Part II. New Data on Mackayite

Authors

  • Richard V. Gaines

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telluride zone, La Candelaria mine, San Miguel mines, Sonora

Abstract

The telluride zone of the La Candelaria and San Miguel mines, located 10 km west of Moctezuma, Sonora, is reported as the second locality in the world, after Goldfield, Nevada, where mackayite, FeTe2O5(OH), has been identified.

Abstract from:

Gómez-Caballero, J. A. (2005). Historia e índice comentado del Boletín del Instituto de Geología de la UNAM. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana: Volumen Conmemorativo del Centenario Aspectos históricos de la Geología Mexicana, 57I(2), 149-185. http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2005v57n2a3

References

Frondel, C., & Pough, F. H. (1944). Two tellurites of iron: Mackayite and Blakeite, with new data on Emmonsite and “Durdenite”. American Mineralogist, 29, 211–225.

Gaines, R. V. (1965). Mineralización de telurio en la Mina Moctezuma, cerca de Moctezuma, Sonora. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geología, Boletín, 75(pt. 1).

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1967-01-01

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No. 82 (1967): Geochronometry and mineralogy studies

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