 | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...(hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected in 1958;...pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken...Cerussite twins on matrix, 6.5 cm, from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham County, Arizona. Ken |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | the following page) from the open-pit magnesite mine at Podrečany, Czechoslovakia (now just Slovakia)...find of siderite in the Milpillas mine, Sonora, Mexico. If siderite specimens from Milpillas were present...in the Milpillas mine (see the print report coming up in May-June). Rob says that his siderite specimens...matrix plates on which gemmy brown, scalenohedral siderite crystals, with a few individuals reaching 1 cm...=============== Siderite, 5 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Arkenstone specimen; |  | | Report (issue) | | a whiff of Mexico too. There are many good things here from the famous Little Three mine, Ramona district...blue topaz: Topaz, 6 cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California....impressive: Axinite, 5 cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California....County, especially from the Stewart mine. And from the Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande district, San Diego County...(besides plenty of elbaites) such rarities from that mine as cassiterite, hambergite, and a large, superb |  | | Journal (issue) | | with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...7 THE COLLECTIONS 1 1 Malcolm Alter Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Mark Kielbaso Jim & Imelda Klein...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...enough, just across the border to the south is Mexico, rieb in active mines where miners are gathering...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange |  | | Report (issue) | | show Jordi also scored something interesting from Mexico and something else from Brazil, and now all of...six miniatures from a new find of vanadinite on siderite from the old locality of Taouz, Morocco. 1 ...============================= Vanadinite on siderite, 4.6 cm, from Taouz, Tafilalt district near Erfoud...masses of dull brown siderite with open cavities lined by sharp rhombohedral siderite crystals, and, resting...==== Co-rich calcite, 7.8 cm, from the Oumlil mine, Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate, Morocco. Fabre Minerals |  | | 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) | | (rniddle colurnn) Fluorite, 5.3 cm, from Naica, Mexico---Stephen Blyskal and Sigrid Stewart collection;...like those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have been...ofLeadville, Colorado. Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico and Arizona as a prospector, he leamed some mineralogy...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | describes his recent visits to a small former fluorite mine 2.5 kilometers north of the village of Mihalkovo...border with Greece. Until its closure in 1994 this mine produced fluorite for industrial uses, and, it seems...fine-grained mixture of siderite and sphalerite after calcite, from the Broken Hill mine, Aggeneys, Northern...======= Siderite/Sphalerite epimorphs after calcite, 14.2 cm, from the Broken Hill mine, Aggeneys,...Gegentrum mine, Frohnau, Annaberg district. Fluorite, 8 cm, from the Bergsmannisch Glück Gegentrum mine, Frohnau |  | | Journal (issue) | | | w w w. FineMineral.com Tourmaline Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil. 19.5 cm Fine Minerals International proudly...greenmountainminerals.com BA R I T E 12 X 8” Parkside Mine, Frizington Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK Photo...specular hematite. In the bed of the access road to the mine, which descends the scarp of the Neogene plateau...authors Bartorelli and Cornejo a tour of several mine workings. One of the mines is reached through a...Fanadinho Creek and the Fanado River. Adão’s open pit mine is nowadays in full operation, having received artisanal |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | Izaguirre, Aldo, Iriondo, Alexander, Kunk, Michael J., McAleer, Ryan J., Atkinson, William W., Martínez-Torres, Luis M. (2017) Tectonic Framework for Late Cretaceous to Eocene Quartz-Gold Vein Mineralization from the Caborca Orogenic Gold Belt in Northwestern Mexico*. Economic Geology, 112 (6) 1509-1529 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2017.4519 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Caborca Orogenic Gold Belt in Northwestern Mexico* Aldo Izaguirre,1,2,† Alexander Iriondo,1 Michael...Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla, 76230, Querétaro, Mexico 2 Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Departamento... del Charro 450, 32310, Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico 3 U.S. 4 Department 5 Department Geological Survey...gold-bearing quartz veins and extends from northwestern Mexico into the southwestern United States. The Caborca...affected the Cordillera forearc region in northwestern Mexico as a response to the flat subduction and the eastward |  | | Catalog/List | | August 2020 4 5 Fluorite on Quartz Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China 6.35 cm tall x 6...with Pyrite Inclusions on Manganocalcite Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China 16 cm tall x 18 cm...wide 14 15 Azurite Milpillas Mine, Mun de Nacozari de Garcia, Sonora, Mexico 14 cm tall x 10.2 cm wide...tall x 7 cm wide 22 23 The Tourmaline Queen Mine draws its fame from the “Blue Cap” pocket discovered...This “Green Cap” tourmaline comes from the same mine. Identical in every way except for the color of |  | | Journal (issue) | | his reach into other countries including China, Mexico and Colombia. His fledgling dealership grew so...notably in Zambia, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, USA, Mexico, Namibia, the Ural Mountains, and Australia. When...Instead, the bar is set by places like Guerrero, Mexico, the mountain ranges of the Brandberg and Goboboseb...Jackson Crossroads, Georgia in the USA, Vera Cruz-Las Vigas, Mexico, and Denny Mountain, Washington, USA. ...crystals of its purple variety, amethyst. The municipality of Amatitlán is centrally located within the |  | | Report (issue) | | months” in the Big Bear orebody in the Fletcher mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri; these...twin, 6 cm, from the Big Bear orebody, Fletcher mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri. Weinrich...Galena, 4 cm, from the Big Bear orebody, Fletcher mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri. Weinrich...attractive specimens has been given as the Ortega mine in the Mundo-Tamboras district, Sanchez Carrion...occurrence was actually in a previously unnamed mine that the Ortega brothers, who developed it for the |  | | Journal (issue) | | level of the underground mine was refurbished to accommodate visitors, showing mine workings dating from...village of Almadenejos we find: The Vieja Concepción mine. Here it is possible to visit part of the historic...(dating from 1755 to 1757). The Nueva Concepción mine. The Baritel de San Carlos (San Carlos shaft house)... Also included is the Refugio shaft and various mine buildings. HISTORY AND MINING Archeological remains...area where the Almadén mines are located (Sisapo 5 “mine” in the Celtic language). Most of the 17 books of |  | | Journal (issue) | | EUCLASE with Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See...DENVER MART EXPO HALL ROOMJ53 BARITE 20.3 CM XIEFANG MINE , GANZHOU PREFECTURE , JIANGXI PROVINCE , CHINA...1751 was funded mainly by donations from wealthy mine owners and from simple mining families. Modem times...when the area was also being referred to as Bana ("Mine"), and in 1228 when the name Argentifodina ("Silver...runoff from the mine dumps); this was later combined with the word Banska meaning "mine." The name Banska |  | | Journal (issue) | | FLUORffE Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe...Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China. Ex Steve Smale Kunzite spodumene, 11 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais...collection. Joe Budd photo. Pyrite on quartz and siderite, 8 cm, Simplon Tunnel, near Brig, Valais, Switzerland |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...............363 by C. J. Stefano The Nakhlak Mine, Anarak District, Esfahan Province, Iran..........species hauckite (type locality: the Sterling Hill mine) was named in his honor in 1980, in recognition...Robert (left) and Richard Hauck in the Sterling mine (2008). J.R. Glover photo. American Mineral Heritage...brothers, goes back to the closing of the famous mine in 1986, and the resulting auction of the property...their family farm and purchased the Sterling Hill mine and its various above-ground facilities for $750 |  | | 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;...hemispherical brown balls on them - they are said to be siderite, ilvaite and stilpnomelane. There is a chance...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystal with calcite, 6.5 cm, from the Cosq uez mine, Colombia; found in 1998. Scott Rudolph collection............................................... 22 Mine Exploitation (or not) Today ......................Detail of the area marked by the rectangle, showing Santa Fe de Bogota (lower right) and "Musos" (Muzo) about...occurrences (abandoned), The Nemoc6n mine is primarily a salt mine refitted as a tourist attraction; it...(including the La Chapa, Camancha, Alumbral, Guincha, Santa Barbara, El Chulo and Yacopi), and in the Eastern |  | | Journal (issue) | | January–February 2009 Articles Topaz from near El Chaltén, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. . . . . . . . . ...cm (4 inches), from the Morro da Mina manganese mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Probably...2008 issue for his article on the Mockingbird gold mine). Like the rest of us on the staff, he will be striving...January–February, 2009 5 Topaz from near El Chaltén Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Robert Brandstetter Auweg...Neuquen, Río Negro and Santa Cruz, the latter being our destination. 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Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico