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Alunite from
Morococala Mine, Santa Fé mining district, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Alunite
Formula:KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Morococala Mine, Santa Fé mining district, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1285872
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1285872:9
GUID (UUID V4):6390be35-3823-40c6-8322-001a70af5b10
Nearest other occurrences of Alunite
8.1km (5.0 miles) Japo Mine (Negro Pabellón Mine), Santa Fé mining district, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia
16.9km (10.5 miles) Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia
33.5km (20.8 miles) Ichocollo Mine (Monserrat Mine), Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
37.5km (23.3 miles) Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia
41.0km (25.5 miles) San José Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
41.4km (25.7 miles) Avicaya Mines (Totoral Mines), Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
41.6km (25.9 miles) Itos Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
53.3km (33.1 miles) Amayapampa mine, Amayapampa gold belt, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia
79.6km (49.5 miles) Kori Kollu mine (Inti Raymi mine; Kori Kollo mine), Cerro Chuquina, La Joya mining district, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
82.1km (51.0 miles) San Andrés mine, Cerro Llallagua, La Joya mining district, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tin-Polymetallic Mineralization in the Oruro Mining District, Central Bolivian Tin Belt Asahiko SUGAKI...vein-type tin-polymetallic ore deposits of the Oruro mining district in the central part of the Bolivian tin...ages of hypogene mineralization, and supergene alunite and jarosite provide ages for erosional and weathering...concluded that hypogene mineralization in the Oruro mining district took place during the early to middle Miocene:...Miocene: 15.8±0.8 Ma at San José, 20.1±1.1 Ma at Morococala, 20.5±1.0 Ma at Avicaya, and 19.6±1.0 Ma at Llallagua
Report (issue)
No. 12: Bolivia ht of Mineral Collecting N 978-0-9790998-5-4 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado...specimen 'being sold with the shrine when he was in Bolivia buying mineral specimens in the 1970s. He took...ophyllite; 5. 2 cm tall Cerro Rico, Potosi, B,atillo province, Potosi Andy Seibel col/action Jejf-SC,m/.plwto...wp11�. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt (ex Marv...640 200 100 600 The Political Divisions of Bolivia (after United Nations Map No. 3875, Peacekeeping
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1960 A COMPARATIVE STUDY CENTRAL OF MAJOR BOLIVIA. No. 2 ORE DEPOSITS PART OF I F. S. TURNEAURE...219 Potosi district ..................................................... Llallagua-Oruro region .....Eastern Andes of central Bolivia, the tin depositsof Llallagua, Huanuni and Morococala,and the tin-silver depositsof...depositsof Potosiand Oruro. The deposits at Potosi, Llallagua and Oruro are associatedwith porphyry intrusions...veins of Huanuni and Morococala occur in altered sedimentaryrocks. In the Llallagua-Oruro region, the Pa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Elements in the Sn–W–Pb–Ag–Zn Huanuni Deposit, Bolivia Andreu Cacho 1 , Joan-Carles Melgarejo 1 , Antoni...maria.pura.alfonso@upc.edu Colegio de Geólogos de Bolivia, Edificio Señor de la Exaltación Nro. 4683, Av...1 y 2, Zona de Obrajes, Casilla 8941, La Paz, Bolivia; info@osvaldoarce.com Eloro Resources Ltd. Av....high-temperature (and low pH) mineralising fluids. District-scale mineralogical zonation suggests a thermal...temperatures from the central to the peripheral areas. A district-scale zonation has been also determined for δ34
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL BOLIVIA. F.S. PART II TURNEAURE PART II PAGE Descriptionof...or 40 vein mineralshave beenrecognizedin each district, but many of these occurin smallquantityand only...whichthe two minerals MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL BOLIVIA. II 577 were in direct contact. Age relationshipsare... (wf), (ap) Huanuni cs (ap), (fl) Morococala Potosi Oruro 5 mc, (asp), py, sd sd, sl, (py), wv(...Mineral abbreviations as follows: ad--andorite aln--alunite cs--cassiterite dk--dickite me--marcasite mt--matildite
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut......................................in the U.S.A. notesfrom th r EDITORS OLD YUMA MINE Another great mineral locality has now been closed...longfamous Old Yuma mine near Tucson (see R. L. Jones, “Famous mineral localities: the Old Yuma mine,” in vol....owned by Richard Bideaux’s Arizona Exploring and Mining Company for quite a few years. Bideaux and Wayne...period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
central Andean tin belt in the Eastern Cordillera of Bolivia (Fig. 1). The tin belt extends from southern Peru...Argentina and is the easternmost metallogenic province of the central Andes (Ahlfeld, 1967; Turneaure...Rice, 1997), which makes Llallagua the largest tin mine of the western world. The bulk geochemical tin enrichment...producer of the world and became an important tin mine in the early twentieth century. The cumulated Ag...are two major epochs of tin mineralization in Bolivia. Tin-tungsten mineralization in association with
Journal (issue)
Trebisky and S. B. Keith The Minerals of the Zinc Hill Mine, Inyo County, California..........................Henderson The Mineralogy of the Department of Oruro, Bolivia..............................................c o rc l W \ Beryl. The Hiddenite and Emerald mine, near Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina...made his mark in a tourmaline find at the B.B. #7 mine in north Norway, Maine, and came to fame as the...Maine, and proceeded to learn Maine’s pegmatites by mining them. He has, over the years, mined commercial-grade
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tin-Silver No. 2 Province F. S. TURNEAURE Abstract The tin-silver provinceof Bolivia includesthe Cordillera...mineralization betweenthe tin-silverprovinceof Bolivia, the copperprovinceof Chile and the belt of polymetallicores...The tin-silver provinceof the Eastern Andes of Bolivia has only a generalconnotation,as the belt Geology...m the sharp bend in the Andes (the Elbow) near Santa Cruz to the Tunari fault zone north of Cochabamba...determinations of interbeddedvol- THE BOLIVIAN TIN-SILVER PROVINCE • .•, 660 (j•.L__ok_ .e• ,. 'Tiffcoco.•:'L•
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND SUPERGENE ACTIVITY AT CERRO RICO DE POTOSI, BOLIVIA C. M. RICE,† G. B. STEELE,* Department of Geology...into a high-level magma chamber. K-Ar dating of alunite indicates that supergene oxidation had begun by...occur mainly within the Eastern Cordillera of Bolivia and collectively form the major part of the central... c.rice@abdn.ac.uk *Present address: Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration Ltd., S. American Region, El Bosque...flanks of the dome contains in the “25 de Mayo” mine working partially oxidized clasts of altered and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Article The Poopó Polymetallic Epithermal Deposit, Bolivia: Mineralogy, Genetic Constraints, and Distribution...Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Colegio de Geólogos de Bolivia, Av. Hernando Siles entre calles 1 y 2, Zona de...Señor de la Exaltación Nro. 4683, La Paz 8941, Bolivia Correspondence: camprubitaga@gmail.com; Tel.: +52-55-56224310...[2]. In the particular case of Bolivia, the organisation of most mining activities is twofold: it is either...grouped into the National Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Bolivia (FENCOMIN) and that operate by means
Journal (issue)
Arhbar Mine in view of the association with the wendwilsonlte which was confined to this mine and is...Phosphophyllite Alfredo Petrov Casilla 1728 Cochabamba, Bolivia e-mail fred@bo.net Jnnunry 1998 iron, and phosphate...visited the Morococala tin mine, two hours drive east of the city of Oruro, Bolivia. This mine became famous...stellate aggregates 5 to 7 mm across. Owners of Morococala vivianite specimens may want to check for other...will be interesting to see whether in the future Morococala produces better phosphophyllites. And since most
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits of Miocene age in the Eastern Cordillera in Bolivia were studied by ICP/MS and EPMA for major and minor...concentration of trace amounts of indium. Keywords: Bolivia, indium, petrukite, polymetallic, Potosi, sphalerite...Lake Titicaca La Paz PERU Oruro Sn-polymetallic ore belt Arica BOLIVIA Potosi CHILE Lake Uyuni Border...terrains of Japan (Ishihara et al., 2006) and Bolivia (Ishihara & Murakami, 2008a). The total indium...(Sinclair et al., 2006). Tin-polymetallic deposits in Bolivia (Fig. 1) appear to be one of the major source regions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
age and thermal history of Cerro Rico de Potosi, Bolivia C.G. Cunningham 1, R.E. Zartman 2, E.H. MeKee 3...Geologico de Bolivia (GEOBOL), Calle Federico Zuazo 1673, Casilla 2729, La Paz, Bolivia 7U.S. Geological...Geol6gico de Bolivia (GEOBOL), Calle Federico Zuazo 1673, Casilla 2729, La Paz, Bolivia Received: 14...January 1996 Abstract. Cerro Rico de Potosi, Bolivia, is the world's largest silver deposit and has...fission-tract dating. Minor sericite, and magmatic-steam alunite veins, were episodically formed around 11 Ma and
Report (volume)
Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia By U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY and SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA With a section on...Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia I by U.S. Geological Survey and Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia; with a section...mineral resources-Bolivia-Cordillera Occidental. 3. Geology-Altiplano. 4. Geology-Bolivia-Cordillera Occidental...Geological Survey (U.S.) II. Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia. Ill. Series. QE75.B9 no. 1975 [TN39.A4] 557.3s--dc20...cooperation between the Servicio Geologico de Bolivia and the U.S. Geological Survey. The geologic research
Book
Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...110 mm (47.6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets...of crystallized gold occurred in the Jamestow n mine. California, USA, where a cavity, which yielded
Report (volume)
metal commodities are also recovered during the mining and concentration of tin. Lode deposit's yield...however, is concentrated in amounts suitable for mining. GEOLOGY Tin, a useful metal of commerce since...been sought and mined. Consequently, several major mining areas have been studied in three dimensions. CompaJ:>ed...areas are being found, the geology o:f each new district falls within that predicted from past experience...other valu:tble metals are recovered during the mining and concentration of tin ores. Lode deposits yield
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...gysinite-(Nd) and other rare minerals from [the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G
Book
Crystals up to 140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...mm (4 5/i6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets
Journal (issue)
mineralenpartner David Smith, in de Rustler Mine, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek Mountains, Tooele County,...vertelde hem dat hij een paar jaar eerder in de Rustler mine specimens had verzameld die hij met "zekerheid"...derde plaats aangetroffen, nl. Fitzgerald River District, Western Australia). Nadien ging David zich nog...Thorez mine (een oude koolmijn), Wałbrzych District, Dolnośląskie (Silezië), en de Staszic Mine, Rudki...Rudki, Nowa Słupia District, Świętokrzyskie. Wanneer we er de literatuur op naslaan valt ons al meteen op
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: Llallagua, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...perhaps the finest known, 2 cm, from Llallagua, Bolivia. Mark Chance Bandy collection; current owner unknown...experience at the Gottesehre (“God’s Honor”) mine, a small fluorite mining operation in Urberg, near Sankt Blasien...E-Mail: stuwil@aol.com Rhodochrosite, Uchucchaqua mine, Lima Dept. Peru 2 inches. Wilensky photo. Clara...SMALE Famous Mineral Localities: Llallagua, Bolivia Jaroslav Hyrsl Ke kurtum 383 142 00 Prague, Czech
Journal (issue)
..... 127 by T. Szenics The El Dragon mine, Potosi, Bolivia ..........................................Lehrberger & G. Schnorrer-Kohler Arizona's Silver mining district .............................................family in Mainz, Germany, in 1853. He entered the mining academy at Frieberg and, after his graduation,...it unlikely that axinite would be found in a gold mine. Checking with local residents turned up nothing...court house in Madera to check the property and mine records of the Coarsegold area. I located the name
Journal (issue)
Articles Update on the mineralogy of the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada .........................Interest and collecting activity at the Majuba Hill mine have increased since the publication o f the initial...(Jensen, 1985). Information on new discoveries at the mine, as well as on certain aspects that were left vague...presented here. As o f October, 1991, access to the mine is tenuously unrestricted. INTRODUCTION Several...covered in this update discussion: ( 1) the status of mine access, (2) minerals previously unreported from
Journal (issue)
Calaveras County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$1,400 Crystal Mine, Angels Camp, Calif. GOLD—1.4 oz. mass, large crystals...dera County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$2,750 Crystal Mine, Angels Camp, Calif. KRISTALLE Wayne and Dona.............. 28 by Peter B. Leavens The Bluebell Mine, Riondel, British Columbia, Canada................38 by Wendell E. Wilson and John S. White, Jr. Mining Claims for the Mineral Collector.................Nev. 89503 Introduction The Copper Mountain mining district, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, was active
Journal (issue)
Cairncross & C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County, Iowa ............. 231 by P. L. Garvin...Sevillano The geosc_ience collections of the Freiberg Mining Academy .........................................in the still open underground workings of the Gem mine. He encountered an open pocket containing well formed...the children in the mining camps he would visit. He would typically stop in Santa Eulalia, Charcas, Mapami...conglomerate. The stories of these early discoveries and mine developments, some of which were conducted under
 
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