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Chalcocite from
Bonanza Mine, Bonanza, Zimapán Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bonanza Mine, Bonanza, Zimapán Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:49799
Long-form Identifier:1:3:49799:6
GUID (UUID V4):aa3c8934-9dc2-4515-abe8-5054d6dee067
References
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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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
exposed to near-surface weathering environments: chalcocite and the somewhat less abundant covellite. Both...discovery in an active mine makes them briefly available to collectors. Chalcocite has been featured in...chalcopyrite, chalcocite, enargite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, and bornite. Excellent chalcocite pseudomorphs...description of the fundamental chemistry of covellite, chalcocite, and related secondary copper minerals and of...sulfide minerals or intimately associated with chalcocite in a somewhat sooty, fracture-filling mixture
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE WHICI-I GEOLOGIST APRIL, I9O9 BIG BONANZA COPPER MINE, ISLAND, ALASKA2 FRANCIS C•URC• No. 3 LATOUCHE...Grant2 andby W. H. Weed? Later developments at this mine are mentionedby Moffit. 4 The writer examinedthe...position of the Big Bonanza mine; the cross (X) shows the location of the Ellamar mine; the other copper... An openforestof smallfirs THE BIG BONANZA COPPER MINE. 2o3 clothesthe islandwith the exceptionof...The situation and surround- ings of the Big Bonanza mine are well shownin Fig. 3ø. HISTORY. :a. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
contained three important copper-(silver) orebodies, Bonanza-Mother Lode, Jumbo, and Erie, and numerous other...copper-bearing Triassic (Ladinian) Nikolai Greenstone. The Bonanza-Mother Lode and Jumbo orebodies are upward-tapering...approximately 180° and 110°C, a dominant stage of chalcocite-djurleite that precipitated in the range of 110°...isotope measurements on samples collected from the Bonanza and Jumbo mines, as well as from numerous smaller...isotope compositions, including in the main-stage chalcocite-djurleite assemblage (from −16.0 to +17.4‰),
Book
MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Sine —_—< ¢ te om At _SHT 40 MADIASIMA ...MINERALS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN RIFT (COLORADO-NEW MEXICO) Richard Walker Holmes and Marrianna B. Kennedy...minerals of the Great American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico). Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines and...resources—Colorado. 2. Mines and mineral resources—New Mexico. I. Kennedy, Marrianna B. II. Title. III. Title:...enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
.......... Primary or secondaryorigin of the chalcocite ...................... Experimental evidence...INTRODUCTION. General.--The copperdepositsof the famous Bonanza and Jumbo Mines at Kennecott,Alaska, are unique...weighingthe primary or secondaryorigin of the chalcocite,and much of interest is gained regarding the...developed on fractured limestone adjacent to Bonanza Mine. PLATE II. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. a. Contact...betweengreenstone(dark) and limestone(light). VOL. XV. Jumbo Mine at right. b. Greenstone-limestonecontact. l•ormal
Report (issue)
to Nizina are chiefly bornite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite, and oxidation products such as malachite, azurite...(Chitistone) overlying the lava flows. The Kennecott-Bonanza and Jumbo mines are the best known of such deposits...for nearly 6 miles. Bornite, chalcbpyrite, and chalcocite are the most common copper minerals of the deposits...copper minerals, which are chiefly bornite and chalcocite, are found along a shear zone trending approx-...disk-shaped mass of ore, a mixture of granular chalcocite, bornite, and quartz, is exposed near the highest
Report (volume)
_______ Principal groups _ __________________ Bonanza mine_________________________ Jumbo claim_ - _...claims_1__ __ ___ _ '. 92 Marvellous and Bonanza extension claims . ___.___ Nikolai claim._____...in a tributary of McCarthy Creek northeast of Bonanza mine; B, Detail of surface of rock glacier on tributary...McCarthy Creek_____ XII. West side of ridge at Bonanza mine_____________ FIGURE 1. Columnar section showing...Creek_ ____ 5. Sketch map of the area near the Bonanza mine, showing the limestone-greenstone contact, the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
........................... CUPROUSSULPHIDE (CHALCOCITE)..................................... Formation......................... 53I Transformation of Chalcocite in an Atmosphere of Hydrogen Sulphide into Corellite...copper sulphide minerals, thecuprous sulphide, chalcocite, and the cupricsulphide,corellite. Of all the...secondaryenrichment. CUPROUS FORMATION• MELTING SULPHIDE (CHALCOCITE). TEMPERATURE AND SPECIFIC GRAVITY. Cuproussulphideis...comparedwith the specific gravity of pure natural chalcocite. (For analysesof the latter seeTable XI.) The
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 9 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BONANZA DISTRICT SAGUACHE COUNTY COLORADO By HORACE B.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonanza latite ........ : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................... 69 The Rawley mine......................................... 69 Location.................. . . . . . 69 Rock formations in mine and tunnel................... 74 Vein systems ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Chalcocite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
author unless otherwise noted Figure 1. Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem...with chalcopyrite and galena from the Camp Bird mine. CSM Geology Museum specimen. veins of the central...tennantite) on pyrite from the Phoenix-Burroughs mine, Central City district, Gilpin County. Specimen...chalcopyrite with sceptered quartz. The California mine on Quartz Hill has produced plates of intergrown...attributed a few very nice specimens to the Clay County mine. The habit, luster, and tarnished color of these
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
paramorph after argentite from the Rayes mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil...Hill occurrence in Davidson County, and the McMakin mine in Cabarrus County (Genth 1891); and mines of the...Creek County; localities included the Pelican-Dive mine (with later, apparently primary, acanthite crystals...of mining in the Enterprise mine, Dolores County, and the Molly Gibson mine of the Aspen district, Pitkin...Boy mine. Acanthite paramorphs after argentite to 7 mm are reported from the Bulldog Mountain mine at
Report (volume)
_____ ___ _________ 96 13. Sketch map of the Regal mine, showing accessible underground workings (1943)...105 15. Map of underground workings of the Nikolai mine, showing geology of the adjacent area___ __._ ____...that year led to the discovery in 1900 of the Bonanza ore body of the Kennecott mines and to many other... axis of the major fold, and bedding faults. Chalcocite is the principal copper mineral in most of the...the deposits in limestone, and bornite and chalcocite are the principal copper minerals in the deposits
Report (issue)
BULLETIN 39 The Metal Resources of New Mexico and Their Economic Features Through 1954 A revision of...RESOURCES NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS STATION SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE...HONORABLE EDWIN L. MECHEM………...Governor of New Mexico MRS. GEORGIA L. LUSK ......................Superintendent...Dealing With the Geology and Mineral Resources of New Mexico ...................................................................... 4 METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO...............................................
Report (issue)
BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA. By EDSON S. BASTIN. INTRODUCTION. ' \ 1 i...problems of handling the treacherous floods of hot mine waters and the problems involved in the struggles...under conditions most trying because of the high mine temperatures. Finally, the ores themselves being...Thomas McCormick, superintendent of the C. & C. mine, for a number of specimens of the richer ores, and...Consolidated mine, for other specimens and for the careful collection of a sample of the deep mine waters for
Report (volume)
_.____ Tenorite ________ ___________________ Chalcocite ____ -+ - ___________________________ Bornite..._______________ Bekka and Eli claims_________________ Bonanza Creek __________________:_____ Jumbo Creek____...Chitistone limestone west of Nizina River, near Nikolai mine; B, Sheared greenstone on south side of Kotsina...north side of Elliott Creek__ 38 VIII. View of Bonanza mine from Horseshoe trail--___________ 80 IX. A,...Creek_________________ 68 5. Sketch map of the Bonanza mine_ ___ _ _ 81 6. Form of ore body exposed in
Journal (issue)
Number 5 The JllilpillaB Jlline Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico .................................................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...has yielded a virtually unprecedented 15-year bonanza of spectacular specimens in astounding quantities...quantities. We published a preliminary report on the mine by Tom Moore and Marcus Origlieri back in 2008, shortly
Report (issue)
expected in the near future. COPPER PROSPECTS. BONANZA MINE. A .force of men was employed by the Kennicott...Company during the year 1908 in preparing the Bonanza mine for shipping ore. In the early part of the year...started from a Dan Creek, Chititu Creek, and the Bonanza mine were visited by members of the Geological Survey...aerial tramway from the camp on National Creek to the mine was begun and about half of the necessary towers...leading to the mine was widened and graded, so that supplies can now be sledded almost to the mine. Furthermore
Report (issue)
OF URANIUM AND COPPER DEPOSITS IN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO, COLORADO, UTAH IDAHO, AND WYOMING By Garland B...OF URANIUM AND COPPER DEPOSITS IN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO, COLORADO, UTAH, IDAHO, AND WYOMING By Garland...OF URANIUM AND COPPER DEPOSITS IN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO, COLORADO, UTAH, IDAHO, AND WYOMING CONTENTS Page...copper and uraniurr, deposits ............. New Mexico ............................ Cuba, Abiquiu, and...deposits--Continued Colorado--Continued The Cashin mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utah ......
Report (issue)
and base metal-bearing, epithermal deposits of Mexico and Peru by Nora K. Foley Open File Report 84-633...District, Guanajuato, Mexico References Geologic map of Guanojuato District, Mexico Pachuca-Real del Monte...District, Hidalgo, Mexico References Geologic map of Pachuca-Real del Monte District, Mexico Colqui District...base metal-bearing deposits from Peru and two from Mexico are compiled to facilitate comparisons with other...deposits. Silver and base metal-bearing deposits of Mexico and Peru constitute an important portion of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
historian. His great-great uncle, James G. Fair; was mine superintendent at the Comstock. 382 ROCKS & MINERALS...find out what the blue sand was and continued to mine until the sand turned into a decomposed mass of...and named the Ophir, which became the first bonanza mine on the Comstock. After a short time, another...With fortunes in sight and no reasonable way to mine without being crushed (or scalded) to death, the...pioneered centuries before by the Spaniards in Mexico and Peru. There, slaves crushed the ore with iron
Report (issue)
on the glacier ice. A good trail leads to the Bonanza property from the lower end of the glacier. Another...one another greatly. ' The copper minerals are chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite, native copper, and the...ores, as they appear on the surface, are chiefly chalcocite and bornite. Chalcopyrite is not as common as...has been done here which can properly be called mine development, as there is no place where sufficient...work has been done to demonstrate the presence of a mine. KOTSINA RIVER. Practically the only prospecting
Journal (issue)
glory hole, B & B mine, Esmeralda County CALIFORNIA: burnt ore dump, Oceanic mine, San Luis Obispo County...prospect, “several hundred feet” north of the Boss mine, Goodsprings district, Clark County Vegasite was...the east ore zone of the Carlin mine, Eureka County: 1. bench 6,450, mine coordinates 23,000N, 19,800E;...800E; and 2. bench 6,350, mine coordinates 23,850N, 22,700E. 55 Weissbergite occurs as gray metallic grains...(1973) Preliminary geologic map of the Carlin Gold Mine, Eureka County, Nevada. U.S.G.S. Miscellaneous Field
Report (issue)
Commodities: Main: Cu Other: Ore minerals: Bornite, chalcocite, native copper Gangue minerals: Quartz Geologic...consists of bornite and chalcocite in thin veins, and native copper and chalcocite that fill amygdules in...Main: Cu Other: Ore minerals: Azurite, bornite, chalcocite, cuprite, malachite, native copper, tenorite...consists of quartz-calcite veins and native copper, chalcocite, bornite, cuprite, and tenorite along a fault...Commodities: Main: Cu Other: Ore minerals: Azurite, chalcocite, cuprite, malachite, native copper Gangue minerals:
 
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