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Vilaque River, Los Andes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia

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Placer deposit derived from glacial morraine, 2 km long and 200 meters wide, worked by hydraulicking, mainly for gold (only 0.3g per cubic meter), but has produced large quantities of native bismuth nuggets (maximum weight 3Kg) now widely distributed in collections. (See also under Carmen mine.)





Mineral List:
  		•  Bismuth
    Bi
    Reference: [Alfredo Petrov specimen]
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    Vilaque River, Los Andes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
    © 2009, JGW
  		•  Bismuthinite
    Bi
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [Alfredo Petrov specimen]
  		•  Bismutite
    (BiO)
     
    2
    		CO
     
    3
    Reference: [Alfredo Petrov specimen]
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: [Alfredo Petrov specimen]
  		•  Gold
    Au
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Ikunolite
    Bi
     
    4
    		(S,Se)
     
    3
    Reference: [(unpublished analysis of inclusion in native bismuth)]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Alfredo Petrov specimen]
  		•  Schorl
    [Na][Fe
    2+
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: [Alfredo Petrov specimen (analysis by Frank Hawthorne)]


    8 entries listed. 8 valid minerals.

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