Northern Mexico
Chihuahua
Saucillo Municipality

Naica Mine

The Naica Mine of the Mexican state of , is a lead, zinc and silver mine. Located in in the municipality of Saucillo, the Naica Mine is owned by Industrias Peñoles, the world's largest silver producer. discovered during mining operations contain gigantic crystals of CaSO4 · 2 H2O (calcium sulfate dihydrate, gypsum, also sometimes called selenite.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cave of the Crystals.

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or Giant Crystal Cave is a connected to the Naica Mine at a depth of 300 metres, in , , . It takes the form of a chamber within the limestone host rock of the mine, and is about 109 metres long with a volume of 5,000 to 6,000 cubic metres. is situated 580 metres southwest of Naica Mine.

Naica Mine

Latitude
27.84945° or 27° 50′ 58″ north
Longitude
-105.50359° or 105° 30′ 13″ west
Open location code
75VPRFXW+QH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1185364360
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q1639253
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Naica Mine” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Naicako meatzea”
  • Catalan: “mina de Naica”
  • Catalan: “Mina de Naica”
  • Chinese: “奈卡礦坑”
  • Croatian: “Rudnik Naica”
  • Dutch: “Cueva de las Espadas”
  • Dutch: “Cueva de los Cristales”
  • Dutch: “Cueva de los Critales”
  • Dutch: “Grot van de Kristallen”
  • Dutch: “Grot van de zwaarden”
  • Dutch: “Grot van Kristallen”
  • Dutch: “Naicamijn”
  • French: “mine de Naica”
  • French: “Mine de Naica”
  • German: “Cueva de los Cristales”
  • German: “Höhlen von Naica”
  • German: “Mine von Naica”
  • German: “Naica”
  • Hungarian: “Naicai bánya”
  • Italian: “Miniera di Naica”
  • Japanese: “ナイカ鉱山”
  • Luxembourgish: “Grouf vun Naica”
  • Macedonian: “Рудникот Наика”
  • Portuguese: “Mina de Naica”
  • Serbian: “Рудник Наика”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de los cristales”
  • Spanish: “Gruta de los Cristales”
  • Spanish: “Mina de Naica”
  • Swedish: “Naicagruvan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Minahan ha Naica”

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Highlights include Naica - Cave of the Crystals and Sola.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Naica Mine”. Photo: Albertvila1, CC BY-SA 3.0.