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Acanthite from
San Rafael Mine, Melgar Province, Puno, Peru


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view San Rafael Mine, Melgar Province, Puno, Peru
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1604817
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1604817:1
GUID (UUID V4):24f5da74-ddeb-40d8-88ae-a2dacccf0240
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1741–1777 Genesis of the Giant, Bonanza San Rafael Lode Tin Deposit, Peru: Origin and Significance of Pervasive...Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6,Canada Abstract The San Rafael Sn-Cu deposit, located at lat 14°13'58" S, long...Cordillera de Carabaya, northern Puno Department, southeastern Peru, yielded 38,182 t of fine tin in...reserves of 14.460 Mt at 5.14 percent Sn, the main San Rafael Lode constitutes, both at present and historically...more than 80 percent of the upper 750 m of the San Rafael stock experienced quasipervasive hydrothermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Depositsof the Cordillera Oriental, Southeastern Peru DANIEL J. KONTAK, Departmentof Minesand Energy,P...esentin the Cordillera de Carabaya,southeastern Peru,segmentof the centralAndeanInnerArc domain.The deposits...regionasa whole. A comparison of the southeastern Peru ore lead datawith thoseavailablefor the metallo-...genically similarnorthwestern Bolivian Sn-W-Ag province reveals broadlysimilarresults for Tertiary$n polymetallic... Pb1SOTOPE COMPOSITION, CORDILLERA ORIENTAL, SOUTHEASTERN PERU 1585 (Audebaud andAmosse,1981; Clarket al., 1984)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Update on the of the Mineralogy San Rafael Mine Downloaded by [Laurentian University] at 10:24 05...Loomis of specimens from his collection he San Rafael mine, in north central Nevada, is a relatively little...species from this interesting occurrence. The San Rafael mine, at the old camp of Quartz Mountain in the...wooden headframe and ore bin of the abandoned San Rafael mine stand out from the surrounding terrain and...(left). View to the southwest of abandoned San Rafael mine headframe and ore bin at sunset, summer 2008
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MetallogenicEvolution of the Andes of Southeastern Peru ALANH. CLARK,EDWARDFARlIAR,DANIELJ. KONTAK,*ROBERT... GedlogoConsultor,Caminosdel Inca 698, Lima 33, Peru LYNNEJ. FRANCE,**SANDRA L. MCBRIDE,PRISCILLA L...post-Paleozoic metallogenicevolutionof southeastern Peru is clarifiedon the basisof the stratigraphic an...contiguous centralAndeantransects, southeastern Peru differsmarkedlyfrom other areasof the countryin...detailedinformationon the greatmajority SOUTHEASTERN Peru (Figs.1 and2) displaysa wider of the ore deposits
Book
produced specimens from such places as the La Fe Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the...CALl[NTCS ... I MI ( Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein...University of New York, Albany) Figure 4. The mineral province of Sonora. (Modified from Berstein, 1964, back...Ttcolote • S 0 R A Sor • Provinces I 5 The province of Sonora, located in the northwest corner of...4) is an extension of both the basin and range province, and the copper porphyry belt of the western United
Book
produced specimens from such places as the La FĂŠ Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the...WIC ' ' (OSE INSET) Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein...Mexicali Show & Nensengdo Figure 4. The mineral province of Sonora. (Mod ors ified from Berstein, 1964...University of New York, Albany) Provinces / 5 The province of Sonora, located in the northwest corner of...4) is an extension of both the basin and range province, and the copper porphyry belt of the western United
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
plant has been in continuousoperation at the E1 Cubo mine since 1906. With more than 400 years of almostcontinuous... The principal' silver-bearing minerals are acanthite, aguilarite, and naumannite. Gold occurs in the...smaller shoots The common base higherup in the Old Mine are called"Upper" ore. metal minerals chalcopyrite..."Deep" ore at the Rayas bodies in the Peregrina mine suggestedthat oremine. bodieswithin the Veta Madre...vein systems. The in the northwest to the Purisima mine in the southminableshootsrange in width from lessthan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel, Lima 15088, Peru; lisardtorro@hotmail...Resources Ltd. Av. La Floresta 497, Of. 101, San Borja, Lima 15037, Peru Correspondence: camprubitaga@gmail.com...producer in Bolivia and, alongside the San Rafael deposit in Peru, spearheads the tin production in the...“Tin Belt”. The Tin Belt extends between southeast Peru and the northernmost tip of Argentina, and most...district (Oruro department, Pantaleón Dalence province) is located 275 km SE of La Paz, in the the central
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
existence of changes in pressure and/or temperature. Acanthite pseudomorphs after argentite In the classical...distinguished, cubic “argentite” and monoclinic “acanthite”. But the first study performed by X-ray diffraction...diffraction (Ramsdell, 1925) showed that argentite and acanthite had identical structures, and that therefore it...temperature above 173ºC, but always becoming acanthite, the monoclinic polymorph, when cooled below that...were argentite. Acanthite formed as a primary mineral also discovered, and later the San Guillermo vein
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
photos. September/October: Silver crystals, Bachelor mine, Amethyst vein system, Mineral County, Colorado;...Symposium: Contributed Papers in Specimen Mineralogy Acanthite, Nevada, 514 Actinolite, Quebec, 498 Adamite,...Colorado, 413; Nevada, 515 Annabergite, Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece, R. B. Cook, 154–59 Apatite...517 Connoisseur’s Choice, Annabergite, Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece, R. B. Cook, 154–59; Calaverite...Exploration and Mining History of the de Linde Wavellite Mine, East Dug Hill Area, Near Avant, Garland County
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite...(top). Clinotyrolite spray, 3.4 mm across, Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite...Lovelock mine: annabergite, atacamite, ciinotyrolite, erythrite, retgersite, tyrolite Nickel mine: annabergite...prospects: beryl, chrysoberyl, dumortierite Key West mine: chalcopyrite, glaukosphaerite, godlevskite(?),...spenylite, violarite Gold Butte District Azure Ridge mine: aurichalcite, chrysocolla, hemimorphite, malachite
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 San Juan County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...mineral localities, with the minerals found at each mine or locality. Most mining districts and mineral localities...whole, along with those for which the specific area (mine, for instance) is not known. Other minerals, however...District (San Francisco Mountains). Rocky District (Rocky Range). San Francisco (Frisco) District (San Francisco...River District (S. W. Green River). San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell). GARFIELD COUNTY Colorado River
Journal (issue)
Fig. 12 Wulfenite The resultant c/a = 2.23 . San Rafael Mine, Nye Co., Nevada -103 Fig. 13 Wulfenite on... 18 A rather rounded crystal of Wulfenite Glove Mine, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona combination of {103},...small (111) face at a crystal corner. White King Mine, Lake Co., Oregon 15 2-16 126 0-10 100 1-2-6...epitaxial on a sphalerite (111) face. Casapalca, Peru 16 Though probably the most common copper mineral...clear wulfenite, one of the crystals from San Rafael mine shown in fig. 12 of the preceding article on
Report (issue)
Frontispiece: Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection...COLOR PLATES (following page 242) Gold, Mexican Mine Gold, Majuba Placer Pyromorphite after Galena with...Conichalcite Gold, Round Mountain Mine Quartz, Lovelock area Acanthite Grossular, Nightingale district...Meikle Mine Malachite and Azurite, Aurichalcite with Hemimorphite Azurite Barite, Meikle Mine Barite...Northumberland Mine Barite, Rosebud Mine Barite with Orpiment inclusions Calcite, Getchell Mine Robinson
Report (issue)
Frontispi ece: Oliven i te, r.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection...ustrations COLOR PLATES (follow,ng puge 242 I Acanthite -\gardite Aln1andine-Spessarttne Annabergi te...Hen1in1orphite Azurile Barite, N1eikJe Mine Barite, '\forthun1berland Mine Bante, Rosebud t1ine Barile v;ith...inclusions Bolt½'OOdite Calcite, Meikle Mine Calcite, Getchell Mine Callaghanite Cassiterite and Hema tile...Martha Mine Gold, Humboldt Mountain Gold, Mexican Mine Gold, Majuba Placer Gold, Round Mountain Mine Grossular
Catalog/List
(2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm) 81B06 STILPNOMELANE, Sterling Mine, Antwerp, N.Y. (a) very nice (7 x 11 cm) Botryoidal...millerite spray) ••• $20.00 81B07 CHALCOCITE, Magma Mine, Superior, Arizona. Sharp (1 mm) chalcocite crystals...above more than one crystal •.. $22.50 81B12 ACANTHITE, Ag s, Saint Andreasberg, Harz Mts., East Germany...Germany. (a) excellent 2 x 2 3 x 2 cm acanthite paramorphic after argentite crystal cluster. Cuba-octahedral...calcite coating ••• $80.00 (b) solid "dendritic" acanthite reminiscent of copper from Ray, Arizona (1.5 x
Report (issue)
TUC SON • ......_ REO MOUNT AI/II -- ~ - _j SAN XA/IER";(. -r---~----------------'-----32" PIMA...State Highway 82 and county road 1eading to the San Rafael Valley, Harshaw, and Lochiel. Good view of Red...2 through 8 shown on Figure 2. Turn off from San Rafael Valley-Harshaw-Lochiel county road onto road...Fault BN Blue Nose Mine Al Alta Mine H Hermosa Mine and Fault Am American Mine JN January-Norton...Fault AP American Peak M Mowry Mine and Townsite BE Bender Mine T Trench (Hagen) Vein 201 Fleetwood
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TAWN ALBINSON, Departamentode Exploracion,Minas de San Luis, S. A., ApartadoPostalNo. 154, Mazatldn, Sinaloa...bonanza-type preciousmetal vein deposits.The Tayoltita mine has produced107kg Ag and 2 X 105kg Au and thusr...Locationof Tayoltita, Durango,Mexico. Productionfrom the San Dimas district spansa 1976)districtswhereaccess to...reopened The townof Tayoltita(Fig. 1), for whichthe mine many of the old Spanishworkingsduring the 1880s...includingthe Arana, Cinco Sefiores,San Luis, and county seat for the Municipio de San Dimas. It is Candelariamineswhich
Journal (issue)
case of Ag2S. Below 177oC, the stable mineral is acanthite, which is monoclinic. Above 177oC, the cubic structure...immediately recrystallize internally to adopt the acanthite structure, though they may retain the external... The recommended name for such specimens is ‘acanthite pseudomorph after argentite’. The case with sulfur...stability. Fig. 3 Sulfur (Sulfur, orthorhombic) San Rafael Mine, Nye Co., Nevada Fig. 4 Rosickyite (-Sulfur...(hexagonal) Culver-Baer Mine, Sonoma Co., Calif. Fig. 7 Metacinnabar (cubic) Mt. Diablo Mine, Contra Costa Co
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
does not give permis- Lincoln district: The Creole mine, located at the south end of the Mineral Range between...IRON X i xAntimony Big Zndia X % GARFIELD SAN JUAN x Orderville WASHINGTON Figure 1. Selected...Mountains.” Preuss (Newhouse) district: The Cactus mine and nearby workings have pink crystals of anhydrite...the Cactus mine was gated recently, and entry is now restricted. Rocky district: The Maria mine and the...the Bawana mine are large open pits that were worked in the 1960s for copper and still provide the opportunity
Report (issue)
Highway No. 82 and county road leading to the San Rafael Valley, Harshaw and Lochiel. Good view of Red...2 through 8 shown on Figure 2. Turn off from San Rafael ValleyHarshaw-Lochiel county road on to road...------~~-- ------~~~ 14 ~. TUCSON 1 f i , \ SAN XAVI["R~ ; --t-~------------------------------------~--~------R'...the location. la~eral extent. and concentration of mine ralization within stratiform zones (Figs. 7. 8,...Fault BN Blue Nose Mine Al Alta Mine H Hermosa Mine and Fault Am American Mine IN January-Norton
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 BUENO G r o u................. Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca province, department of Ancash R a u r a -H u a n z a l
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
some Nevada faults are strike-slip faults, like the San Andreas Fault in California, where opposite sides...Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. Th e San Andreas Fault takes u p most of the motion between...other major mining camps and estabGypsum Empire mine, Pershing County Halite Humboldt Marsh, Churchill...County (in skarn) adits, pits, and glory holes at mine sites are dangerous. There are more than Mlmlr that...formed from geothermal or hydrothermal fluids Acanthite, polybasite, electrum, uytenbogaardite.* Comstock
Report (issue)
Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125 South State St. • SAN FRANCISCO, California-Customhouse, Rm. 504, 555 Battery...Asher-Bolinder and James K. Otton 23 Hydrogeology of San Juan Basin Uranium Deposits-The Brine-Interface Model...Solution-Collapse Breccia Pipes of Northern Arizona and San Rafael Swell, Utah by Karen J. Wenrich and James G....percent comes from solution (in situ) mining, from mine-water recovery, and from by-products of copper production...____r--1---1--- •1n Situ includes solution mining, mine water, and heap leaching f--f- r- 30 :::> 0
Journal (issue)
ounce lots $600.00. Darlene and I with our guides, mine foreman and guards at the Welo opal mines in Ethiopia...without notice. C MARCH 2020 3 ROYAL PEACOCK OPAL MINE Dig your own Virgin Valley Fire Opals ALL YOU FIND...ruby on zoisite was recovered from the Mundarara Mine, Arusha Region, Tanzania. HERITAGE AUCTIONS 14...mineral localities in the world! When the Franklin mine closed in 1954, locals wanted to preserve its heritage...public in 1965. When the neighboring Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg was shuttered in 1986, a similar museum—the
 
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