 | | Book | | anc MINERALS OF MEXICO 7 | : = Pras #0 AaprTTARE ; | MINERALS OF MEXICO William D. Panczner...The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission...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...is * CONTENTS Foreword Preface Important Mining Districts Discovery and Developments in México | | | Book | | "'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'« u~ o V :¾ MEXICO r - ·•-.. ·-··-··-··-·· < •• ....... V S TATES...org/details/mineralsofmexico0000panc MINERALS OF MEXICO • ERALS OF ~XICO M ______ William D. Panczner...The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | cultural standpoint. These are localities rich in mining history and regional flavor; the old drifts and...2 Germany An historical perspective on silver mining in G erm any.................. by W. Lieber and...n ta rio ............... 49 by W. E. Wilson Batopilas Famous mineral localities: the Batopilas District...District, Chihuahua, M e x ic o ...........................................................................(Berman • an historical perspective on silver mining in ©crmang — » » Werner Lieber Baden-Badener-Strasse |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PRIMARY NATIVE SILVER ORES AT BATOPILAS, MEXICO, AND BULLARD'S PEAK, NEW MEXICO Pnrrrp KnreGnn, Columbia Uniaersity...similar association in the mines of the Cobalt district of Ontario is so well known that further mention...More recently the depositsof the Great Bear Lake district have been studied by Kidd2 where a similar association...arsenides are associatedwith native silver and pyrargyrite. The silver minerals at this locality are also...considered to be of primary origin. At Sabinal, in Chihuahua, Mexico,anative silver and other silver minerals are |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1988, pp. 1721-1736 BatopilasMining District, Chihuahua,Mexico GREGG WILKERSON, U.S. Departmentof Interior...Texasat El Paso,El Paso,Texas79968 Abstract The Batopilas miningdistrictisoneof the few miningdistrictswherethe...ores. Two kilometerssouthwest of the villageof Batopilas is an areaof approximately 5 km2 devoidof vegetation...analysisof thisdistrict southwestern cornerof Chihuahua(Fig. 1). The dis- (Wilkerson, 1983) and is summarizedherein...asthe majorand almostexclusiveore mineralin the district. Since no large-scalemining or exploration effort |  | | Book | | K FIELD GUIDE to the GEMS and MINERALS of MEXICO (Exclusive of Baja California) A guide to the...Spanish-English, English-Spanish glossary of gem, mineral and mining terms. BY PAUL WILLARD JOHNSON Price $2.00 r...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: The Trucco mining district, Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero, Mexico ...........................The Refugio mine, Municipio de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico .................................. .453 by WE...mineral localities: Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico ......................................................471 by WE . Wilson Jfndre_s Del :Bio Andres Manuel Del Rio (1764-1849): The Father of Mexican...Ferry ~alace of Jlline_s The Palace of Mines in Mexico City .................................... .497 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Connecticut; and and nearby mines of the Caribou district, as as an accessory mineral in the are wiry masses...mines, New Jerfrom the White Raven mine, Ward district, sey. Wire silver has been found in Boulder County...the Chimney Rock quarry, mines of the Georgetown district, as wires Somerset County, and the Planten with...County. Silver wires are Almaden mine, Fall River district, Clear reported from similar occurrences in Creek...of the Rubythe Perkiomen mine, Montgomery Irwin district, Gunnison County. Although County, Pennsylvania |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Pyrargyrite Downloaded by [New York University] at 17:35...17:35 07 October 2014 Fresniflo, Zacatecas, Mexico B x years ago this column featured proustite, an arsenic...dominant member of the family, the antimony-analog pyrargyrite, is similarly sought, yet offers collectors somewhat...specimens of pyrargyrite have been recovered from an interesting array of important mining districts; it...currently available from Mexico and, to a lesser extent, Peru. When fresh, pyrargyrite is dark red; however |  | | Catalog/List | | PST CATALOG $30.00 United States $45.00 Canada/Mexico pee - PRICE: yarene SUPERIOR A DGSE GALI...and Nevada were his favorites because of their mining and coin minting history. During his second year...the university, Kevin delved into mineralogy and mining history, and began to update his mineral collection...exploring scores of abandoned mining towns from California to New Mexico to Montana. He did extensive...and in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | after argentite from the Rayes mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....County (Genth 1891); and mines of the Virgilina district, Halifax County, Virginia (Dietrich 1990). The...the White Raven and Black Jack mines of the Ward district, Boulder County, were coated with acicular crystals...of mining in the Enterprise mine, Dolores County, and the Molly Gibson mine of the Aspen district, Pitkin...particularly abundant mineral in the Silverton district, San Juan County, it has been reported as brilliant |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Scovil M ining began in Mexico more than four hundred years ago! As a result, Mexico has been a prolific...1960s. European museums received specimens from Mexico as early as the late sixteenth century, but it...American museums began to acquire specimens from Mexico. The Harvard collection is probably typical of...of those with no strong connection to Mexico and its mines. A precious opal from the Iris mine in Queretaro...offered as a general introduction to the minerals of Mexico, the theme of the 1999 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collection, photos by Jeff Scovil he modern history of Mexico begins with the arrival of Hernan Cortez and the...were discovered. The amount of silver mined in Mexico is extraordinary. In IS20 thc total silver in circulation...because of the mines of Mexico. Even more noteworthy is that the mineral wealth of Mexico is seemingly inexhaustible...inexhaustible. For the last dcccldc, Mexico has averaged production of ncarly 2,100 metric tons of silver...silver in history was mined in Mexico. The incredible mineral wealth of Mexico is well known to the collector |  | | Report (issue) | | insoluble 0.38%. (2) Veta Rica mine, Coahuila, Mexico; remainder is Cu. (3) Ag3 AsS3 . Polymorphism &...mine, Silver City district, Owyhee Co.; in Nevada, in the Star mine, Cherry Creek district, White Pine Co...Atacama, as exceptional crystals. From Mexico, at Batopilas, Chihuahua, and Sombrerete, Zacatecas. Name: ...I, 366–369. (2) Toulmin, P. (1963) Proustite–pyrargyrite solid solutions. Amer. Mineral., 48, 725–736 |  | | Report (issue) | | hydrothermal veins. Association: Proustite, pyrargyrite, acanthite, arsenic, calcite. Distribution:...Ontario, Canada. At the General Petite mine, Atlanta district, Elmore Co., Idaho, and from about 13 km north...Flathead Co., Montana, USA. From the Batopilas district, Chihuahua, Mexico. Name: From the Greek for yellow |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kongberg or beautiful herringbone plates from Batopilas. Silver and silver-bearing minerals are part of...no other group of minerals has more associated mining lore or history. Silver financed empires and great...recovered as a byproduct of low-grade copper and lead mining. This fact, coupled with the historically low price...“new” silver mineral specimens on the market. Only Mexico, Peru, and, to a lesser extent, Kazahkstan have...copper were the first). The earliest known siIver mining occurred in Cappadocia in Asia Minor and is dated |  | | Catalog/List | | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Sunday...52001-52306 LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...bygone era. • Amethyst from Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico that has exceptional aesthetics, color, and composition...FLUORITE Dal’negorsk Tetyuche, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia...12:00 PM CT 9 52004 MANGANOCALCITE Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru It |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Banner district, Boise County; the Lava Creek dis trict, Butte County; the Atlanta district, Elmore...crystalline masses, was found in the early years of mining in the Silver City, Flint, and DeLamar districts...der County; as attractive intergrowths with pyrargyrite and galena in the Brown lode and rarely as collectible...Creek County; with pyrargyrite in vugs and fractures in mines of the Dunton district and as late-forming...crystals in the rich silver ores of Newman Hill, Rico district, Delores County; as crystals suit able for micromounts |  | | Journal (issue) | | to remote areas of the world, from Pakistan to Mexico; for encouraging me (as a collector in her own...Manganite 105 Phosphophyllite 37 Proustite 107 Pyrargyrite 49, 117 Pyromorphite 65, 184 Quartz 45, 67, 73... 8-9) Silver, Kongsberg, Norway (p. 10- 11) Pyrargyrite, Andreasberg, Germany (p. 14-15) 8 Mineralogical... Switzerland (p. 92-93) Acanthite, Guanajuato, Mexico (p. 132-133) Galena, Pseudomorph after Pyromorphite...Steve Smale, to cite another example, has a pyrargyrite which is depicted in James Sowerby's book Exotic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Lamentos, Mexico. Figure 4. Quartz, var. amethyst (15 × 13 cm; D50726), Amatitlan, Mexico. Unless otherwise... representing an important part of Australia’s mining and mineralogical heritage. In addition, it featured...with the Australian Museum and the Geological and Mining Museum, both in Sydney. The mineral curators from...Australia and elsewhere, were acquired during the mining heydays from the late 1890s to about 1920. For...after it was transferred from the Geological and Mining Museum in Sydney. Fortunately, his large family |  | | 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...By George Frederick Kxjnz Mining Laws of Mexico. Precious Stones of Mexico. sion, p. 568), 55 The...The Value of Ores in Mexico. By N. H. Emmons, 2d, The Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico, and Its Ore-Deposits |  | | Journal (issue) | | features such places as the King’s Mine, The Norwegian Mining Museum, and the “Silver Vault,” and walking around...always, there will be a description of the geology, mining history, and plenty of pretty photos from around...“ruby silver” minerals proustite (Ag3AsS3) and pyrargyrite (Ag3SbS3), and also with other sulfide minerals...silver, but the Batopilas silver is found as a “contaminant” in galena Andres del Rio District (PbS, the primary...vast maMun. de Batopilas jority of silver is not mined from silver ores Chihuahua, Mexico per se, but rather |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The last Wild West Silver Mining Camp in Colorado T he Creede mining district, located at a lofty elevation...000 feet, is situated near the headwaters of the Rio Grande in the scenic and rugged San Juan Mountains...Amethyst, Last Chance, Commodore, and Bachelor. The mining encampment grew from a small settlement to a town...assortment of Wild West characters who gravitated to mining boom towns. In 1890 the settlement was unofficially...into one of the last notorious Wild West silver mining camps that brought fortune to some and financial |  | | Book | | Rybicki) 7:72-77 Chalcanthite from the Helvetia district, Arizona (by G. Robinson) 9:252 Cuprite [from...Arizona (by W. A. Thompson) 11:248-250 The Tombstone district, Cochise County, Arizona (by S. A. Williams) 11:251-257...& J. A. Scovil) 21:99-100 Arizona's Silver mining district (by P. Bancroft & G. Bricker) 21:151-168 The...morphologies at Bisbee, Arizona, and Grant County, New Mexico (abstract; by R. W. Graeme) 22:68 An occurrence...minerals of the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora [Mexico] (abstract; by T. C. Wallace) 25:73 ARKANSAS Wavellite-Arkansas |  | | Journal (issue) | | there even today, continuing the rich history of mining, collecting and scientific inquiry which has always...is also the site of a centuries-old copper mining district, more or less dormant since the middle 1800s...the skills of animal husbandry, agriculture and mining with them. Around 2000 years ago, the Romans conquered...centuries, during which time they were very active in mining. Generally, they were most in terested in gold...Romans, large-scale mining ceased and was forgotten. Not until around 1200 did mining slowly resume, reaching |
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