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Muscovite from
Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Chicla District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Chicla District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1481815
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1481815:0
GUID (UUID V4):447888f8-0fb0-4d64-96c5-789f02b028a2
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
1.4km (0.9 miles) Yauliyacu Mine, Casapalca, Chicla District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru
3.6km (2.3 miles) Casapalca Centromin Lead Mine, La Oroya, La Oroya District, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru
25.0km (15.5 miles) Puy-Puy prospect, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru
25.5km (15.8 miles) Yauli dome, Huay-Huay District, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru
46.9km (29.1 miles) Perubar deposit, Santa Cruz de Cocachacra District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru
72.3km (44.9 miles) Aurora Augusta deposit, San Antonio District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru
99.0km (61.5 miles) Smelter deposit, Colquijirca mining district, Tinyahuarco district, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru
99.8km (62.0 miles) Colquijirca mine, Colquijirca mining district, Tinyahuarco district, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
TSKnerals of i'eru ! Indian miner, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 1869 (Simonin, 1869). J3E(mes and J3E(merals...crystal group, 7 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Marty Zinn collection; Jeff Scovil............................... History of Peru Mining in Peru The Mineral Specimen Business C o l l e c....................... Quiruvilca district, Santiago de Chuco province, department of La Libertad PASTO.......................... Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca province, department of Ancash R a u r a -H u
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL ULRICH PERU PETERSEN CONTENTS PAGE Abstract ................................ 427 430 434 448 454 462 Casapalca ................................................the center of the districts to the margins. This district zoning is modifiedby local or orebodyzoning and...Cerro de Pascoand later expanded' to Morococha, Casapalca,San Cristobal and Yauricocha. Exploitation of...complexenterprise,includingthe Goyllarisquizga coal mine, concentrating, smelting,and refiningfacilitiesand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz from the Finlandia vein, Colqui, Peru, from Casapalca,Peru, and from the OH vein, Creede,Colorado...range of 1 to 40 ppm at Colqui, 1 to 50 ppm at Casapalca,and 1 to 25 ppm at Creede. These resultsare consistentwith...vein in the Colqui District, Peru, from the Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu deposit at Casapalca,Peru, and from the OH vein...combiningthe 1647 1648 T. TSUI AND TAB•.E 1. District Colqui Sample• H. D. HOLLAND Location of Samples...735 level 437, stope 755 level 428, stope 735 Casapalca 8N2A 17M200 late stage late stage N vein M
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
paragenetic stages: (I) quartz; (II) quartz d- muscovite d- tetrahedrite d- silver sulfosalts d- electrum...being STUDIES OF THE FINLahVDIat VEIY, CENTRaIL PERU 951 worked. It presenteda unique opportunity for...about 30,000 metric tons of trict, Department of Lima, Peru (Fig. 1), at the silver ore. In 1958, Compafiia...formed and major operationsswitched ters northeast of Lima and 27 kilometers northwest to the Finlandia vein...vein, supplying200 metric tons of of Casapalca. Elevations vary between4,200 and ore per day to the mill
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposit,CentralAndes,Peru* Ro•.•r O. RYe-and F. J. SAWKINS Abstract The extensive Casapalca vein systemoccursin...emplacementof an underlyingintrusive. the CentralAndesof Peru (McKinstry and Noble, This conclusion is supportedby...meaningfull fluid inclusionand stable isotopic data Casapalca vein system(Fig. 2). Thin and polished for the...Cretaceouslimestoneswhich underlie the Casapalcafor- The Casapalca vein systemis locatedon the west mation. They...typical of the tactite flank of the Central Andes of Peru at an altitude of zonesthat are commonly encountered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in a magmatic-hydrothermal system—Morococha district, Peru Honza Catchpole & Kalin Kouzmanov & Aldo Bendezú...Heidelberg 2015 Abstract The Morococha district in central Peru is characterised by economically important...history of magmatichydrothermal activity in the district. In the late Miocene, three individual magmatic-hydrothermal...the oldest magmatichydrothermal system in the district and consists of a composite porphyry stock associated...magmatic-hydrothermal centre in the west of the district has a maximum duration of 0.3 Ma, ranging from
Catalog/List
on mat ri x with odd silvery crysta l boo~s of Muscovite mica . 1-txlitx1 ", £3 . 50p 2 . ALMANDINE GARNET...£14 . 00 3 . ANDORITE. Castro Virreyna Mine , ti ma Prov ., Peru . Small bright s ilvery s harp crystals...1-tx1t", £4 . 00 12 . BARYTES . Mt . We lli ngt on Mine , Twelveheads , Cornwal l. Specimen A: Bri ght-..., £2 . 75p 18 . BoURNoNITE . Julcani Mine , Junin Prov . , Peru . Specimen A: Bright Silvery- grey twinned...3-}x >}x 2 " , £1B . 50p 21 . CALCITE . Al lenheads Mine , Allenheads , Northumberland . Sha rp creamy nail
Journal (issue)
Cd-bearing phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 7.3 cm, from near Bapu, Guangdong Province, China. Rob Lavinsky specimen, now in the Tom...recovered from the dumps of this small mine. Local collectors reworked the mine dumps many times in search of...about 325 meters southwest of the Bishop manganese mine. The locality was early on referred to as a “copper...spatially distinct from the nearby Bishop manganese mine. The dumps do not contain significant manganese
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cordilleran polymetallic vein from Morococha, central Peru. Results record an evolution from initial deep-seated...common feature observed during field mapping and mine exploration essaying, and occurs from the small...to entire ore deposits or mine districts. Classic examples include Casapalca (Rye and Sawkins, 1974),...central part of the polymetallic Morococha district, central Peru, and performed detailed microthermometry...2. Geology and vein paragenesis The Morococha district (Fig. 1) is located in the Western Cordillera
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1878 (75) in his reportson the Michigancopper district. This alterationwas regardedby Pumpellyas a resultof...walls of some of the ore bodies in the Bisbee district werebleached as a resultof variablechangesin...sericitizedgraniteat Rimini, Montana. In the Metaline district of Washington(70) zinc occursmost abundantly neargray...replacement of limestone.In the Northern Empire Mine of Canada(11) the rocksnear the veinsare brown due...locally tourmaline. At the Nighthawk Penninsulargold mine Byers (19) found the rock darkeneddue to the development
Journal (issue)
.89 by W. E. Wilson The Palomo mine, Huancavelica Department, Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .95 by J. Hyršl Pseudomorphs from Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....White Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil . ....BaCa2(CO3)2F2, a new mineral species from the Kirovskii mine, Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 3.5 cm, from the Mashamba West mine, atanga, Republic of the Congo. Rob Lavinsky (The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Some of these deposits,'such as Providencia, Casapalca,and Pasto Bueno, are vein types; others, suchas...(sensulato). Certain deposits,such as Providencia, Casapalca, and Creede, exhibit a narrow range of •84S values...similar sulfidesulfur isotope 827 PROVIDENCIA CASAPALCA I,,-• SULFATES - -- [--- LATESTAOE.. PAS•'OBUENO...1974,and unpub.data); Casapalca, Peru (Rye and Sawkins,1974); Pasto Bueno,Peru (Landis and Rye, 1974);...contemporaneous samplesthat crystal- PROVlDENClA CASAPALCA L PASTO BUENO ß • DARWIN 2::Z:Z3 • -•
Report (issue)
The geology of the Western Cordillera of northern Peru E. J. Cobbing, W. . Pitcher, J.J. Wilson,J. W. Baldock...most of Ihe work done by nn IGS tea n1 resident in Peru from 1963 to 197 l. The team was led by Dr J.J.... was Lo study the granitic Coastal Batholith of Peru. J t began in 1966 and has continued to the present...University group, and from 1971 onwards has worked in Peru on a short-term basis funded by ODA, with the objective...of t he intrusive and volcanic rocks of central Peru 103 A proposed model I I0 Eight: Reconnaissance
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag 1992 The Hiendelaencina mining district (Guadalajara, Spain) d. Martinez Frias Instituto...12, 1991 Abstract. The Hiendelaencina mining district (Guadalajara, Spain), includes the ore deposits...areas. In this paper a general overview of this district is given, with special emphasis on the parageneses...Bustarviejo in the Province of Madrid, through the Province of Segovia, to La Bodera in the Province of Guadalajara...(Fig. I). The mining district of Hiendelaencina, which includes the Hiendelaencina mine itself as well as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
study of the San Cristobal tungsten-base metal mine, Peru A. R. Campbell Department of Geoscience, New...first was a tungsten stage con- ,,, I %1\ ",.Peru Cerro de Pasco ,.( . ',,,Brazit "'--'; ..---"...deposits. t Colqui ,._ J~ La Oroya Casapalca % o 76o Central Peru Location Map Geologic setting The...is located in the central Andes of Peru, about 120 km ENE of Lima (Fig. 1). The Sedimentary rocks in...Huancavelic~.. L 50 Km Fig. 1. Map of central Peru showing the location of some of the principal cities
Catalog/List
Time 8am -9pm) FLUORITE,Rosilare Level.Minerva Mine No 1 ,Cave-in-Rock District.Southem Illonois.Xtl...£10 9. SPHALERITE,var.Ruby Blende.Mid-Continent Mine,Pitcher.Oklahoma,USA Rich continuous druse of ruby...free Very attractive D Ml. £5 36 MALACHITE,Dolwen Mine,Devils Bridge.Dyfed.Wales Vughy matrix of milky...Matrix free Good D or RF Ml £8 39 PYRITE,Nanisivik Mine,Baffin Island.North West Territory,Canada Xtl group...well Matrix free D SPC C £15 43 PYRITE,Casapalca Prov,Lima,Peru Xtl group of equant modified pyrite cubes
Catalog/List
£13.00 8. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Clitters Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich crusts of minute sparkling...MALACHITE. 1tx1-tx1f", £5.5Op 16. 8ORNITE. Red-a-Ven Mine, Meldon, Devon. Rich purply tarnished masses associated...1tx1 -:r", £2.50p 17. 8OURNONITE. Julcani Mine, Junin Prov., Peru. Specimen A: Choice bright silvery-grey...crystals. 2tx1~", £6.5Op 18. CALCITE. Cammock eals Mine, weardale, Co. Durham. Specimen A: Select creamy-whit...size. ~x2tx1~-", £5.50p 19. CALCITE. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumberland. Sharp lustrous creamy nail-head
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Evolution of Mineralizing Fluids in the Morococha District, Peru Honza Catchpole,1,†,* Kalin Kouzmanov,1 Benita...polymetallic mineralization) in the Morococha district, central Peru, is part of a large magmatic-hydrothermal...Toromocho porphyry Cu-Mo deposit in the center of the district and display a typical concentric base metal zonation...systems can comprise areas larger than 50 km2 with a district-scale metal zonation of Cu, Mo → Zn, Pb → Ag,...metal vein and replacement bodies at Morococha, Peru—the subject of this study (McLaughlin and Graton
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PastoBuenaTungsten-Base Metal Ore Deposit, Northern Peru GARY P. LANDIS AND ROBERT O. RYE Abstract The...---• 4,000 meters in the north-central Andes of Peru. Mineralization occurs in near-vertical quartz vein...Buenomining district (Figs. 2, 3). A generalizedgeologicand vein map for the Pasto Bueno district with the...shale,quartzite,and limestoneof northern and central Peru (Wilson, 1963; versus meteoric water or other water...Buenotungsten-basemetal ore depositin the northcentral Andes .of Peru is especiallysuitablefor a (Fig. 6) andin the CordilleraCentral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are well developed at mines in Mexico, Bolivia and Peru and ammonium geochemistry thus provides a potentially...section Cordilleran, South American section Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Fiji E/V Tertiary Basalt and minor...Mexico E/V Tertiary Peregrina Mine,Guanajuato, Mexico El Cubo Mine,Guanajuato, Mexico Tayoltita, Durango...Sonora, Mexico E/V Tertiary? Casapalca, Peru M/V Tertiary Caylloma, Peru E/V Tertiary Andesitic volcanics...sandstones Trachyandesitic volcanics Millotingo,Peru E/V Tertiary Andesitic and rhyolitic volcanics
Journal (issue)
County, WI, photo by Dan Behnke. New Finds from Peru Isaias Casanova PO Box 1376 Goldenrod, Florida 32733-1376...Nevada 89513 Specimen production and recovery from Peru seems to be active again. Just when we were tiring...tiring of the usual sulfide combinations oul of Casapalca, Huaron, and Julcani, along with the occasional...something to talk about. Last year the Chiurucu Mine in Huanuco Department. proAuced the best rhodonitcs...out of the several hundred recovered. Southern Peru is beginning to pick up with a number of new and
Book
Gemstonesof Peru . TO ' ..J.O[_)(ON '\J./ITI1 KY Be-51 R~GAF-P5 f JaroslavHyrsl Gemstonesof...Gemstonesof Peru GRflnil © 2012 Text by Jaroslav Hyr~I © 2012 Photos by Jaroslav Hycll (166), Fidel Salinas...earings, Moche period, diameter 10cm. © MUSEO LARCO in Lima, No. 100849. Faceted scheelite from Turmalina, 8...turquoise pectoral, size 50 x 21 cm. © MUSEO LARCO in Lima, No. 100184. 3: Andean opa/ from Acarí, rough 9...earingsfrom the Moche period, 8cm wide. © MUSEO LARCO in Lima, No. 100785. 104: Mosaics of Peruvian gemstones
Report (chapter)
mineralization in some deposits: magmatic - Casapalca, Peru ( A g - P b - Z n - C u ) ; meteoric - Butte...(Ag-Au), Pachuca, Mexico (Ag-Au), San Juan Mountains District, Colorado ( A g - A u - P b - Z n ) ; sea w a...the Cornubian batholith and Tolfa district of the Tuscan province have 'normal' values.) Such 1SO-rich...magmatic-hydrothermal system; or O-t C P x 9 Casapalca, I Peru I Providencia Nevada, epithermal Au-Ag Thermal...spring systems.63 Studies on the Comstock Lode district are particularly illuminating. 7s,77 As is shown
Catalog/List
. 4~x3x1~ ", £14 .00 2. ALSTONITE. Fallowfiel d Mine, Hexham , Northumberland . Specimen A: Sharp creamy-... 2x1tx1t;-" , , £3. 50p , 8 . OARYTES . Mowbray Mine , Frizington , Cumberland. Sharp clear slight l...lcopyrite. 3x2tX1-t" , £7 . do 11 . ooTALLACKITE. Levant Mine , Pendeen , Cornwall. Small bright green well formed... CASSITERI TE V~riety STREAM TIN . :Jemaluand district , Mal aya . Rounded pebbl es of whi te to reddish...2x1tX1-t" , £12 . 00 J 21 . CHALCoALUMITE . Gr8ndview Mine , Grand ' Canyon , Arizona , U. S . A. Speci men
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geological and Hydrothermal Processes, Northern Peru a b Andrew W. Macfarlane , Rosa-Maria Prol-Ledesma...Geological and Hydrothermal Processes, Northern Peru, International Geology Review, 36:7, 645-677, DOI:...Geological and Hydrothermal Processes, Northern Peru A N D R E W W. MACFARLANE, Department of Geology...Abstract Mineralization in the Hualgayoc district of northern Peru occurs in altered Miocene felsic intrusions...rock-hosted base-metal veins. Igneous rocks in the district are affected by propylytic, sericitic-argillic
 
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