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Sphalerite from
Bonanza, Huanuni, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia


Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bonanza, Huanuni, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1286089
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1286089:4
GUID (UUID V4):8d7385c7-a099-427f-bcbf-4796ccbbf0ed
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Critical Elements in the Sn–W–Pb–Ag–Zn Huanuni Deposit, Bolivia Andreu Cacho 1 , Joan-Carles Melgarejo...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....  Abstract: The polymetallic Huanuni deposit, a world-class tin deposit, is part of...complex mineralogy and mineral chemistry of the Huanuni deposit with the twofold aim of identifying the
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...Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt (ex Marv Rausch) Jase...640 200 100 600 The Political Divisions of Bolivia (after United Nations Map No. 3875, Peacekeeping
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF LLALLAGUA, BOLIVIA. F. S. TURNEAURE. PART II. CONTENTS---•ar! II. The bonanza ore shoots .............................................. THE BONANZA ORE I7o I72 •74 I88 •9o SHOOTS. GeneralDescription...consistsof pyrite and marcasitewith accessoryquartz, sphalerite,and siderite. Horizon o[ Maximum ?alue.--Although...generalization. I70 THE TIN DEPOSITS OF LL.4LL.4GU.4, BOLIVIA. 171 Ori#in.--In •926, Koeberlin .,6advanced...it appliesto Llallaguashouldbe noted: (•) Some bonanza ore-shootscertainly terminate upward within the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL BOLIVIA. F.S. PART II TURNEAURE PART II PAGE Descriptionof...formation, in which it is closelyassociatedwith late sphalerite. Certain textures shownby pyrite and marcasiteseemto...whichthe two minerals MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL BOLIVIA. II 577 were in direct contact. Age relationshipsare...rather than replacement. It was characterizedby sphalerite,siderite, pyrite and rare chalcopyrite. These...appear as tiny veinlets and irregular coatings. Sphalerite occursgenerally in botryoidal and globular masses
Journal (issue)
Henderson The Mineralogy of the Department of Oruro, Bolivia..............................................Primary Location Abundnace Common Associates Sphalerite Galena Chalcopyrite Pyrite Calcite Smithsonite...Record Mineralogy _ of the Department of Oruro, Bolivia by Robert B. INTRODUCTION What does the mineralogist...professional and ama­ teur alike, think of when Bolivia is mentioned? Most like­ ly it is the phosphates...localities, specifically those within the Department of Oruro. Information concerning current conditions and oper­
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...determinations of interbeddedvol- THE BOLIVIAN TIN-SILVER PROVINCE • .•, 660 (j•.L__ok_ .e• ,. 'Tiffcoco.•:'L•...stanniteare commonminMajor tin-silver depositsinclude Oruro, Potosi, erals; galena is less abundant. Bismuthinite
Report (volume)
biotite or biotite-muscovite granite or, as in Bolivia, with shal-low-seated volcanic rocks such as quartz...major lode tin deposits of the world (those of Bolivia excepted) are o:f this type.2 Lodes are near or...Gerais, Brazil Rondonia-Tapajos, Brazil Tin belt, Bolivia lpameri, Goias, Brazil Encruzilhalda, Brazil Amapa...mineralogically complex and very rich deposits o£ Bolivia, where bonanza tin lodes also contain large amounts o£...enormous amounts of tin; one mine at Llallagua, Bolivia, produced over 500,000 tons (~lfeld, 1936). Disseminated
Journal (issue)
still being mined today and have yielded a rich bonanza of rare and interesting mineral species. The discovery...mining activity throughout the country yielded a bonanza of mineral specimens for developing mineral collections...from Doi Ty, Quy Chau district, Nghe[≥ An, An Province, Vietnam. Copper with cuprite coating, 10 cm,...cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China. Quartz (Japan-law twin), 14 cm, from...10 cm, from the Amo mine, Ximeng County, Yunnan Province, China. Barite on dolomite, 12 cm, from Frizington
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associated with, among others, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, acanthite, bornite, calcite, dolomite... cuprite, covellite, pyrite, bournonite, and sphalerite after tetrahedrite (Palache, Berman, Figure 2...quartz. Other Zacatecas localities include the Bonanza mine, a skarn deposit, where tetrahedrite is associated...associated with pyrite, galena, sphalerite, bournonite, and quartz, and the Aranzazú mine with crystals...from Naica, Chihuahua, associated with galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite; and crystals come
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
METAL EPITHERMAL MINERALIZATION AT PULACAYO, BOLIVIA jos• PINTO-VJ•SQUEZ UnitedNationsDepartmentof...SocialDevelopment(U-NDESD),Casilla2096, SantaCruz, Bolivia Introduction GeologicSetting The silver-richbasemetal...rocks. Coportsavailableat Corporaci6nMinera de Bolivia,La eval and youngerandesitcplugsand lava flowsinPaz...andbiotite, whereasargillizalivia suchasLlallagua,Potosl,Oruro, Chocaya,and mostlythe plagioclase Tatasi, and ...BERENGuELA ß • . .. : :' . ::'.'.:": ..... BOLIVIA Salars and Lakes T-Q Volcanic ß ....... Rocks
Journal (issue)
BARITE 13 cm, from Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. Doug Fiske collection;...photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China. Keith & Diane Brownlee collection; Joe...from Katlang, Mardan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Jeff Starr collection; Joe Budd photo...the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The Carabas Collection; Joe Budd photo...Paul Bordovsky photo. Fluorite with barite and sphalerite, 20 cm, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County,
Report (issue)
Fernando Urquidi B., American Embassy, La Paz, Bolivia; and Raul Sal as 0., Servicio Nacional de Geologia...sulfur deposits associated with stratovolcanos in Bolivia and Chile ........................ 5. 12A 15A...polymetallic Sn and Sn-Ag deposits in southern Bolivia, which are associated with porphyry stocks and...region of southern Peru, northern Chile, western Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina. The information presented...72° \ 12° 12° PERU Macusani > 16' ijj®BOLIVIA 16" Vs. m^:::::: : ::::;:::::::t LaPaz Are'q:u:|jjjj|:;:|
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE TIN DEPOSITS F.S. OF LLALLAGUA, BOLIVIA. • TURNEAURE. PART I. CONTENTS. Introduction .......Lake Titicaca to the Argentineborder. Northeastof Oruro, theprincipalmetal is tin, with local concentrationsof...intrusives which cut the Palaeozoic sediments. South of Oruro, the min- eralizationis largelyassociated with...--EmTo•. 14 THE 7'IN DEPOSITS OF LLALLAGUA, BOLIVIA. 15 diversityof metallization,with tin, silver...miles southeastof Oruro. It is connected by rail with Machacamarca, a point southof Oruro on the Antofagastaand
Report (issue)
fülöppite, cassiterite, stannite, andorite, pyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, galena. Distribution:...from the San José, Itos, and other mines, Oruro, Bolivia. At the Brobdignag prospect, near Silverton...Eureka, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA. In Canada, from Bonanza Creek, Bridge River district, British Columbia;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TIN-SILVER OF GEOLOGISTS VEINS OF F. M. ORURO 1948 No. 6 BOLIVIA. CHACE. PART II. CONTENTS--PART................................... Genesisof the Oruro ore deposit ......................................rock alterat{onassociated with ore deposit{on at Oruro varies cons{derably {n intensity with the several... and matrix alike. . TIN-SILVER VEINS OF ORURO,BOLIVIA. 437 The pyroxeneand amphibolehave nearly...and Campbell, asin the wall rocksadjacentto the Oruro veins,particularlyin the Itos mine. Ahlfeld described
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the southeast Severalauthors(VanBemmelen, Asian province. Goldproductionin Indonesia Primarygoldproductionin...•• ORE (c) •• INNER PART I OUTER PART• • (d) BONANZA I , PYRITE ]• i PYRITE (ex. Po) MARCASITE...CHALCOPYRITE TETRAHEDRITE MACKINAWITE PYRRHOTITE SPHALERITE GREENOCKITE _. m ------ I •-- I I -- -...quartz, or sulfides(mainly pyrite-marcasite, sphalerite,and galena;occasionallychalcopyrite; Fig. 7)...Au-Ag-SnWDEPOSIT, INDOHESIA 235 galena-chalcopyrite-sphalerite suggesta rapid and synchronous depositionof theseminerals
Book
(by K. Lancaster) 8:24--26 The dravite crystal bonanza of Yinnietharra, Western Australia (by P. J. Bridge... C. Rouse) 5:280-287 BOLIVIA The mineralogy of the department of Oruro, Bolivia (by R. B. Cook, Jr.)...creedite at Colquiri, Inquisivi province, department of La Paz, Bolivia (by R. B. Cook, Jr.) 6:278-281...from Llallagua, Bolivia (by A. R. Kampf) 13:235-239 The El Drag6n mine, Potosf, Bolivia (by G. Grundmann...(by W. S. Wise) 9:296 BONANZA MINE Remarkable gold specimens [from the Bonanza mine, California] 13:387
Report (issue)
S. Geological Survey and Servicio Geologico de Bolivia in cooperation with the Trade Development Program................................. 1 Department of Oruro......................................100 Department...the U.S. Geological Survey-Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia as part of the Mineral Resource Evaluation of the...reports in the files of the Servicio Geologico de Bolivia located in their main office in La Paz. All of...States, and the Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia in La Paz, Bolivia. This report is an edited version of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
C. After the Punic Wars, Iberia became a Roman province, and huge quantities of silver flowed from Spain...discovered. In 1535, Pizarro conquered Peru and Bolivia, and the incredible deposits of Potosi were discovered...silver mined up to that point in history, and Bolivia and Peru had also produced substantial amounts...Cornstork lode to exploit bonanza orebodies. Drawing from Dan de Quille, The Big Bonanza (1964). output of...exploit bonanza ores in mines that were hot and wet. Square-set stoping was developed to mine bonanza orebodies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
assemblage of the deposit (chalcopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite and galena) has been known for being rather simple...of fluid inclusions, and higher FeS contents in sphalerite compared to the Bi-free ores. In the Green-Tuff...and ages, except in a few cases: Tasna deposit, Bolivia (e.g. Sugaki et al., 1984), Shizhuyuan deposit...Peru 960 t, Canada 190 t, Kazakhstan 140 t and Bolivia 70 t out of a world total of 5700 t (Mineral Commodity...orebodies are common in the Green-Tuff region (sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena and minor hematite;
Journal (issue)
includes minor molybdenite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, and sphalerite. The high-grade ore of the Jumbo deposit is almost...Botes, Rom ania; 2.9 cm w ide. Cinnabar: Hunan Province, China; 2.4 cm ta ll (red). FOR SALE EXCEPTIONAL...jaboncillo. Pyrite is very abundant and locally province of Texas are well known for their variety of rare...primary lode, which consisted of galena, siderite, sphalerite and pyrite. In 1974 Rod Williams took out a claim...the primary min­ eral associated were galena, sphalerite, jamesonite and pyrite. In recent years the Adelaide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
XXXVII THE ORURO GEOLOGY MARCH-APRIL, SILVER-TIN DONALD F. 1942 DISTRICT, No. 2 BOLIVIA. CAMPBELL...Chace. 2 After two yearsof work as geologistat the Oruro minesthe writer hasarrivedat an interpretationof...review of it will be given here. Location.--The Oruro district is locatedon the Bolivianhigh plateau2oo...Andeswhich forms the easternboundaryof the plateau. Oruro, oneof the principalBoliviancities,liesat the easternfoot...History.8--It is probablethat the first miningin the Oruro district was doneby the nativesduring the Inca period
Report (issue)
Peripheral vein/replacement deposits with chalcopyrite+sphalerite+galena+gold. Outermost zone may have veins of...AuAg veins with CuSb sulfides Replacement galena sphalerite Quartz monzonite to granodiorite porphyry Skarn...chalcopyrite-enargite-bornitemolybdenite; or pyrite-gold; or sphalerite-galena-gold-silver Metal Concentrations Mo,...DESCRIPTION December 9, 1982 OF (REFERENCE) Sphalerite and galena in calc silicate rocks. GENERAL REFERENCE...Ag, Cu, W. DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION Ore Minerals: Sphalerite+galena±pyrrhotite±pyrite-hnagnetite*chalcopyrite±
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stage 1 is a quartz– adularia–pyrite–galena–sphalerite–chalcopyrite–electrum– Editorial handling: B...mineralization, is divided into pre-bonanza and bonanza substages. The pre-bonanza substage consists of a quartz–...are finally filled by the bonanza substage characterized by a Fe-poor sphalerite–chalcopyrite–pyrite–ga...crystallization. Microthermometric measurements on sphalerite from both stages and on quartz and calcite from...filled by the stage 2 pre-bonanza minerals. Phase 3 coincides with the bonanza ore emplacement in the secondary
Journal (issue)
couldn’t understand it, then all of a sudden, BANGO BONANZA!! Then I’d work like crazy, boy.” After the Montreal... Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Myanyang, Sichuan Province, China. Wildfang Collection; Anton Watzl, Sr....near Katlang, Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Wildfang Collection; Anton Watzl, Sr...cm, from the TouissitBou Beker district, Jerada Province, Morocco. Wildfang Collection; Albert Russ photo...with quartz and cleavelandite, 10 cm, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. Wildfang Collection; Federico Picciani
 
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