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Galena from
Proaño Mine, Fresnillo, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Proaño Mine, Fresnillo, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:702448
Long-form Identifier:1:3:702448:1
GUID (UUID V4):695f01d9-3a35-4305-9afb-9e26ee18fee9
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
1.6km (1.0 miles) Fresnillo, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
41.0km (25.5 miles) Francisco I. Madero Mine, Francisco I. Madero, Zacatecas Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
51.5km (32.0 miles) Bote Mine, Zacatecas, Zacatecas Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
92.7km (57.6 miles) Bilbao Mine, La Blanca, Ojocaliente Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
94.3km (58.6 miles) Santa Caterina Mine, Nieves, General Francisco Murguía Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
94.3km (58.6 miles) San Gregorio Mine, Nieves, General Francisco Murguía Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
94.3km (58.6 miles) San José Mine, Nieves, General Francisco Murguía Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Mexico ineralogical Record November-December 2003 ❖ Volume 34 Number 6 ❖ $20 Wayne & Dona Leicht,...Angles Mexico Special Issue III Los Lamentos Famous Mineral Localities: The Erupción/Ahumada Mine, Los...District, Chihuahua, Mexico ...................................... 4 by W. E. Wilson Fresnillo Famous Mineral...Mineral Localities: Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico .............. 36 by T. C. Wallace & M. K. Hall-Wallace ...Famous Mineral Localities: Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico .............. 55 by W. Lieber & Gerhard Frenzel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LONG-LIVED HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM IN THE FRESNILLO SILVER DISTRICT, MEXICO: CONSTRAINTS FROM 40Ar/39Ar GEOCHRONOLOGY...Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of...Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, New Mexico 87801 Abstract...Abstract The ore deposits of Fresnillo have produced silver for more than 450 years and contain resources...resources of approximately 1 Goz. Mineralization in Fresnillo occurs in epithermal veins hosted by a Middle
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
these pseudomorphs are common in that in 1970 Fresnillo seemed to be exhausted. deposits around the world...Obersachsen (Germany), Fresnillo in Zacatecas and acanthite appeared, so that since 1980 Fresnillo and San Juan...Juan de Rayas in Guanajuato (Mexico) and has become the richest silver mine in the world, in more recently...ceased vein. The San Juan production by the de Rayas mine in time of World War II. Guanajuato also In 1946...very city In Morocco, the of Oberschlema Bou Azzer mine, itself, which finally already very had to be relocated
Journal (issue)
KHURSHEED DINSHAW NEVADA PATENT MINE 34 United States’ only active azurite mine. STUART “TATE” WILSON Regular...Azuritecredit) with Malachite,. (photo Milpillas Mine, Mexico : ARKENSTONE specimen now in the Jeff Kremer...of Tiffany Stone are no longer available from the mine at Delta Utah, even though the beryl content is... Mexican miners working underground at Ojuela mine circa 1908. Note safety equipment of the day. IMAGE...have Mexico become a reliable source of mineral specimen wealth – and periodic surprises. Mexico is a
Report (issue)
Geology—Mexico. 2. Geology, Structural—Mexico. 3. Faults (Geology)—Mexico. 4. Ore deposits—Mexico. I. Alaniz-Álvarez...The evolution of Middle America and the Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean Sea region during Mesozoic time: Geological...Tectonostratigraphic Terranes and Tectonic Evolution of Mexico: Geological Society of America Special Paper 278...and copper ore deposits (e.g., Fresnillo and Juani- 3 cipio, Zacatecas; Cananea and Nacozari, Sonora;...Durango SW 40 Es Mazatlán Tertiary faults Zacatecas Te ca Za lim it o fO axa quia Zac. 25 rit
Journal (issue)
Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...that men would be hired as laborers to work the mine and help develop it, but that no men would be involved...September–October, 2019 7 HISTORY had declined and the mine was sold. Today it is formally owned by “the children...time collection,” he said, “collected by a former mine superintendent over a period of many years. Nearly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphosalts, alunite, barite, quartz) Pyrite-sphalerite-galena-chalcopyrite-dickite-kaolinitequartz±(siderite...alunite), and an outermost known zone of pyrite-galena-sphalerite -siderite±(kaolinite, dolomite, Zn-bearing...Ligarda 2004). The historical Zn–Pb–(Ag) Colquijirca mine is located further to the north and has been an...Cu–(Zn–Pb–Ag–Bi) zone where chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena predominate; and (3) an outer Zn–Pb–(Ag) envelope...envelope mainly composed of sphalerite and galena. Cordilleran veins systematically cut the precious metal
Journal (volume)
se 7 The Only Mining Journal Pablithed in Mexico. Vhe Mexican Mining Journal Published SKConthly...— Vhe Mexican Mining Journal APARTADO 105 £IS. MEXICO CITY, MEX. THE MEXICAN MINING JORNAL INDEX TO...20 and 1. January to December 1915. Accounts Mine, System Action of Dissolved Air of, in Mill Pulp...and Folation, Air and Temperature in the Deepest Mine in the World,. Air, Compressed, for Ore Flotation...Ore 242 American Society of Mexico, 145,.. 198 American Society of Mexico, Organization of, 158 Analysis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sphalerite, galena ± (pyrite, quartz, dickite, kaolinite, barite); (6) sphalerite, galena, pyrite ± (hematite...dickite, kaolinite) and external parts by sphalerite, galena ± (sericite, kaolinite, dickite, hematite, Mn-Fe...quartz) and external zones with Fe-rich sphalerite, galena, pyrrhotite ± (MnFe carbonates, sericite, chlorite...tennantite, and chalcopyrite zones meters sphalerite-galena and Zn-bearing carbonates zones Epithermal high...volcanic complex (mainly at Smelter) and by sphalerite-galena bodies in more distal parts, mainly farther to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sphalerite, galena ± (pyrite, quartz, dickite, kaolinite, barite); (6) sphalerite, galena, pyrite ± (hematite...dickite, kaolinite) and external parts by sphalerite, galena ± (sericite, kaolinite, dickite, hematite, Mn-Fe...quartz) and external zones with Fe-rich sphalerite, galena, pyrrhotite ± (MnFe carbonates, sericite, chlorite...tennantite, and chalcopyrite zones meters sphalerite-galena and Zn-bearing carbonates zones Epithermal high...volcanic complex (mainly at Smelter) and by sphalerite-galena bodies in more distal parts, mainly farther to
Journal (issue)
Exploration Adventures in the 1980s in Brazil, by Juan Proaño. **Nighttime Mineral Collecting: 6:00 pm – 10:00...Hill Mining Museum. Collecting permitted on the Mine Run Dump and in the Fill Quarry, Passaic Pit, and...Hill Mining Museum. Collecting permitted on the Mine Run Dump and in the Fill Quarry, Passaic Pit, and...and a fine citrine quartz from San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The Greipels’ second case, titled “Metals,” showed...as stunning rainbow obsidian from Guadalajara, Mexico. Two vases made of polychrome serpentine from Taiwan
 
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