Provenite

Zimapán

AreaUnknownDraft data

20.7330° N, 99.3830° W · ± 10 km

Vanadinite from Hidalgo, Mexico, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Minerals found here

Vanadinite

Vanadinite at Zimapán

Historic Mexican occurrence linked to the early history of vanadium.

Formula
Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl
History
Del Rio reported a new element in the Zimapan area in 1801 (later shown to be vanadium). Type locality status is unclear: Handbook gives none and Mindat reports no designated type material.

Sources: SRC-067 SRC-068 SRC-075

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Geology of the locality

Region
Hidalgo
Country
Mexico

Coordinates are for the town of Zimapán (Wikipedia, SRC-075), so only district-level placement; the specific mine is not identified in the sources opened.

Sources: SRC-067 SRC-075

Sources

  1. SRC-067 · Book
    Handbook of Mineralogy - VanadiniteAnthony, J.W.; Bideaux, R.A.; Bladh, K.W.; Nichols, M.C. · Mineralogical Society of America
  2. SRC-075 · Website
    ZimapánWikipedia contributors · Wikipedia
  3. SRC-068 · Database
    Vanadinite (Mindat mineral page, opened via mirror app1.fnc.mindat.org)Mindat.org contributors · Mindat.org / Hudson Institute of Mineralogy

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