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Famatinite from
Cerro de Pasco, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Famatinite
Formula:Cu3SbS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Famatinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cerro de Pasco, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1096848
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1096848:4
GUID (UUID V4):24e299be-81d2-4742-8998-e8464d612885
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Polymetallic Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Bi Mineralization at Cerro de Pasco, Peru* REGINA BAUMGARTNER†,** LLUÍS FONTBOTÉ,...Abstract The large Cerro de Pasco Cordilleran base metal deposit in central Peru is located on the eastern...upward-flaring pipelike orebodies with a core of famatinite-pyrite and alunite, an intermediate zone with...Rosa areas, located 2.5 km northwest of the Cerro de Pasco open pit and in the southern part of the deposit...Teck Cominco Peru, Psje. los Delfines 159, Las Gardenias, Santiago de Surco Lima 33, Peru. 0361-0128/08/3739/493-45
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GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL ULRICH PERU PETERSEN CONTENTS PAGE Abstract ........................................................ Cerro de Pasco .............................................century,what is now the Cerro de PascoCorporationstartedoperationsin Cerro de Pascoand later expanded'...observations and ideas. MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU 409 General summariesare presentedby McLaughlin...most part as a memberof the geologydepartmentof Cerro de PascoCorporation. This provided an excellent opportunity
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with As:S approximately 3:5 is reportedfrom Cerro de Pasco (61. p. 822). TERNARY SYSTEM Cu-As-S Apart...out while luzonite remains. Elsewhere, as at Cerro de Pasco(42) and Luzon (35), enargiteand luzoniteare...Luzonite is isostructuralwith its antimonyanalogue,famatinite,and there is extensivesolid solutionbetweenthem...Covelliteoccurswithin grainsof enargite(and alsoof pyrite) at Cerro de Pasco(28, p. 669) and at Kennecott (7). In the sameoresat...luzonite-enargite intergrowthis replacedby tennantite at Cerro de Pasco (42) and by tennantiteand chalcopyriteat Luzon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN ENARGITE AND FAMATINITE (LUZONITE) G. Ar,aN Hancounr, Haraard Uniaersity, Cambridge...have been studied by Kerr (1924), Frebold (1927), de Jong (1928) and Waldo (1935). A structure of the...The rarer mineral famatinite (CusSbSa)was describedby Stelzner (1873) from Sierra de Famatina, Argentine...(1878) considered famatinite to be isomorphous with enargite; from r-ray powder patterns de Jong (1928) concluded...(1927), who obtained unlike powder patterns from famatinite and energite and concluded furthermore that luzonite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
types of ores are recognized in the Huanzala mine, Peru. Zinc and lead ore of adularia-sericite type, is...Genesis of the Huanzala Deposits, Peru In the Huanzala deposits, Peru, zinc and lead deposits coexist with...summarized as follows. The mine is situated in central Peru, about 250 km north of Lima. This region is underlain...Chinkuashih are pyrite, enargite, luzonite, famatinite, tetrahedrite, tennantite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite...Meyer et al., 1967), Cerro de Pasco, Peru (Graton and Bowditch, 1936; Cerro de Pasco Corporation, 1970;
Report (issue)
chemistries were moderately oxidizing. The presence of famatinite, the antimony analog of enargite, requires moderately...Photograph, late-stage botryoidal pyrite from Julcani, Peru SLIDE RIGHT 10 - Julcani summary In the base metal...metal and silver lode deposits at Julcani, Peru, late stage arsenic- and antimony-rich botryoidal pyrite...glass from Cerro de Pasco, Peru SLIDE RIGHT 11 - Cerro de Pasco summary At Cerro de Pasco, another base...this suggests to us that the late-stage at Cerro de Pasco is a variation on the theme of the collapse
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Environ.merit of ()re Depositionat Cerro1)ePasco,Peru M•mco T. EINAUDI Abstract The massivesulfidereplacementbodyin...metallogeniclink betweenthe CuZn-Pb-Ag provinceof central Peru and the Sn-W-Ag-Bi provinceof Bolivia. The seco...sulfidelode deposits,suchas Yauricochaand Morococha,Peru; Magma and Bisbee,Arizona; and Butte, Montana. High...and superimposedstages of mineralization at Cerro de Pasco reflect extremes of bulk tion of the field...(1) low-sulfursulfideassemblages associated Cerro de Pasco is located on the Andean plateau with quar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Early Mineralization Stages at Cerro de Pasco, Peru* B. Rottier,1,† K. Kouzmanov,1 M. Wälle... Lima, Peru Abstract The large Cerro de Pasco Cordilleran base metal deposit in central Peru is the...the three successive mineralizing stages at Cerro de Pasco. Introduction Ore deposits are typically formed...fluid (Murowchick, 1992; Qian et al., 2011). Cerro de Pasco is a porphyry-related epithermal base metal...large range of metals—Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag(Au-Bi-Sb). Cerro de Pasco is the second largest known Cordilleran base
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phases luzonite and famatinite. The compositions of enargite and of luzonite-famatinite solid solution were...CuaAsS 4 is luzonite and tetragonal C%SbS 4 is famatinite. The latter is often referred to as stibio-luzonite...complete solid solution between luzonite and famatinite. SKINNER (1959) attempted to clarify the relationships...luzonite. He also suggested that the pair enargite-famatinite may serve as a geologic thermometer. In view...Huaron and Cerro de Pasco in G. SPRINGER,Compositional Variations in Enargite and Luzonite Peru. The distinction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magmatic-Hydrothermal Activity at the Cerro de Pasco Epithermal Polymetallic Deposit, Central Peru: A U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar... Abstract The Cerro de Pasco epithermal Cordilleran base metal deposit in central Peru consists of two...duration of the magmatic-hydrothermal system at Cerro de Pasco, U-Pb age determinations and Hf isotope determinations...diatreme-dome complex and on the southern part of the Cerro de Pasco open pit, respectively. 40Ar/39Ar alunite ages...related to the second mineralization stage at Cerro de Pasco formed during a period of about 100,000 yr
Report (issue)
Famatinite Cu3 SbS4 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Tetragonal. Point...barite. Distribution: From the Sierra de Famatina, La Rioja Province, Argentina [TL]. In the USA, at Goldfield...Mexico, at Cananea, Sonora. From Cerro de Pasco and Morococha, Peru. Well-crystallized in the Chinkuashi...other localities. Name: For the locality, Sierra de Famatina, Argentina. References: (1) Palache, C... I, 387–388. (2) Gaines, R. (1957) Luzonite, famatinite, and some related minerals. Amer. Mineral., 42
Report (issue)
deduction of 0.97% insol. and 0.56% pyrite. (2) Huaron, Peru; by electron microprobe. (3) Cu3 AsS4 . Polymorphism...Dimorphous with enargite; forms a series with famatinite. Stannite group. Occurrence: In hydrothermal...La Rioja Province, Argentina. In the Julcani district, at Cerro de Pasco, and at Huaron, Peru. In the...References: (1) Gaines, R.V. (1957) Luzonite, famatinite and some related minerals. Amer. Mineral., 42
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
8, 1924. Published w ith the permission of the Cerro de P asco Copper Corporation. (591) Downloaded... MC LAUGHLIN---- THE PERUVIAN CORDILLERA Page Cerro quartz-monzonite porphyry.........................the work of the Geological Department of the Cerro de Pasco Copper Corporation and is based both on the...ploratory nature throughout central and northern Peru. The geology of the desert canyons on the Pacific...Bravo, the director of the Cuerpo de Ingenieros de Minas del Peru, requires special mention to express
Journal (issue)
and TSKnerals of i'eru ! Indian miner, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 1869 (Simonin, 1869). J3E(mes and J3E(merals...group, 7 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Marty Zinn collection; Jeff Scovil photo............................... 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 BUENO G r................. Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca province, department of Ancash R a u r a -H u a n z a l
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FEBRUARY, 1927 THE MINERALS No.2 OF CASAPALCA, PERU' H. E. McKtNsrRy. Ea.rvard,Uniaersitt. INrnopucrrox...more fabulous reports of it, have made the name of Peru synonymous with untold riches and have attracted...scientific nature to claim his interest. Viewing Central Peru as a whole, one is impressedby the manner in which...crystals of tetrahedrite and those of Cerro de Pasco for their famatinite and enargite, particularly the rare...of bournonite. Locarrorq The Central Railway of Peru climbs nearly 16,000 feet in the course of an eight-hour
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which they are stronglyout of equilibrium. At Cerro de Pascoenargite-bearing solutionsencroached upon...aboutthirty mineraldistrictsin the Andesof Central Peru. The resultsof that investigation, describingeight...opportunityto study during my residencein Central Peru for over a decade. I wish to expressmy appreciationto...any shortcomings. Acknowledgement is also due to Cerro de PascoCorporationfor continuing financialand moral...irregularveinswith moderatetonnages(i.e., southof Cerro de Pasco vent, phyllitesectionin San Crist6bal,Cambalache
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Giant Epithermal Polymetallic Deposit of Cerro de Pasco, Peru B. Rottier,1,†,* K. Kouzmanov,1 V. Casanova...mid-Miocene Cerro de Pasco Cordilleran polymetallic (Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Bi) deposit in central Peru formed during...the giant epithermal polymetallic deposit of Cerro de Pasco. Such a mechanism may also explain moderate-salinity...online. USA and Cerro de Pasco, Colquijirca, Julcani, Morococha, and Quiruvilca in Peru—the term “Cordilleran”...epithermal polymetallic orebodies in Butte, Cerro de Pasco, and Morococha are sourced from hydrothermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I936 No. 7 ACID SOLUTIONS IN HYPOGENE AT CERRO DE PASCO. • AND SAMUEL I. BOWDITCH. OUTLINE. Introduction........................... Interpretat{on at Cerro de Pasco ........................... Alkaline Solutions...meeting,Dec., •935. Publishedwith permissionof the Cerro de PascoCopperCorporation. 651 652 L. C. GRATON...sulphidedepositsand the associated wall rock alterationat Cerro de Pasco,Peru, as now developed,shed clearand unequivocal...carriedon systematically and continuously by the Cerro de PascoCopperCorporationfor more than t 5 years
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Layo (Cu, Sn, As, Au) epithermal deposit (Southern Peru) E. M a r c o u x 1, Y. Mo~lo 2, and J. P. Mil6si...gisement dpithermal (Cu, Sn, As, Au) de Layo (Sud P&ou) Le glte ~pithermal de Layo est encaiss6 dans les volcanites...volcanites calco-alcalines Mioc~nePlioc~ne du groupe de Tacaza. Sa zone orientale renferme des corps min6ralis6s...tennantite riche en Cu (.Cu~,FeAs~S~3) est d6pourvue de Zn et de Ag; sa composition chimique sugg~re que tout...Cu Ă·, avec probablement une participation mineure de Cu 2+. Cette association min6ralogique particuli6re
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization in the Colquijirca District, Central Peru: Deposit-Scale Mineralogical Patterns RONNER BENDEZÚ†...2Sciences 295, Lima, Peru de la Terre et de l’environnement, Université de Genève, Rue de Maraîchers 13, CH-1205...Genève, Switzerland Abstract At Colquijirca, central Peru, a Miocene diatreme-dome complex is associated in...ore-forming fluids of magmatic origin. Introduction PERU is a major producer of silver, copper, zinc, lead...Colquijirca, Bendezú, 2007; Cerro de Pasco, Baumgartner et al., 2008). In Peru, Cordilleran deposits are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization in the Colquijirca District, Central Peru: Deposit-Scale Mineralogical Patterns RONNER BENDEZÚ†...2Sciences 295, Lima, Peru de la Terre et de l’environnement, Université de Genève, Rue de Maraîchers 13, CH-1205...Genève, Switzerland Abstract At Colquijirca, central Peru, a Miocene diatreme-dome complex is associated in...ore-forming fluids of magmatic origin. Introduction PERU is a major producer of silver, copper, zinc, lead...Colquijirca, Bendezú, 2007; Cerro de Pasco, Baumgartner et al., 2008). In Peru, Cordilleran deposits are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry of TetrahedriteandMineralZoning at Casapalca, Peru ISHIUNG WU AND ULRICH PETERSEN Abstract The ex...ZlHEDRITE ,ZlND MINER,ZlL ZONING, C,zlS,zlP,ZlLC,Zl, PERU 995 TABLE 1. StratigraphicSnmmary of the CasapalcaDistrict...for tetrahedrite, Td0 for the Pacific Coast of Peru (Fig. 1). Beneath the Tertiary volcanic pile, the...generalnortheaststrike TETRAHEDRITEAND MINERAL ZONING,CASAPALCA, PERU 997 and 70ø dip to the northwest.As shownin Figure... TETR•iHEDRITE •iND MINER•iL ZONING, C•iS•iP•iLC•i, PERU 999 Fro. 7A (sample 30-40). Tennantite band crustifiedon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cent. 6. Famatinite.-A supposed nickeliferous mineral, of a reddish colour, from Cerro de Pasco, in Peru...was found to resemble in every particular the famatinite of Stelzner, brought from the Argentine Republic...Republic. The chemical composition of the mineral famatinite corresponds with the formula, 3Cu,S.Sb,S5 (see...and a mineral from Luzon, exactly resembling famatinite, had, according to Winkler, a chemical composition...intermediate composition between famatinite and enargite. This Peruvian famatinite penetrates the enargite, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the tetragonal minerals luzonite, cu3Assa, and famatinite, cu3Sbsa. Luzonite is dimorphous with the orthorhombic...is restricted, and the orthorhombic dimorph of famatinite is not known in nature. Chemical, morphological...given for luzonite and famatinite. The crystal structure of luzonite-famatinite is closeiy related to...(synthetic luzonite); os 5.38 A, co70.76 (synthetic famatinite); cell contents 2 [Cu3(As, Sb)Sa]. Hrsronrcer...described over eighty years ago, luzonite and famatinite have been the subject of continuing controversy
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from a Porphyry System: the Morococha District, Peru Diego Benites, Lisard TorrĂł, Jean Vallance, Oscar...from a Porphyry System: the Morococha District, Peru, Ore Geology Reviews (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10...from a Porphyry System: the Morococha District, Peru 3 Diego Benitesa, Lisard TorrĂła,*, Jean Vallancea...Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel, Lima 15088, 7 Peru 8 b Department...porphyry- 20 related Morococha District, Central Peru. Among the investigated minerals, LA-ICP-MS 21
 
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