La Sirena Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexicoi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| La Sirena Mine | Mine |
| Guanajuato | City |
| Guanajuato Municipality | Municipality |
| Guanajuato | State |
| Mexico | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
21° 0' North , 101° 16' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Marfil | 29,375 (2018) | 2.1km |
| Guanajuato | 72,237 (2018) | 2.2km |
| Yerbabuena | 8,399 (2018) | 4.2km |
| Calderones | 946 (2018) | 4.4km |
| Nochebuena | 205 (2014) | 4.6km |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina la Sirena, Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
A silver mine beside the San Juan de Rayas Mine on the same vein.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ✪ Acanthite Formula: Ag2S Habit: Tortured skeletal "cubes" that are not cubic, but monoclinic Colour: Black Fluorescence: None Description: The tortured cubes are elongated along the "body diagonal" to cm or more. Specimens exist with .5 cm perfect cubes of argentite and a later growth of acanthite |
| ⓘ Aguilarite Formula: Ag4SeS References: |
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 References: |
| ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Polybasite Formula: [Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4] |
| ⓘ Pyrargyrite Formula: Ag3SbS3 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
| ⓘ | Aguilarite | 2.BA.55 | Ag4SeS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrargyrite | 2.GA.05 | Ag3SbS3 |
| ⓘ | Polybasite | 2.GB.15 | [Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4] |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Amethyst | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| S | ⓘ Aguilarite | Ag4SeS |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Polybasite | [Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4] |
| S | ⓘ Pyrargyrite | Ag3SbS3 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Polybasite | [Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4] |
| Se | Selenium | |
| Se | ⓘ Aguilarite | Ag4SeS |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| Ag | ⓘ Aguilarite | Ag4SeS |
| Ag | ⓘ Polybasite | [Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4] |
| Ag | ⓘ Pyrargyrite | Ag3SbS3 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Polybasite | [Ag6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4] |
| Sb | ⓘ Pyrargyrite | Ag3SbS3 |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
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References
Panczner, William D. (1987) Minerals of Mexico. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. 459 pp.pages 264, 298, 306, 312, 323
La Sirena Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico