 | | Journal (issue) | | Mexico ineralogical Record September-October 2003 ❖ Volume 34 Number 5 ❖ $20 Wayne & Dona Leicht,...Van Pelt, Los Angles Mexico Special Issue II The Ojuela Mine Preface to Mexico-II1............................................................... 24 Mapimí District Geology .................................... 32 Sidebar: First Discovery of Adamite at Ojuela................................ 43 Sidebar: Purple...find in the San Judas chimney, Level 6, of the Ojuela mine. Houston Museum of Natural Science collection; |  | | Thesis/Dissertation | | The mineralogy of the Mapimí mining district, Durango, Mexico Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction...MINERALOGY OF THE MAPIMl' MINING DISTRICT, DURANGO, MEXICO by Victor Joseph Hoffmann A Dissertation...Mineralogy of the Mapimi Mining District,______ Durango, Mexico______________________________ be accepted...samples from the mines and offered information on the mine locations and their access. Mr. Salvador Davila...Smithsonian Institution from both the collections of Ojuela mine specimens obtained by Foshag in 1934 and from |  | | Catalog/List | | ADAMITE A basic arsenate of zinc Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela ~enish-gray to reddish-brown crystalled...limonit'e ...................... . Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela White to very pale yellow sheave-like...on limonite .................. . Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela ~lliant lime-yellow prismatic orthorhombic....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on limonite gossen...silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite . |  | | 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...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...i.. is deJicated tu the people of Mexico and to the three people who directly affected me and this project | | | Book | | anc MINERALS OF MEXICO 7 | : = Pras #0 AaprTTARE ; | MINERALS OF MEXICO William D. Panczner...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...Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez’s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of Dana’s Tratado de Mineralogia...a. ie = Maes Lie Auadado = ae MINERALS OF MEXICO Vv | Oona tA. IMPORTANT MINING DISTRICTS |  | | Catalog/List | | Back Cover COVER PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal...ADAMITE A basic arsenate of zinc. Mexico Durango, Mapimi, mina Ojuela. Green-gray to red-brown crystalled...rich ................. 1.50 . 25 Mexico Durango, Mapimi, mina Ojuela. White-to-pale yellow sheave-like...groups on limonite ................ Mexico Durango, Mapimi, mina Ojuela. Brilliant lime-yellow prismatic...Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite CUPROADAMITE Mexico Durango, Mapimi |  | | Catalog/List | | ADAMITE A basic arsenate of zinc Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela ~lliant lime-yellow prismatic orthorhombic......... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen with minor...Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite ... ALABANDITE Mar.ganese sulfide Mexico Puebla...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...Lead telluride Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Cleavage plates in quartz with pyrite ......... |  | | Journal (issue) | | Orange Tree Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85740 Notes from Mexico by B. Panczner ..................................It seemed like old times to meet the bunch at the mine. Nothing had changed much. I met Bronkie and was...having a lot of trouble with the equipment at the mine. So much of the equipment he doesn’t know what it...morning I was up a little after 7:00 and to the mine a lit tle after 8:00. March suggested that I go...shone again. In the afternoon March took me to the mine and I covered Bench E-4 and found a little atacamite |  | | | | phosphates 65 phosphuranylite 74 phyllosilicates 102 pickeringite 60 picotite 24 piedmontite 88 pirssonite 49...most famous deposits of silver are in the North Mexico, American continent, the western United in...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...brown opaque octahedrons in clay at Destricella Mine near Raddusa (Enna) in Italy. A brief mention should |  | | Book | | phosphates 65 phosphuranylite 74 phyllosilicates 102 pickeringite 60 picotite 24 piedmontite 88 pirssonite 49...most famous deposits of silver are in the North Mexico, Plates of gold on quartzite. California American...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...brown opaque octahedrons in clay at Destricella Mine near Raddusa (Enna) in Italy. A brief mention should | | | Book | | phosphates 65 phosphuranylite 74 phyllosilicates I02 pickeringite 60 picotite 24 piedmontite 88 pirssonite 49...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...North American continent, in various regions of Mexico, the western United States (especially the Co1nstock...especially near Ki1nberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimber/ite |  | | Catalog/List | | 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals on...£10 2x3 £15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix...5cm £4 no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine...£7.50 Ag Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with...£8 2x3 £12 236 1129 • ALMAN DINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Rich fine grained solid grainlike |  | | Catalog/List | | massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...2x2 £15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...x2 £ 1.50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting...~-------·-·-- ·· -·· 1077 ■■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black...Kola Russia 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with |  | | Catalog/List | | ----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban...________ __ _!LU9! .~~~ -E N1 163 GALENA Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthcad. Cumbria Cube-octahedral grey crystals |  | | Catalog/List | | Orallhagcn, near Larvik South Norway Ojuela Mme, Mapimi, Mexico ADAMITE 1 0 98 88 Unusual rich yellow...lx2 £2 lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minl10, Portugal...Andalucia Spain. Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal..._lx2_ _80 _ _____ _,o 1129 ALMANDINE Braslad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Unknown location I 1 63 □a...lxl£2 2x3£6 3x4£8 feldspar ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland ANDRADITE Grua. Oppland Norway 5 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...103 by M. Hansen The libethenite zone, Burra mine, South Australia .................................Quartz, variety amethyst, from Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico. The group is 19 cm tall. Chris W right specimen;...92-meter level,” though all other measurements in the mine will be converted. In short, English units will...worked in the Surveyor’s Department at the Geevor tin mine (Pendeen, Cornwall), and with Consolidated Goldfields...about 20 minutes late. Not bad. We went first to a mine between Huantajaya and Santa Rosa. The Instituto |  | | Catalog/List | | 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay, Scarborough...- - --··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker...North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety)...217 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia 1129 ■ ALMANDINE Brnstad iron Mine near Arendnl ,Norway Pure...Bcnallt Minc,Llcyn. Wales 1036 ALSTONITE Fnllowlielcl Mine, Northumberland White masses in malrix wilh micro |  | | Journal (issue) | | .... 5 by C. S. Stolburg Minerals of the Pereta mine, Tuscany, Italy ..................................and M. Tazzini Alteration minerals of the Cetine mine, Tuscany, It a ly ................................ Sabelli and G. Brizzi Siegenite from the Buick mine, Bixby, Missouri .................................years he was Resident Geologist at the Copper Queen mine until Phelps Dodge Cor poration closed all the...transferred to Ajo as Mine Planning Engineer and later promoted to General Mine Foreman. He left Ajo in |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma |  | | Book (edition) | | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43... at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO Mexico, at Kellogg, Shoshone...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald...weakly = = l = = = = brerete, Zacatecas, Mexico. In small crystals at Jachymov, Bohemia, Czech...mainly in crystals to 5 cm at the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical |  | | Journal (issue) | | gratifying. One young mineralogist, a former student of mine, said that although he had never met Mike, he had...inerals for Collectors. Specializing in A rizona, Mexico & W orldw ide Classics. We Buy Collections. Crystal...fortunate ruler in charge when Cortez conquered Mexico (1519-1521) and Pizarro conquered Peru and what...they paid unto their masters. The veins of these mine are of such quality that the ore will not melt with...17 years earlier by Bartolome Medina at Pachuca, Mexico. The process involves the cold amal gamation of |  | | Book (volume) | | Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:...Veatchite Sr2[B5O8(OH)]2B(OH)3·H2O Locality: Billie mine, Death Valley, California, USA. Description: White...CaMgB6O8(OH)6·3H2O Locality: District # 99, underground mine, Inder boron deposit, Atyrau region, Kazakhstan...Ca4Mn2+3O3(BO3)3(CO3) Locality: Tachgagalt manganese mine, near Ouarzazate, Morocco (type locality). Description: |  | Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York. | Book (volume) | | California. In the Permian basin of southeastern New Mexico and adjacent parts of Texas. Obtained from the...posits in the Permian basin of southeastern New Mexico and adjacent parts of Texas. ^^ Alter. Sometimes...[AgBr]. Bromure d'Argent, Plata verde Mex. (from Mexico and Huelgoet), Berthier {Ann. mines, 19, 734, 742...and other localities in Bolivia, and in Peru. In Mexico found in Zacatecas and elsewhere. Obtained in notable...Leadville, Colorado; Lake Valley, near Silver City, New Mexico; Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona; in the Rand |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 1 (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil...Figure 2 (above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil...Figure 3 (left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen...specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far...barite specimens at the Elmwood zinc mine in middle Tennessee. This mine, opened in 1975, and other nearby |  | | Book | | (Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...In Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Russia, South Korea, Mexico, the Czech RepubUc and Italy. C Colour: black...(Montana, USA). Large quantities are mined in the USA, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Australia and Zambia. Colour: copper-red...main ore for silver and is mined extensively In Mexico, Peru and Honduras. Good crystals come from Kongsberg...stannite when zinc-rich. Stannite is found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA) |
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