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Chalcopyrite from
Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Chicla District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz65 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Sphalerite46 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Tetrahedrite Subgroup39 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Tetrahedrite Subgroup at this locality.
Galena24 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Galena at this locality.
Calcite18 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Pyrite15 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Bournonite4 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Bournonite at this locality.
Siderite3 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Siderite at this locality.
Arsenopyrite2 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Manganese-bearing Calcite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Manganese-bearing Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Chicla District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru
Photo GalleryView Gallery (26 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:59921
Long-form Identifier:1:3:59921:2
GUID (UUID V4):54044698-925a-4872-ab56-832da4cd0b4d
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Casapalca, Chicla District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru
1.4km (0.9 miles) Yauliyacu Mine, Casapalca, Chicla District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru
12.2km (7.6 miles) Toro Mocho deposit, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru
17.6km (10.9 miles) Coricancha Mine, San Mateo de Huanchor, San Mateo District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru
17.9km (11.1 miles) San Cristobal mining district, Yauli District, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru
19.2km (12.0 miles) Millotingo Mine (San Juan Mine; San Juan de Millotingo Mine), Pacococha, San Mateo District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru
25.5km (15.8 miles) Yauli dome, Huay-Huay District, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru
46.9km (29.1 miles) Perubar deposit, Santa Cruz de Cocachacra District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru
59.7km (37.1 miles) Santander Property, Santa Cruz de Andamarca District, Huaral Province, Lima, Peru
67.0km (41.6 miles) Chungar Mine, Santa Cruz de Andamarca District, Huaral Province, Lima, Peru
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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.......................... Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca province, department of Ancash R a u r a -H u
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL ULRICH PERU PETERSEN CONTENTS PAGE Abstract ................................ 427 430 434 448 454 462 Casapalca ................................................the center of the districts to the margins. This district zoning is modifiedby local or orebodyzoning and...Cerro de Pascoand later expanded' to Morococha, Casapalca,San Cristobal and Yauricocha. Exploitation of...complexenterprise,includingthe Goyllarisquizga coal mine, concentrating, smelting,and refiningfacilitiesand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry of TetrahedriteandMineralZoning at Casapalca, Peru ISHIUNG WU AND ULRICH PETERSEN Abstract The...characterizedby (1) sphalerite-galenapyrite, (2) chalcopyrite-pyrite-sphalerite, (3) tetrahedrite,and (4)...parageneticposition can be correlatedfrom one part of the mine to anotherover great distances. Quantitativeele...probablycloseto the center of the hydrothermal systemat Casapalca. The outer SO-rich Ag-rich tetrahedrite zone envelopsthe...This zoning pattern differs from the one used at Casapalca for severaldecades.The newly proposedzoningof
Report (issue)
the following page) from the open-pit magnesite mine at Podrečany, Czechoslovakia (now just Slovakia)... Sodalite, 5 cm, from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. Arkenstone specimen; Joe Budd photo...an August 2013 find of siderite in the Milpillas mine, Sonora, Mexico. If siderite specimens from Milpillas...last autumn from a huge pocket in the Milpillas mine (see the print report coming up in May-June). Rob...========== Siderite, 5 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Arkenstone specimen; Joe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pohwatp@si.edu ENARGITE Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado Are all things...the north orebody of the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County, Colorado. Specimen...in hydrothermal vein deposits associated with chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite, sphalerite, galena, pyrite, calcite...the Tri-State district in the United States. It is known to replace pyrite, chalcopyrite, tennantite,...Frondel 1944). The copper arsenates of the Tintic district, Utah, and of Tsumeb, Namibia, result from the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tetrahedritesfrom Coeur d'Alene,Idaho, and Orcopampa andJulcani,Peru,to documenttheseobservations. Similarheterogeneity...Althoughgenerallyclassedasa copper samplesfrom Casapalca,Peru (Wu and Petersen, sulfosalt,its crystalstr...tetrahedritesare commonlyhet- Idaho; Orcopampaand Julcani,Peru; and Creede, erogenousin composition(Yui, 1971;...the brecciapipe at Cananea,Mexico. electrons,Casapalca sample5270, showingcompositional growth Ag co...proximalto the presumedsourceof the solutions Casapalca,Peru (determinedby the zonationof wall-rockalteration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SEPTEMBER, THE VEINS OF CASAPALCA, H. E. McKINSTRY No. x932 6 PERU. AND J. A. NOBLE. INTRODUCTION...Superintendentand Assistant Superintendentat Casapalca,for facilities during the course of the .work;... permissionto publishthis paper. Location.---Casapalca is situatedhigh in the central Peruvian Andes...Pacificat the port of Callao. East of the to,wn of Casapalca,Carlos Francisco,one of the peaks of the Western...that the Carlos Francisco Mine has beenopened. The name of one other mine needsto be borne in mind--the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire...veins where it is associated with, among others, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, acanthite, bornite...pseudomorph collector there are examples of chalcopyrite, cuprite, covellite, pyrite, bournonite, and...lustrous group of tetrahedrite crystals from Casapalca, Peru. Jewel Tunnel Imports specimen when photographed...tetrahedrite and pyrite specimen from the Anchor mine, Park City, Utah. The specimen was in the stock
Journal (issue)
except the Dale Beck Valley, Dry Gill and Carrock End Mine. Grahamis hoping to get the permit system properly...still very much a 'frontier place'. One supposed mine was started by a character called Otto van Stryk...Stryk who thought he had found a huge iron mine. Alas, he never got any useable ore out of it. Rick went... So now it is recognised as a potential uranium mine! Another anecdote involved a light plane brought...amethyst, fluorapatite and tourmalines. Rossinguranium mine, a uraniferous granite, was also mentioned. Rick
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
12 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...which the mineralogy of each particular district, while having its individual peculiarities, accords with...particularly the rare variety luzonite. ' At Casapalca, enargite is unknown, and while tetrahedrite of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IN A ZONED CORDILLERAN BASE METAL DISTRICT, MOROCOCHA, CENTRAL PERU Honza CATCHPOLE§ Earth and Environmental...polymetallic mineralization in the Morococha district, central Peru, displays a deposit-scale base metal zonation...evolving hydrothermal fluid by the host rock on a district-scale. Keywords: base metal zonation, Morococha...Bendezú et al. 2008a). In the Morococha district, central Peru, Cordilleran polymetallic mineralization...al. 2008), Casapalca, Peru (McKinstry & Noble 1932, Rye & Sawkins 1974), and Colqui, Peru (Kamilli &
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz from the Finlandia vein, Colqui, Peru, from Casapalca,Peru, and from the OH vein, Creede,Colorado...range of 1 to 40 ppm at Colqui, 1 to 50 ppm at Casapalca,and 1 to 25 ppm at Creede. These resultsare consistentwith...vein in the Colqui District, Peru, from the Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu deposit at Casapalca,Peru, and from the OH vein...combiningthe 1647 1648 T. TSUI AND TAB•.E 1. District Colqui Sample• H. D. HOLLAND Location of Samples...735 level 437, stope 755 level 428, stope 735 Casapalca 8N2A 17M200 late stage late stage N vein M
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposit,CentralAndes,Peru* Ro•.•r O. RYe-and F. J. SAWKINS Abstract The extensive Casapalca vein systemoccursin...emplacementof an underlyingintrusive. the CentralAndesof Peru (McKinstry and Noble, This conclusion is supportedby...meaningfull fluid inclusionand stable isotopic data Casapalca vein system(Fig. 2). Thin and polished for the...Cordilleran-type de- ite containingnumerousblebsof chalcopyrite late tetrahedrite. These mineralized tactites...Cretaceouslimestoneswhich underlie the Casapalcafor- The Casapalca vein systemis locatedon the west mation. They
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 931-949 Geologyof theJulcaniMiningDistrict,Peru I,JLRICHPETERSEN, DONAnDC. NOBLE.MARIOJ. ARENAS...(Ag-Bi-Pb-Cu-W-Au) mineralizationat the Julcanidistrict, central Peru, is geneticallyrelatedto a geologicallybrief pulseof...detailedmetal ratio contouring.The central part of the district, characterized by the pyritic gold-tungstenmineralization...is followed first by tennantite/tetrahedrite-chalcopyrite-arsenopyrite-bismuthinite and then by galen...Julcanimining district has been the object of a large numberof geological the departmentof Huancavelica,Peru (see
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
IsotopicVariationsin the Lower ChesterVein, Sunshine Mine, Idaho RICHARD H. HARRIS, Newmont Exploration,327...vertical and lateral extent. THE Coeur d'Alene district of northern Idaho has rich Previouslyknownsulfurisotopicdata...veinshave the Lucky Friday and other mines in the district. simpleandunvaryingmineralogyandmay havelarge... Little is publishedcon- levels of the Sunshine mine. cerningthe chemistryand isotopiccompositions of...zonationswere noted. 706 ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS,SUNSHINE MINE, IDAHO 707 Arnold Silverman(pets. commun.) reportsthat
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...vent, phyllitesectionin San Crist6bal,Cambalache mine southof Julcani). Conversely,veinsare well developedin...sequences withinthe Excelsiorseriesand the Mitu and Casapalca red-beds. Severaloredeposits occurwithintheserocks...exhibitingwell definedwall-rock alteration(i.e., at Casapalca). As pointedout above,the incompetent nature of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
being STUDIES OF THE FINLahVDIat VEIY, CENTRaIL PERU 951 worked. It presenteda unique opportunity for...about 30,000 metric tons of trict, Department of Lima, Peru (Fig. 1), at the silver ore. In 1958, Compafiia...formed and major operationsswitched ters northeast of Lima and 27 kilometers northwest to the Finlandia vein...vein, supplying200 metric tons of of Casapalca. Elevations vary between4,200 and ore per day to the mill...ounces of gold, 1,694,207 for "silver" and the district hasbeenintermittently ounces of silver, 18,992
Journal (issue)
Cd-bearing phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 7.3 cm, from near Bapu, Guangdong Province, China. Rob Lavinsky specimen, now in the Tom...recovered from the dumps of this small mine. Local collectors reworked the mine dumps many times in search of...about 325 meters southwest of the Bishop manganese mine. The locality was early on referred to as a “copper...spatially distinct from the nearby Bishop manganese mine. The dumps do not contain significant manganese
Catalog/List
44x40x25mm. £42 £45 4 TENNANTITE, Cooks Kitchen Mine, lllogan, Cornwall. RW Barstow green label. 60x43x18mm...Quartz, Zabytoe Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia. Crystals to 4.5mm. 63x47x33mm. 8CUPRITE, Caradon Mine, St Cleer...TETRAHEORITE and Chalcopyrite, Casapalca, Lima, Peru. Very good display. 80x58x32mm. £48 3 CHALCOPYRITE, Wheal...80x57x26mm. £62 7 NEPTUNITE and BENITOITE, Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA 75x33x28mm. £68...11 FLUORITE,SPHALERITE, and GALENA, AnnabelLee Mine,Cave In Rock, Illinois, USA Purple cubes to 22mm
Journal (issue)
.89 by W. E. Wilson The Palomo mine, Huancavelica Department, Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .95 by J. Hyršl Pseudomorphs from Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....White Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil . ....BaCa2(CO3)2F2, a new mineral species from the Kirovskii mine, Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 3.5 cm, from the Mashamba West mine, atanga, Republic of the Congo. Rob Lavinsky (The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Some of these deposits,'such as Providencia, Casapalca,and Pasto Bueno, are vein types; others, suchas...(sensulato). Certain deposits,such as Providencia, Casapalca, and Creede, exhibit a narrow range of •84S values...similar sulfidesulfur isotope 827 PROVIDENCIA CASAPALCA I,,-• SULFATES - -- [--- LATESTAOE.. PAS•'OBUENO...1974,and unpub.data); Casapalca, Peru (Rye and Sawkins,1974); Pasto Bueno,Peru (Landis and Rye, 1974);...sphalerite-galenapair, and +-40øCfor a pyrite-chalcopyrite pair. The successful applicationof any sulfur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
January 2015 Bournonite Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China T here are certain mineral...the most prolific being the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan Province. (Additional locality information and photographs...associated with pyrite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, stibnite, boulangerite, zinkenite, tetrahedrite...from such disparate localities as the Black Hawk mine, Blue Hill, Maine; New York City, New York; an unspecified...Pennsylvania; the Cofer deposit in the Mineral district of Louisa County, Virginia, where it occurs with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HYDROTHERMAL W. LEACHING C. LACY AND IN CENTRAL PERU H. L. HOSMER ABSTRACT Hydrothermalleachingof...describedfrom severalmining districtsin Central Peru. Leaching is normally associatedwith lead-zinc ores...approximateorder, tetrahedrite,galenasphalerite,pyrite, chalcopyrite;(3) leachingof carbonates;(4) deposition of...attentionswere drawn to a puzzlingphenomenon in Central Peru where the down-dip extensionof a well-mineralizedleadzinc...GEOLOGICAL SETTING The geologyof the mines of Central Peru has most recently been summarizedin the Lead-Zinc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cordilleran polymetallic vein from Morococha, central Peru. Results record an evolution from initial deep-seated...common feature observed during field mapping and mine exploration essaying, and occurs from the small...to entire ore deposits or mine districts. Classic examples include Casapalca (Rye and Sawkins, 1974),...central part of the polymetallic Morococha district, central Peru, and performed detailed microthermometry...2. Geology and vein paragenesis The Morococha district (Fig. 1) is located in the Western Cordillera
Book
P')76m Purser, W I' C 198T- , • Metal-mining in Peru, put and present 1by1 W. F . C. Purser. New York...NIOUro.. Peru. . l. Tltle- TN~9.P8T. . -· ' • 18,50 '18-182'81 Metal-Mining in Peru, Past and...social, and political development. Metal-Mining in Peru, Past and Present -a :'O > m C) m ::D ,, Ch...importance of the mines of Peru. Part~ of the book sketches the background of Peru and its mining history...into five chapters for the five mining areas of Peru. Part III is concerned with the economic significance
 
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