 | | Journal (issue) | | Number 5 The JllilpillaB Jlline Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico .............................................with malachite, 5.4 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Fine Minerals International specimen;...the mines and minerals of Mexico is devoted entirely to the Milpillas mine, a relatively new locality...quantities. We published a preliminary report on the mine by Tom Moore and Marcus Origlieri back in 2008,...specimens; they visited Milpillas and went underground with the miners. Since the mine has now shut down permanently |  | | Journal (issue) | | particularly from the huge silver deposits of Mexico and eru. panish silver mining remade the economy...Record, E Figure 3. Montezuma, the ruler of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, is said to have observed a blazing...employed as forced labor, cobbing out silver ore at a mine in Chihuahua; from Louis Simonin s i e ergr u r...mita mestizo E W Figure 18. Indian miners in Mexico, from Louis Simonin s i e ergr u r i e a i er (1869)... Figure 20. An engraving of the School of Mines in Mexico City, opened in 1795, from Calderon de la Barca |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Graham Sutton 4 5 CONTENTS 08 20 22 24 36 6 Milpillas Encore By Peter Megaw and Evan Jones Mineral...Future of Mineral Collecting By Tama Higuchi MILPILLAS ENCORE By Peter Megaw and Evan Jones W e’ve...10 cm, Rosette Pocket, 1100 level, Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico. Unique Minerals specimen. and the...phenomenal specimens that poured from the Milpillas Mine in Sonora, Mexico from 2006-2021. These finds reset...Continued on Page 12 Azurite, Malachite, Milpillas, Mexico, 67x76x84 mm. Gerhard Wagner Collection, László |  | | Journal (issue) | | row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler...the Musonoi mine, Zaire (#950). Jerry Cone photo. Adamite, 5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | silicates are such aesthetic minerals as dioptase, plancheite, and the rare minerals apacheite, ajoite, and...the type locality, the Shattuck or Shattuck-Denn mine at Bisbee, Warren district, Cochise County, after...which the mineral in named (Schaller 1915). The mine itself was developed by one of the Bisbee copper...Shattuckite occurs at the New Cornelia open-pit mine in the Ajo district, Pima County, occasionally in...Pinal County and include the Mammoth–St. Anthony mine (Anthony et al. 1995a), in drill core from the Florence |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the nonexistent In 1975, the Santo Niño and Santa Elena veins were argentite. Acanthite formed as...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...and east of Schlema, 2014 Tucson show. The Imiter mine began its modern producing many quality specimens |  | | 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 (issue) | | p. 258 COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...and Other Minerals from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona Chapter authors: Les...Presmyk and Tony Potucek The Mammoth-St. Anthony mine at Tiger has produced not only large amounts of...Frank Schultz staked the first claims in 1879. The mine began as several separate workings that ultimately |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities like the Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek,...Collection" labels list the name of the lade or mine, the mining district and county, and the assay results...thread, some taken from the surface of the American mine and some from its deepest workings indicating that...that depth does not change the character of the mine. One is impressed by the money as well as the scientific...quartz, interspersed with gold, but the owner of the mine, Mr. Walker, seeing the cabinet, said that the piece |  | | Journal (issue) | | AZURITES 16 Part I: Electric blues from the Milpillas mine. By Bob Jones 16 PREHISTORIC TEXAS Lubbock...others, at an auction. I was told it was taken from a mine in Alaska called Aurora Borealis in the ’60s. I...on, there is an old mine adit bored into a sheer rock wall. Beyond the old mine, there are spectacular...from the Milpillas Mine T Story by Bob Jones he azurite specimens recently mined in Mexico are the...azurite. But this recent source of azurite, the Milpillas mine near Cuitaca, about 25 miles south of the Arizona |  | | Journal (issue) | | M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAY–JUNE 2020 • VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 3 • $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ........................... 487 COVER: BARITE, 6.5 cm, from the Montreal mine. David and Karen DeBruin collection, ex Muscatine...crystals to 1.6 cm on vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana...world-class realgar specimens from the Royal Reward mine, Green River Gorge, King County, Washington. The |  | | Journal (issue) | | Voynick THE WORLD’S FINEST AZURITES Part II: The Milpillas mine has its pockets full of fine crystals. By Bob...area around Zumpango del Rio, Amatlan, Guerro, Mexico. (Jeff Scovil photo/ University of Arizona collection)...shattuckite (basic copper silicate), after the Shattuck mine in Bisbee, Arizona; and the qualifications of minerals...crystalline nate), after Mexico’s historic Ojuela mine; and tsumebite, structure because it is a liquid...historically considered to be after Namibia’s famed Tsumeb mine. About 14% of minerals are named for their chemistry |  | | Catalog/List | | of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagle’s Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized “Leaf” Gold...gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized...Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A “classic” Rhodochrosite with associated...associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful...colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A ‘gem’ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in |  | | Journal (issue) | | or $49.00 for two years; addresses in Canada and Mexico are US$48.00 per year, or US$90.00 for two years;...sample of argyrodite ore from the HimmelsfLirst mine. Argyrodite is an Ag-Ge-sulfide and one of only...running N - S is about 30 cm thick "Reiche Zeche" mine. For visitors having regarding ore-bodies; the other...for good. temperature in the mine is a constant 50°F. The Reiche Zeche mine is now Fortunately for me,just...just a couple of weeks Silver wire; Himmelsfuerst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf near Freiberg maintained as a tourist |  | | Journal (issue) | | M. Gressm an tgressman@comcast.n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic...COVER: METATORBERNITE, 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo...and on the best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine (2015). The Yukon Territory has been one of Rod's...west of the Mackenzie River Delta. The Nanisivik mine on Baffin Island was another prolific locality pioneered...Nanisivik mine, at Rapid Creek in the Yukon, at the El Bonanza mine, at the Society Girl mine, and at Emerald |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystal cluster, 3 cm across, from the Machacamarca mine (Viboras Vein), near Colavi, Potosí Department,...Highlands of Venezuela, about 40 km from the town of Santa Elena in Bolivan state, since the 15th century.... Venezuelan gold specimens to 3.8 cm, from the Santa Elena district. F. John Barlow collection; Wendell...good friend of mine, Jim Minette, worked as superintendent of a large open-pit borax mine that produced...W. E. Sheffield (fl. 1808) Chrysocolla Dalehead mine, Cumberland (Cumbria), England W. E. Sheffield was |  | | Journal (issue) | | the best vesuvianite specimens from the Jeffrey mine in Quebec. In this issue we present a review of...Herodsfoot Mine Work Readers who enjoyed Roy Starkey's superb article on the famous Herodsfoot mine in Cornwall...to the old engine house at the North Herodsfoot mine is being cleared of hundreds of tons of accumulated...restore the magnificent old ruins of the Herodsfoot mine (it does look like a Jot of fun, though!). At the...was originally the Count House for the Herodsfoot mine. Visits by mineral collectors (by appointment) are |  | | Journal (issue) | | Scovil photo. In this issue also: Twin Creeks mine, USA Scott KLEINE, Bryan K. LEES & Malcolm SOUTHWOOD...Spectacular orpiment specimen from Cut 62 in Twin Creeks mine, Nevada, USA; 9.6 cm high. Azurite Corporation specimen...of well-crystallised orpiment at the Twin Creeks mine in Northern Nevada, USA, and it's subsequent extraction...them the mining company that owns and operates the mine, and the other a company that spe- Marshallsussmanite...hydroxyapophyllite, from the 2011 find at the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. Marshall |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lavinskyite, isotypic with plancheite, a new mineral from the Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese fields...Fluoritlagerstätte Okorusu in Namibia 62-65 Rogerley mine, Weardale, England 66-81 Neufunde aus der Vulkaneifel...déjà-vu gevoel – met de nieuwe azuriet uit Milpillas, Mexico als nagenoeg enige uitzondering. Die werd...creedietspecimens uit de Mina Navidad, Durango, Mexico – je weet wel, die grote oranje stekelbollen die...als overwegend sabugaliet met wat autuniet uit de Mine Margnac in de Franse Périgord – alleen heet dat |  | | Report (issue) | | of the Questa porphyry molybdenum deposit in New Mexico suggests that the ore fluid was probably derived...(1968) found that the pyrite content at Santa Rita, New Mexico, increases from irregular zones with <1...pyrite, pyrite, and galena + sphalerite. As at Santa Rita, at Bingham the inner zone has little pyrite...copper-bearing mineral assemblages at the Lakeshore mine in Arizona, as follows: chalcocite zone, brochantite...solutions (Hartley and Rice, 2005). At the Lakeshore mine in Arizona, Cook (1988) found chrysocolla mineralization |  | | Journal (issue) | | net NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 2022 Articles The Laohuan mine, Goncheng, Zhuang, Guangxi, China.................yellow pyromoprhite crystals, 9 cm, from the Laohuan mine, Gongcheng County, Guangxi, China. Federico Pezzotta...w w.FineMineral.com Copper Pearl Handle Pit Ray Mine, Arizona 13 cm Copper has been an essential metal...ability to form sharp crystals, examples from the Ray Mine are among the finest in the world. This beautifully...OF FINE AND RARE MINERAL SPECIMENS The Laohuan Mine G0ngcheng, Zhuang, Guangxi, China Wendell E. Wilson |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................. 15 W. E. Wilson The Piedmont mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ....................................... 29 B. L. Muntyan The San Manuel mine, Pinal County, Arizona ...........................& W. E. Wilson Mineral collecting at the Magma mine, . . Superior, Arizona ..........................123 L. Presmyk & M. Hay Treasures of the Magma mine, Pinal County, Arizona .................................... 147 W. E. Wilson & Mark Hay The Ford mine, Pinal County, Arizona ........................ |  | | Book | | Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous...ilmenite crystals as described here for the Dodo mine. In general, ilmenite crystals from the Subpolar |  | | Journal (issue) | | showing Two Errors In the last issue of Ro,kj 011d Mine,-aJJ an unfortunate error occurred on page 804 in...one by J. J. Glass and others, ldocrase from New Mexico, Am. Mineral. Vol. 29, May-June 1944. Rock1 and...constituent of the idocrase that they have found in New Mexico. Similarity to Other Minerals Vesuvianife is closely...Jistributed throughout the ribbon rock tactite ( in Ne"' Mexico) , and occurs . in larger concentration s in a...inferior goods. Possibly 90% of gems produced in a mine can be placed in that category. In prewar times |  | | Book (edition) | | 1) and AZURITE, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico (13, column 2). Colar, page 108 Transpose illustrations...Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...Transpose illustrations for TELLURITE, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (#2, column 1) and TENNANTITE, Dresser quarry...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely... Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise n1ine, Dolores |
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Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico