de mine"ralogie et de ge"ologie, cle PUniversite' de Copenhague:...pale"ontologiques, nos. 41, 44-46, 48-50; Contributions mine"ralogiques, no. 24. Kobcnhavn, Denmark. Denison...Geologla, Universidad Nacional Autonoma, Mexico: Anuario, 1932. Mexico City. Iowa Academy of Sciences: Proceedings
Report (volume)
St S Com Maine State Survey Commission Mex I G .Mexico, Instituto GeolOgico Miss G S .Mississippi State...95; Prouty, 09, 12; Smith (E A), 76a; Labausage mine: Evans (A W), 09. Raccoon Mountain field: Gibson...Mountain: Aldrich (jr), 08 Talladega Co., Gold Log mine: Bastin, 16a Granites: Watson, 10 Iron: Chauvenet...Alabamornis: A'lei, 06: Lucas, 08 Alabaster, Tecali, .Mexico: Barcena, 748 Aladdin folio (no. 128): Darton,...Peninsula: Grant (U S), 09b, lOs Kennicott Bonanza mine: Storm, 10 Ketchikan and Wrangell districts: Wright
Report (volume)
headings are: ALABAMA, ALBERTA, CANADA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, NEVADA, and UNITED STATES. CANADA and UNITED STATES...Academia Nacional de Ciencias Memorias y Revista. Mexico, D.F. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Mon.; Notulae...Asociaci6n Mexicana de Ge61ogos Petroleros Boletfn. Mexico, D.F. Asoc. Venezolana Geologla, Minerla y Petroleo...Bibliografico de Geofisica y Oceanografia Americanas. Mexico, D.F. Bol. Historia Nat. Boletin de Historia Natural... Minas y Petr61eo Boletin de Minas y Petroleo. Mexico, D.F. Boston Soc. Civil Engineers Jour. Boston
Book (volume)
and they are in a way all canaries in the coal mine of our common environment, experiencing dramatic...lowland tanagers and allies distributed from southern Mexico south to Argentina. This study was the first to...occurs from the Caribbean slope of south-eastern Mexico southwards. The colours are richest in this northern...most closely related to the Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia) and Opal-crowned Tanager (Tangara callophrys)...species of Tangara. For example, the Paradise, Opal-rumped and Opal-crowned Tanagers occur sympatrically in
Journal (volume)
centers of the state exhibits of minerals, rocks, mine models, etc. a service laboratory for the determination...porous cement in the grid. Table 17. United States mine production of lead. ; Average tons per Percent...Utah Montana Colorado California, Nevada, New Mexico, Washington 212,553 415,029 21.66 12.94 4.12...Table 17 shows the geographical distribution of mine production of lead in the United States and table...States of America ore). (foreign ore)_. Canada Mexico Total 415,029 23.88 69,942 194,250 210,957
Report (volume)
petr61eo vols. 34, 35. Mexico City. Boletfn de petr61eo y minas vols. 1-8. Mexico City. Boletin minero...minero vols. 34-35. Mexico City. Boston Society of Natural History: Bulletins 66-79, name changed with no....Iowa City, Iowa. Irrigaci6n en Mexico vols. 6-15, 17-20 (nos. 1-3). Mexico City. Japan Imperial Earthquake...6gico-mineras 1, 2; Folleto de divulgaci6n 32, 35-39. Mexico City. 12 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY...N. J. New Mexico School of Mines: Bulletins 6-14; Circulars 1-5. Socorro, N. Mex. New Mexico State Engineers'
Report (volume)
Permian salt deposits, west Texas and eastern New Mexico [abs] Geol Soc Amenca Spec Paper 73, p 269, 1963...Lower Cretaceous Ahs1tos Formation, Baja Cahforma, Mexico [abs] Jour Paleontology, v 37, no 4, p 976, 1963...portiOns of the northern contmental shelf, Gulf of Mexico, as determrned by seismic refraction measurements...Seismic-refraction measurements on the margms of the Gulf of Mexico [abs] Geol Soc Amenca Spec Paper 73, p 105-106... west-central New Mexico, m Guidebook of the Socorro regiOn, New Mexico-New Mexico Geol Soc, 14th Field
Journal (volume)
Manager, Co., New York. State Engineer and Ex-officio Mine Inspector, Bismarck, N. D. Collins, George Coal...James Gold in Utah. Lead in Utah. Chief State Mine Inspector, Hartford, Ark. Coal Mining in Arkansas...Alabama Iron Market. Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico. Coal Mining in Mexico. iii THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IV Fulton... Lead in British Columbia. Jones, John D. Chief Mine Inspector, Denver, Colo. Coal Mining in Colorado...Metallurgy and Uses of Alumi¬ num in 1909. State Mine Inspector, Boise, Idaho. Morrison, W. Professor
Report (issue)
pumiceous trachyte, highly altered platy lavas, and opal. The cliffs along the northwestern coast of the...for the most part strongly altered, generally to opal. Feldspar phenocrysts are completely replaced by...and the glassy groundmass by opaque, whitish opal. Clear opal and chalcedony line some of the vesicles,...lava field there are tunnels partly coated with opal, presumably deposited by siliceous springs. A few...from the Revillagigedo Islands off the coast of Mexico. Petrography Olivine basalts and picrites, which
Book
Antillean-Caribbean Region, or the Lands Bordering the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean ures. Sea. 811 pages. 6 by...ANTILLEAN-CARIBBEAN REGION The Lands Bordering the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea BY CHARLES SCHUCHERT, ...geology of the lands bordering the entire Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean regions. The result has been the...length of more than 3000 miles from northwestern Mexico to eastern Panama and a width varying from about...oil-bearing strata. The account of the geology of Mexico, written in the autumn of 1931, owes a great deal
Book (edition)
also worked to a small extent. The Corundum Hill mine, Macon County, North Carolina, is about 8 miles...on Cullasagee Creek, and is the largest corundum mine in the United States. The mineral occurs in a peridotite...From the beginning of operations 'IJ,ntil 1900 the mine produced annually f!'OO to 800 tons of cleaned corundum...include the Behr mine, which had the best equipped corundum mill in the state; the Isbel mine, where the mineral...mineral occurs in an amphibolite dike, and the Herbert mine, where a number of very small veins of almost solid
Report (issue)
pollen grains is presented for the region bordering Mexico. The sequence of volcanic ash layers found in the...Canada. Large positive anomalies are found west of Mexico and the Isthmus of Panama, and in the region from...Koide (1962) have been cor- rected for CaCO; and opal content. In the central Pacific west of Hawaii...central yrs, which seems much too low, even on an opal-free basis. EFFECT OF TOPOGRAPHY AND RELIEF ...of the Middle America Trench near Tehuantepec, Mexico DANIEL HABIB Department of Geology, Queens College
Journal (volume)
•LEGENDMining Division Boundaries Mining Division Offices. MEXICO PREFACE The Division of Mines (formerly State...have reached 1200 ft, in depth at only one mine. Oro Fina Mine, last worked in 1922, has been the largest...of 700 ft., in the schist, However, the Zantgraf Mine, in the amphibolite schist at the border of this...important producer in this belt has been the Rising Sun Mine, but it is interesting to note that its vein outcrops...crystallized pieces as at the Garbe and de Maria Mine in Lady's Canyon or it may occur in a vein along
Book (edition)
Township, mine, Carlow all in the main from Methuen Township, County, and Jewelville mine, belt...deposit had been unsuccessfully worked as an iron mine. Previous to 1913, almost all the emery from the...York, and 11 miles by road. The altitude of the mine is approximately 2800 ft. “The valuable mineral...Modern Garnet Mills Operated (describes the Barton mine and 21. 22. W. mill). Abrasive Industry J. Miller:...American countries collectively, Australia and Mexico. Consumption in the three last named has expanded
Report (issue)
structural complications. .A zone of ellipsoidal opal concretions, similar to those in the Monterey of...shale containing a few phosphatic nodules; layer of opal concretions 3 feet above base and scattered concretions...tuff, which may have acted as a lubricant. If the opal concretions in unit 22 of the preceding section...part and hard silicified tuff in the lower part. Opal concretions were observed in a highway cut southeast...porcelaneous shale__-_--89. Cherty shale; 3 layers of opal concretions. _ _ _ _ 88. Shale, softer and more
Report (volume)
(including District of Columbia). Massachusetts. Mexico. Michigan. Minnesota. Mississippi. Missouri. Montana...Nebraska. Nevada. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. New York. North Carolina. Ohio. Oregon. Pennsylvania...Washington, 1848. Report on examination of New Mexico in the years 1846-47. Keport Sec. War, 30tb Cong...microscopical character of the ore of Tread well mine, Alaska. Am. Geol., vol. 4, pp. 88-93,1889. Abstract... 151, Washington, 1884. Adams, W. H. Coals in Mexico, Santa Rosa district. Am. lust. Mining Eug., Trans
 
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