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El Dragón mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Schmiederite
El Dragón mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Photo: Christian Rewitzer
Latitude: 19°49'15"S
Longitude: 65°55'0"W
Small hydrothermal veins (to 4cm thick) cutting Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. Selenides dominate over sulfides. Total production of ore was only a few hundred kilograms.


Mineral List

Ahlfeldite
Allophane
Alunite
Anglesite
Aragonite
Baryte
Bellidoite
Berzelianite
Calcite
Chalcomenite
Chalcopyrite
Clausthalite
Clinochalcomenite
Cobaltomenite ?
Coronadite
Covellite
Dolomite
Eldragónite (TL)
Eskebornite
Esperite
Felsőbányaite
Goethite
Gold
Gypsum
Hematite
Kerstenite
Klockmannite
Krut'aite
Lepidocrocite
Linarite
Magnetite
Malachite
Mandarinoite
Marcasite
Molybdomenite
Olsacherite
Penroseite
var: Unnamed (Cubic NiSe2)
Petrovicite
Pyrite
Quartz
Reevesite
Schmiederite
Selenium
Siderite
Tiemannite
Trogtalite
UM1990-52-Se:BiCu
UM1990-54-Se:BiCuPb
Umangite
Watkinsonite


51 entries listed. 46 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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References

- Grundmann, G., Lehrberger, G. and Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1990): The El Dragon mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Mineralogical Record, 21, 133-150.

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