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Location of the Swords and Crystal caves with the gypsum crystals within the conceptual block diagram of Naica mine. The Cave of the Crystals is a cave approximately 300 m (1,000 ft) below the surface in the limestone host rock of the mine, about 109-metre (358 ft) long, with a volume of 5,000 to 6,000 cubic metres (180,000 to 210,000 cu ft). [7]
Cave of the Crystals or Giant Crystal Cave (Spanish: Cueva de los cristales) is a cave connected to the Naica Mine at a depth of 300 metres (980 ft), in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. It takes the form of a chamber within the limestone host rock of the mine, and is about 109 metres (358 ft) long with a volume of 5,000 to 6,000 cubic metres (180,000 ...
Naica is a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is located in the municipality of Saucillo. As of 2010, the town of Naica had a population of 4,938, [1] up from 4,775 in the 2005 INEGI Census. [2] It is a mining town and the location of the renowned Naica Mine.
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Very nice picture with high EV. The mine worker really makes it stand out. Articles in which this image appears Cave of the Crystals, Naica Mine, Gypsum (added now) FP category for this image Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors Creator Alexander Van Driessche. Support as nominator--Tomer T 13:34, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
Naica Mine This page was last edited on 29 November 2012, at 07:41 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
This is a list of silver mines in alphabetical order and includes both operating and closed ... Naica Mine; Noche Buena mine; Pitarrilla mine; Tayopa; Valenciana ...
The Cave of the Crystals is a little-explored cave in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. Lying 300 metres (1,000 ft) below the surface and connected to the Naica Mine, the main chamber contains some of the largest crystals ever found. The largest of these gypsum formations is 12 m (40 ft) in length, 4 m (13 ft) in diameter and 55 tons in weight.