Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Mimetite, El Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
The District consist of two
areas known as the east camp and the west camp. It is located approximately 19
kilometers southeast from the city of Chihuahua. This is 371 kilometers or four
hours south of the border at El Paso TX.
Silver was first found in the early 1700s. Production of the
district in recent years has turned to zinc and lead production. A strike closed
the El Potosi mine in the early 90s in the west camp. The mine still produces
specimens, but on a greatly diminished scale.
The San Antonio el Grande mine in
the east camp continued to produce a great variety of minerals. In late 1999 the mine saw a very nice offering of smithsonite out of an area that
doesn't get worked much due to it's mixed ore content. Production of these
dramatically stopped in March 2000. Since then the mine was closed in
December of 2000, due to labor
problems.
The San Antonio mine has reopened
recently and specimen production has resumed.
Fortunately I acquired a large supply of
good smithsonite, hemimorphite and some anglesite. For more information, see Peter Megaw's article
originally published in the MINERAL NEWS, Vol. 16, No.
3, March 2000, online at www.mineralnews.com.
The MINERAL NEWS is good source for information on what's new in
mineral collecting. The Vol. 16, No. 7, July 2000 has an excellent
article by Jean des Rivieres on southern Mexico localities. This article
continues his article from Sept. 1999.For a good background consult MINERALS OF MEXICO by William D.
Panczner.
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SESM-01 - 6.5cm x 13cm - Smithsonite, hemimorphite, anglesite. Level 8, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua. This is a personal favorite of mine. A very clean specimen that displays well in different orientations. |
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SESM-03 - 6cm x 10cm - Smithsonite, hemimorphite, anglesite. Level 8, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua. - Be sure and click on the thumbnail to see this aesthetic piece. Another favorite of mine |
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