San Pantaleón de la Noria (La Noria de San Pantaleón), San Martín-Sabinas District, San Martín, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexicoi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
23° North , 103° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
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The early mining history of the San Martin-Sabinas District involved exploitation of narrow high-grade veins that cut the skarn and extend beyond it. The largest of these veins continues northwest from the "heart" of the district for 2 kilometers and was exploited through the La Noria Shaft and related workings for over 300 years, producing some of the richest silver ores ever produced in Mexico outisde of Batopilas. The Noria Mine was exhausted in the early 1970's and allowed to flood.
Specimens younger than 1975 cannot have come from La Noria. However, many specimens from the Sabinas Mine (and probably San Martin as well) incorrectly bear a "Noria Mine" or "La Noria de San Pantaleon" label, often from Blue Sky Minerals, which brought out a lot of material from the Sabinas and San Martin mines in the 90s. Since the Sabinas Shaft and Ramp lie over a kilometer from the Noria Shaft and the Sabinas mine workings have never been accessible through the Noria workings there is no justification for labeling them as Noria. La Noria de San Pantaleon was the small mine colony at the headframe of the Noria Mine. This settlement shows on government maps but was largely abandoned by the 1980s. By 1999 there were only one or two habitable buildings left...a true ghost town. If one desires a nearby community for location attribution "San Martin" which is the miners town of several hundred people 2 kilometers from the Sabinas installations,is a better choice than San Pantaleon.
Specimens younger than 1975 cannot have come from La Noria. However, many specimens from the Sabinas Mine (and probably San Martin as well) incorrectly bear a "Noria Mine" or "La Noria de San Pantaleon" label, often from Blue Sky Minerals, which brought out a lot of material from the Sabinas and San Martin mines in the 90s. Since the Sabinas Shaft and Ramp lie over a kilometer from the Noria Shaft and the Sabinas mine workings have never been accessible through the Noria workings there is no justification for labeling them as Noria. La Noria de San Pantaleon was the small mine colony at the headframe of the Noria Mine. This settlement shows on government maps but was largely abandoned by the 1980s. By 1999 there were only one or two habitable buildings left...a true ghost town. If one desires a nearby community for location attribution "San Martin" which is the miners town of several hundred people 2 kilometers from the Sabinas installations,is a better choice than San Pantaleon.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities12 valid minerals. 2 erroneous literature entries.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ | Covellite | 2.CA.05a | CuS |
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrargyrite | 2.GA.05 | Ag3SbS3 |
| ⓘ | Jamesonite | 2.HB.15 | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Apophyllite Group' ? | - | AB4[Si8O20]X · 8H2O |
| ⓘ | 'Heulandite Subgroup' | - | (Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O |
| ⓘ | 'Stilbite Subgroup' ? | - | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Apophyllite Group | AB4[Si8O20]X · 8H2O |
| H | ⓘ Heulandite Subgroup | (Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Apophyllite Group | AB4[Si8O20]X · 8H2O |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Heulandite Subgroup | (Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Heulandite Subgroup | (Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Heulandite Subgroup | (Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O |
| Al | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Apophyllite Group | AB4[Si8O20]X · 8H2O |
| Si | ⓘ Heulandite Subgroup | (Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O |
| Si | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
| S | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrargyrite | Ag3SbS3 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Heulandite Subgroup | (Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Heulandite Subgroup | (Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Pyrargyrite | Ag3SbS3 |
| Ag | ⓘ Native Silver | Ag |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| Sb | ⓘ Pyrargyrite | Ag3SbS3 |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
Localities in this Region
- Zacatecas
- Sombrerete Municipality
- San Martín
- San Martín-Sabinas District
- San Pantaleón de la Noria (La Noria de San Pantaleón)
- San Martín-Sabinas District
- San Martín
- Sombrerete Municipality
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References
La Noria Mine, San Pantaleón de la Noria, San Martín-Sabinas District, San Martín, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico