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[*] posted on 4-24-2012 at 08:54 PM
Amelia Mine minerals


Today while thinking about open pit mining I remembered seeing a beautiful mineral on the cover of a magazine that was found at the Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Boleo District. So, after a little internet searching, I found at least 2 minerals that's type locality was at this mine. Type locality means it was first identified there. They are Boleite and Cumengeite. Boleite named after the area and Cumengeite after Édouard Cumenge (1828-1902), French mining engineer at Boleo, who discovered it. There are many beautiful minerals found in this location. I'm absolutely blown away. Check it out. Amelia mineral photos
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[*] posted on 4-25-2012 at 05:31 PM


WOW, absolutely stunning!!! Thanks for the photos goldhuntress, very cool.
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[*] posted on 4-25-2012 at 05:34 PM


Indeed! Thank you!



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[*] posted on 4-25-2012 at 06:53 PM


Real interesting stuff, goldhuntress, I'd never heard of the stuff. Is that a place that can be reached today? I drove up the Infierno Arroyo once (past the grade on the old road, always nice to walk, never cared to ride it in a vehicle), reaching the foundations of one of the old mining towns before blowing a sidewall and having to head on back. Neat area, if visiting in the cooler time of year.

Thanks for the info.




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[*] posted on 4-26-2012 at 07:37 AM


Tripper, It looks like it reachable but I don't know if you could actually go there. It sounds like it was mined around 1900 by the french then again in 1973 by 2 Americans. Bill Larson and Ed Swoboda. The map shows it a few km from town, don't know how accurate it is. Be really fun to go through some tailing piles there. Here's a link to the map in case your interested. There's about 10 mines listed out there and if you put it on Google Earth you can see places at the end of the roads off the main road where it looks like some work has been done. http://www.mindat.org/maps.php?id=5565
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