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extracted from diverse mines. For instance, in the Zimapan area there are more
than 42 mines with a wide range of ore minerals.
Table 1. Ore minerals extracted from five mining areas in México
Mine
Ore Minerals
Noria de Angeles
Acantite, polybasite, aragonite, calcite, cerussite,
pyrargyrite, pyrite, chalcocite, pyrargyrite, pyrite,
quartz, silver, sphalerite, pharmacosiderite, galena.
Sombrerete
Acantite, baryta, bromargyrite, bornite, calcite,
chalcopyrite, marcasite, maargyrite, pyrargyrite,
chalcopyrite, chorargyrite, miargyrite, proustite, silver,
dolomita, jamesonite, prouslite, pyrite.
Zacatecas
Acantite, calcite, polybasite, azurite, copper, cuprite,
galene, goethite, malachite, quartz, sphalerite, silver,
pyrargyrite.
Fresnillo (San
Martin)
Berthierite, bornite, calcite, chalcopyrite, copper,
covellite, sphalerite, stephanite, stilbite, xanthoconite,
flourite, jamesonite, prourstite, pyrite, pyrrhotite,
quarz, silver.
Temascaltepec, La
guitarra mine
Acantite, adularia, andorite, ankerite,
argentotennantite, baryte, billingsleyite, calcite,
chalcopyrite, diaphorite, enargite, fluorite, freibergite,
freieslebenite, galena, giraudite, gold, greenockite,
kaolinite, kutnohorite, marcasite, opal, pearceite,
polybasite, proustite, pyrargyrite, pyrite, pyrostilpnite,
quartz, chalcedony, ramdohrite, siderite, silver,
sphalerite, stephanite, sternbergite, stibnite, twinnite,
veenite, xanthoconite.
Anglesite, arsenopyrite, aurichalcite cerussite,
chalcanthite, fluorite, galena, goethite, hematite,
hydrobiotite, hypersthene, malachite, massicot,
melanterite, meneghinite, minium, molybdenite,
molybdite, monticellite, muscovite, nepheline, opal,
plumbojarosite, pyrargyrite, realgar, smithsonite,
sphalerite, spurrite, tennantite, vanadite, wulfenite,
(Mn-Pb hydroxide)
Sources: Campruri, 2003; Campruri et al., 2001; Defiance Mining Corporation, 2006;
Mills, et al., 2009.
Zimapan, Hidalgo,
Lomo de toro mine
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