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Galena from
Vila Apacheta, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vila Apacheta, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:248191
Long-form Identifier:1:3:248191:3
GUID (UUID V4):9e75de44-6b21-493c-bf36-35e5d641bacc
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
12.2km (7.6 miles) Antequera Mine (Tihua Mines), Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
13.5km (8.4 miles) Bolivar Mine (Antequera Mine), Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
13.7km (8.5 miles) Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia
16.0km (9.9 miles) Ichocollo Mine (Monserrat Mine), Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
18.2km (11.3 miles) Avicaya Mines (Totoral Mines), Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
22.1km (13.7 miles) Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia
24.1km (15.0 miles) Candelaria Mine, Callapampa, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
24.3km (15.1 miles) Trinacria Mine, Callapampa, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
27.2km (16.9 miles) Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
30.3km (18.9 miles) Amayapampa mine, Amayapampa gold belt, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
(Fe2.76 Zn0.23 )Σ=2.99 Sn1.71 S12.00 . (2) Vila Apacheta, Bolivia; by electron microprobe, corresponding...Sn–Cu sulfide deposits. Association: Chalcopyrite, galena, tetrahedrite, stannite, cassiterite, siderite...Saône-et-Loire, France. In the Barquilla deposit, Salamanca Province, Spain. From Långban, Värmland, Sweden. In Russia...Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada. From Bolivia, at Vila Apacheta. In Peru, from the Colquijirca mine, Junı́n
Report (issue)
luzonite–famatinite, kiddcreekite, mohite, bismuth, galena, sphalerite. Distribution: In Australia, from the...Tingha, New England district [TL]. In Bolivia, from Vila Apacheta. In Peru, at the Colquijirca mine, Junı́n...Prefecture, Japan. In the Ulsan mine, Kyongsang Province, South Korea. Now known from a number of other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cycle .............. The Tertiary petrographic province ............................. The Tertiary me...excellentwork of Myron Davy (I92O), the Bolivian Tin Province has beenthe object of much detailedresearch. Its...a short summary of the present knowledgeof the province. Many questionshave not yet been solved;geologicaland...provenearly Tertiary2 ageare knownin this part of Bolivia. The batholith of apliticgranitewhichI foundin...canism in themiddle andsouthern partsof thetin province pro• Theageof theyoungmagmatie rocksof Peru,especially
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
•lntimony I?ei•zs.--Most of the antimonydepositsof Bolivia belongto this group. They havebeenformedat depthsranging...arsenopyriteand pyrite and later jamesonite,boulangerite, galena,franckeite,cylindriteand needletin. This zonal...•937. 4 Ahlfeld,F.: Die Zinnerzlagerstaette Vila Apacheta, Bol. Z. prakt. Geol.,39: 33-38, •93•. 576...lead-zinczone,in that they containcassiteritewith galena, siderite and tetrahedrite. The silver-bearinglead-zinc...Colquirimine, now the second largest tin producerin Bolivia, consistsof a large zone of mineralized fracturesin
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)...640 200 100 600 The Political Divisions of Bolivia (after United Nations Map No. 3875, Peacekeeping
Journal (issue)
calcite, bornite, barite, dolomite, siderite, galena, sphaler­ ite, and rarely with chalcocite. Bateman...3 mm on a 5 x 7-cm matrix. Galena PbS Hurlbert (1897) reports that galena at Bristol is silver-bearing...zincblende and striking ores of copper.” Only one galena specimen was examined during this study— Yale #60-C1644-734...Small quartz crystals are implanted on some of the galena faces, and chalcopyrite is associated. Malachite...livia Alfredo Petrov Casilla 1728 Cochabamba, Bolivia e-mail: alfredopetrov@earthlink.net Bill and Carol
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metallogenetic Epochs and Provinces of Bolivia The Tin-Province (Part I) The Metallogenetic Provinces...the Altiplano (Part II) F. A~LFELD Cochabamba, Bolivia Partf. An attempt is made to solve the relationships...formation of ore deposits using the Bolivian tin-province as an example. In the eastern Cordillera we are...tin-silver mineralization is discussed. Within the tin-province three metallogenic epochs are recognized, with...down-faulted and consequently preserved. The polymetallic province of the Altiplano contains subvolcanic ore deposits
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...enormous amounts of tin; one mine at Llallagua, Bolivia, produced over 500,000 tons (~lfeld, 1936). Disseminated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sphalerite and galena precipitate in the Zn-Pb substage. The importance of sphalerite and galena ores increases...hessite (Ag2Te) and stützite (Ag7Te4), whereas galena is mostly poor in Ag. The relative abundances of...rhodochrosite and quartz on greenish sphalerite and galena (Zn-Cu zone). Earlier quartz-pyrite veinlets with...(Sulfurosa area). Abbreviations: Ena = enargite, Gn = galena, Py = pyrite, Qtz = quartz, Rds = rhodochrosite...tennantite and chalcopyrite. (f) Tetrahedrite, galena, and seligmannite (PbCuAsS3) together with rhodochrosite
Journal (issue)
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...secondary minerals occuring in the silver-lead (galena) deposits which contain both lead and chromium...accompanied the primary lode, which consisted of galena, siderite, sphalerite and pyrite. In 1974 Rod Williams...recorded; the primary min­ eral associated were galena, sphalerite, jamesonite and pyrite. In recent years
Journal (issue)
red clay, rich in euhedral crystals of oxidised galena with well-developed crystals of cerussite and wulfenite...800 mm long. 9 FIGURE 2. Euhedral crystal of galena entirely coated by crystallised cerussite. The...of partially oxidised galena. Groups of crystals of similarly oxidised galena were also found loosely...across. The 10 FIGURE 3. An aggregate of etched galena crystals from the cave wall showing two periods...areas were covered by films of limonite. GALENA Euhedral galena crystals were recovered from the red clay-fill
Book
geochemical tin provinces of the East Indies or Bolivia) force an answer in the terms of the second question...effects, and possess even higher contents of lead and galena, sphalerite, silver, gold, and palladium. I n places...peculiar bornite occurrences in the Ookiep area, Cape Province, are on one hand typical transition deposits;...the geologically ancient deposits of sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite in Central Sweden, which were... 16 T H E ORE MINERALS FIG. 9 8 X Colavi, Bolivia RAMDOHR Wolframite (hübnerite), in typical lath-shaped
Book
Approximate production percentages are Malaysia 39%, Bolivia 15%, Thailand 11%, Indonesia 12%, Australia 6%...of the continent, it is possible to outline a province extending from Alaska to Mexico. (Sainsbury et...would hesitate to nominate the entire zone as a province. Similarly global scale linear tin belts can be...(Schuiling, 1967a, 1967b). Even within a well accepted province the perspective of different scales is important...Asian tin zone is normally regarded as a single province extending some 3000 km. from Thailand to Indonesia
Book (edition)
Turquoise, polished. 55 mm, ZhiJandy, Kazakhstan, G Galena, 45 mm, Madan, Bulgaria, G SphaJerite. xx 12 mm...Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite, I 00 mm, Huanzala, Bolivia, H Page 3: Liddicoatite, polished, 70 mm, Anjanabonoina...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION
Book (edition)
Monte Cat ini The copper deposits of Coro-Ck>ro, Bolivia Native copper with epidote in — — — — — —...General features— -Quart/Z-tctrahedrite-galena veins— Tel rahedrite-galena-siderite veins California — — ...with calcitc, — Pyritie galena-quartz veins— The sii\'er-tm veins of Bolivia— -The silver-lead replacement...deposits— The cassitente veins- -Mineral association Bolivia —Tin deposits — Japan —The Malaya other countries...Arsenic — Antimony. pAoat ment in —Other Bolivia metals Biipergene sulphide of (‘4uicksilver
Book (edition)
the lapis lazuli mine at Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. It forms the core of a crystal of...on the eastern slope of the Central Cordillera, Bolivia. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Aristarain, L. F., and Hurlbut...MODE OF OCCURRENCE: Occurs in veins with gold, galena, and white quartz in the Beresovsk district, Ural...deposits, often associated with sphalerite, pyrite, galena, rhodochrosite, rhodonite, calcite, and quartz...plates at the Dexter No. 7 mine, Calf Me_sa, San Rafael Swell, Utali; at The Geysers, Sonoma County, and
Book (edition)
ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico; (center) vivianite, Bolivia; (center, right) topaz, Thomas Mountains, Utah;...district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia; Czechoslovakia; Norway; Germany; Tsumeb; Namibia;...on the eastern slope of the Central Cordillera, Bolivia. SELECTED REFERENCES: Aristarain, L. F.; and Hurlbut...MODE OF OCCURRENCE: Occurs in veins with gold, galena, and white quartz in the Beresovsk district, Ural...deposits, often associated with sphalerite, pyrite, galena, rhodochrosite, rhodonite, calcite, and quartz
Book (edition)
amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico; ( center) vivianite, Bolivia; ( center, right) topaz, Thomas Mountains, Utah;...district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia; Czechoslovakia; Norway; Germany; Tsumeb; Namibia;...on the eastern slope of the Central Cordillera, Bolivia. SELECTED REFERENCES: Aristarain, L. F., and Hurlbut...MODE OF OCCURRENCE: Occurs in veins with gold, galena, and white quartz in the Beresovsk district, Ural...deposits, often associated with sphalerite, pyrite, galena, rhodochrosite, rhodonite, calcite, and quartz
Book (edition)
Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the San Rafael swell about 47 miles southwest of Green River,...Pacajakesilvcr mine,near Haicoand Colquechaca,Bolivia.48, 1183,BFCUNC7. 1-4, 54. 448-4S6, CM 12, 304--307...Alumlnocoplaplte. (Al 2 1 □ 1 ,)Fet(SO 32. 483 4)0 Galena~ (OH)i-20H 20, tric., Tempi Rock. Utah. USA. Copiopii...Provvidenzakaolinquarry,Allumierc,Tolfa Mount district,Roma Province,Lazio,ltaly,NJMM 1976,40~17 (str.),AC 18, 249-252...NaB1OiOH),. mon., Tincalayu borax deposit, Salta Province, Argentina. 52, 935-945, 60, 879-883 (str.) D
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blue-green. Mira Flores mine, Huanuni dist., Oruro, Bolivia. H=?, Djj4= 2.85, D(;= 2.89, VHD 08. Foord & Taggart...Vitreous brownish-pink, red. Colquechaca, Potosi, Bolivia. H= 2-2.5, Djjj= 3.37, D(.= 3.51, VIG 01. Herzenberg...Powd. Diff. 2 (1987), 230. See also Clausthalite, Galena. Althausite, Mg2P04(0H,F, O), E Orth. Vitreous...Lustrous black. Wilagedera prospect. North Western Province, Sri Lanka. H= 3-4, 0^= 3.94, Dg= 3.97, VIIIE...Lustrous black. Wilagedera prospect. North Western Province, Sri Lanka. H= 3-4, Djjj= 3.94, D(.= 4.22, VIIIE
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Examples are almandine, analcime, anatase, asbolane, galena, levyne and spodumene. Over the years, there have...by changing suffixes to -ite, e.g., galenite for galena, spessartite for spessartine, or periclasite for...14, 279. Flores mine, Huanuni District, Oruru, Bolivia. Agardite-(La) (La,Ca)Cu¢(AsO4)3(OH)6°3H20, Foord...minerals. Pakajake mine, Colquechaca, Potosf, Bolivia. hex., P63/m. Ramdohr, P. (1935): Zentralbl. Mineral...Mineral. 14, 56]. Forms series with clausthalite and galena. Named after its discovery locality, at Ziryanovsk
Book (edition)
British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...northern Chile and scattered localities in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador; Morro Velho mine, Nova Lima, MG,...Peru; Potosi(*), Oruro(*), and other localities in Bolivia; Copiapo, Huantaya(*), Chanarcillo(*), and Chanca...Coquimbo, and Chuquicamata, Chile; Corocoro(*), Bolivia. Alteration: Alteration of native copper first...Broken Hill, NSW, Australia; Huasco, La Paz, Bolivia. BM DI:132, R:373, P&J:69, Atacama, ABI:16,
Book
106 2. Kolloide Zinnsteinlagerstätten (Typus Vila Apacheta) ................... 107 IX 3. Sulfostannatlagerstätten... Nördl. Bushveld, Südwestuganda, Maine, USA., Bolivia). W o lfr a m itp e g m a tite und M o ly b d ä...Einzellagerstätten Joplin, Pitcher, Quapaw, Baxter und Galena (hauptsächlich Zinkerze), ferner das s ü d ö s...Zinnsteinlagerstätten (Typus Vila Apacheta). Die Lagerstätten sind auf den Gruben Vila Apacheta und Chayanta in Bolivien...Flacerville und in Utah: Urawan, La Sal Mountains, San Rafael, Thompson und Henry Mts. Im ganzen Gebiet sollen
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from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The powder diagram is near that...product of blockite (q.v.), from Colquechaca, Bolivia. Perhaps identical with cobaltomenite. Named after...from the Wilagedera iron ore body, North-Western Province, Ceylon is related to the brittle micas, but contains...the locality, [Benguet mine], Antamok, Mountain Province, Philippine Islands. [M.A., 4, 250.] 12th List...2H20, as bluish-green orthorhombic crystals from province Antofagasta, Chile. Named from the locality. [M
 
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