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Sphalerite from
Machacamarca Mine, Machacamarca subdistrict, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Dealer/Collection Label
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Augelite72 photos of Sphalerite associated with Augelite at this locality.
Quartz43 photos of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Pyrite35 photos of Sphalerite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Bournonite21 photos of Sphalerite associated with Bournonite at this locality.
Jamesonite9 photos of Sphalerite associated with Jamesonite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Machacamarca Mine, Machacamarca subdistrict, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (14 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:822523
Long-form Identifier:1:3:822523:8
GUID (UUID V4):380b14dd-78ae-489d-be87-647916ade0e9
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
10.4km (6.5 miles) Huari-Huari Mine, Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
11.0km (6.8 miles) Anton Bravo Mine (Anton Bravo vein), Serranía Huarihuari, Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
35.0km (21.8 miles) Pailaviri Mine, Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
36.2km (22.5 miles) Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
51.6km (32.1 miles) Cerro Tollojsi mine (Tollojchi mine), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
55.0km (34.2 miles) Carma Mine (Kharma Mine), Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
68.2km (42.3 miles) Lípez Huaico mine, Ocurí Municipality, Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia
90.1km (56.0 miles) Colquechaca, Colquechaca Municipality, Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire...associated with, among others, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, acanthite, bornite, calcite, dolomite... cuprite, covellite, pyrite, bournonite, and sphalerite after tetrahedrite (Palache, Berman, Figure 2...tetrahedrite and pyrite specimen from the Anchor mine, Park City, Utah. The specimen was in the stock...examples at the present time are from the Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, where it occurs
Report (issue)
pseudomorph after borax, 17.6 cm, from the Baker mine, Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California...Seibel and Jim Minette, in the then-underground Baker mine, a locale which literally vanished into air at some...cm, from the N’Chwaning III mine, Kuruman manganese field, Cape Province, South Africa. Rocks of Africa...last year in the N’Chwaning III mine, Kuruman manganese field, Cape Province, South Africa. Now a few more...pseudocrystals. Suolunite, 6.8 cm, from the Lac D’Amiante mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec. David K. Joyce Minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia O ne of...Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. The main...chief associated minerals of siderite include sphalerite, galena, hematite, calcite, ankerite, dolomite...& MINERALS Figure 2. Siderite with quartz, from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The...Very fine examples of siderite were collected from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, where large cleavage
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
Report (issue)
many good things here from the famous Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California,...blue topaz: Topaz, 6 cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California....impressive: Axinite, 5 cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California....County, especially from the Stewart mine. And from the Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande district, San Diego County...(besides plenty of elbaites) such rarities from that mine as cassiterite, hambergite, and a large, superb
Report (issue)
= 10.589(1) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Machacamarca, Bolivia. 3.02 (100), 1.863 (50), 2.66 (40), 3.14...Total 99.95 99.68 100.00 (1) Chocaya, Bolivia. (2) Aullagas, Bolivia. (3) Ag8 GeS6 . Polymorphism & Series:...Germany); in high-temperature Sn–Ag deposits (Bolivia). Association: Canfieldite, stephanite, acanthite...aramayoite, diaphorite, marcasite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, cassiterite, siderite. Distribution: In Germany...the Fournial mine, Massiac region, Cantal, France. At the Vale das Gatas tungsten mine, near Vila Real
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...and is often associated with pyrite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, stibnite, boulangerite, zinkenite...from such disparate localities as the Black Hawk mine, Blue Hill, Maine; New York City, New York; an unspecified...centimeters across and associated with siderite and sphalerite were recovered from several mines, including
Report (issue)
914(4) c = 5.901(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Machacamarca, Bolivia. 3.29 (10), 2.81 (8), 2.03 (5), 1.704 (4)...at medium temperatures. Association: Galena, sphalerite, miargyrite, pyrargyrite, pyrite, siderite, quartz...Neues Hoffnung Gottes mine; at Freiberg; and in the Alte Hoffnung Gottes mine, Voigtsberg. [??ck if Saxony...From Zancudo, Colombia. At Machacamarca and Cerro Rico, Potosı́, Bolivia. From the Pirquitas deposit...deposit, Riconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina. Known from a number of other localities. Name: From
Report (issue)
temperatures. Association: Galena, tetrahedrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, stibnite, zinkenite, siderite...crystals from the Herodsfoot mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. At the Mogul mine, Silvermines, Co. Tipperary,... Ireland. From the Georg mine, near Horhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, and at Clausthal, Neudorf, and...Gard??also], Isère. In Bolivia, from Chorolque, Colquechaca, Pacuani, Machacamarca, and Oruro; at Cerro...crystals from the Vı́boras mine, Machacamarca, Potosı́. At the Quiruvilca mine, La Libertad, and from Pachapaque
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGY DEPOSITS LINDGREN AND No. 5 OF ORURO, BOLIVIA. ARGYLE C. ABBOTT. CONTENTS. Introduction ............... Socavon Mine ............................................. Itos Mine ................................................... La Colorada Mine ......................................... The History...Oruro is one of the most famous silver camps of Bolivia. Accordingto F. C. Lincoln 7. the mineswere worked...University user SILVER-TIN DEPOSITS OF ORURO, BOLIVIA. 455 About •885 the mines were reopenedand since
Report (issue)
91◦ 480 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Itos mine, Oruro, Bolivia. 3.44 (100), 2.84 (90), 2.75 (80), 3.18...England; average of three analyses. (2) Tresungers mine, St. Endellion, England; by electron microprobe... Association: Other lead sulfosalts, pyrite, sphalerite, galena, tetrahedrite, stibnite, quartz, siderite... From Machacamarca, Poopó, and Huanuni, Oruro, Bolivia. In Mexico, from the Noche Buena mine, near Mazapil;...Mazapil; the Santa Rita mine, Nieves; and in relatively thick crystals from the Noria mine, near Sombrerete
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....period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro...and Mining Company for the sum of $558,000. The mine is now owned outright by the Federal Government
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
discovered in the andalusite orebody of the l\{ono County Mine of Champion Sillinranite, Inc., during the summer...laboratory at Stanford University. The andalusite mine is located on the west slope of White Mountain in...MolB oF OccURRENCE Augelite in the Mono County Mine of Champion Sillimanite Inc., occurs as a hydrothermal...Augelite was first named and describedfrom the iron mine of Westani, Skine, Sweden, in 1868 by C. W. Blomstrand...euhedral, monoclinic crystals of augelite from Machacamarca, Bolivia. The augelite occurred associatedwith bournonite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
largest crystals ever reported are from a mine in Machacamarca, Bolivia where they approached four inches across...two inches across. Associated with siderite and sphalerite the bournonite from Park City, Utah is one of...ago specimens were recovered from the dumps of a mine on the south side of the Creek but nothing of note...yielded some fine two inch crystals of bournonite. The mine is located in Willroth, Westerwald, Germany. Smaller...brilliant black crystals have been recovered from a mine in Honshu, Japan. These specimens approached a half
Catalog/List
S0x20mm area. 70x50x35mm. £38. 3) ANGLESJTE. Parys Mine, Anglesey, Wales. Brown cellular gossan matrix showing...dealers label. 60x30xl2mm. £18. 6) AZCRITE, Tynagh Mine, Co Gallway, Ireland. A cavity in veinstone shows...banded matrix. 80x70x40mm. £85. 8) CALCITE. Clasgorm Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland. Calcitic matrix, the... £45. 9) CALCITE, PYRITE and QUARTZ. Cambokeels Mine, Weardale, Co Durham. A limestone/fluorite matrix...10) CASSITERlTE (Pebble Conglomerate). Relistian Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall. A 50mm rounded chloritic pebble
Journal (issue)
Germany. (4) Native silver, 3.5 cm, from Potosí, Bolivia. (5) Chrysoberyl, 2.3 cm, from Takovaya, Ural...the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Top right: Benitoite, 2 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, California...N‘Chwaning I mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Bottom right: Mimetite, 2.7 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia....Record: (1) Stephanite, Husky mine, Canada. (2) Wulfenite, Rowley mine, Arizona. (3) Diaspore twin, Pinarcik...Adelaide mine, Tasmania. (5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo
Journal (issue)
by W. E. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Patagonia, Argentina ............................Martino & A. Oteiza The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California...387 COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling...WULFENITE with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection...MINERALS LIMITED Azurite with Malachite | Milpillas Mine, Mexico | 4.5 x 3.4 x 1.9cm orders@crystalclassics
Journal (issue)
Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...place in the Sardinian mines and the Traversella mine (Piedmont). The second edition of the Catalogue...Region, and the sphalerite, chalcopyrite and various rare sulfosalts from the Bottino mine in Tuscany. ...exploring the underground workings of an historic gold mine in the Brusson area, Val d' Ayas, western Alps....momentum came from my first visit to the Jeffrey mine in Asbestos, Quebec in 1997. I was fascinated by
Journal (issue)
BARITE 13 cm, from Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. Doug Fiske collection;...row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...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...photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection; James
Journal (issue)
by WE. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Pata gonia, Argenti na ..........................RECORD MARCH-APRIL 2020 The Copper World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California...1 COVER: WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling...WULFENITE with Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection...CONVENTION 8c EXPO CENTER APRIL24-26 INESITE HALE CREEK MINE MAD RIVER ROCK, COASTAL RANGE, TRINITY CO., CALIFORNIA
Journal (issue)
com | w w w. FineMineral.com Malachite Shilu Mine, Brazil 21.5 cm CRYSTAL CLASSICS FINE MINERALS... Mimetite | Endeavor Mine, Australia 10.2 x 5.0 x 2.2cm Rhodonite | Chiurucu Mine, Peru 7.1 x 6.2 x 5... volume 50, May–June, 2019 Gold | Eagle’s Nest Mine, USA 11.0 x 8.5 x 2.0cm 239 Azurite and Cerussite... Figure 4. Aerial view of the Sosedka pegmatite mine and associated dump areas in 2018. Radoslav Zampach...Essentially, we traveled to Malkhan every 252 time a mine operator signaled us that a significant pocket was
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE TIN DEPOSITS F.S. OF LLALLAGUA, BOLIVIA. • TURNEAURE. PART I. CONTENTS. Introduction .......--EmTo•. 14 THE 7'IN DEPOSITS OF LLALLAGUA, BOLIVIA. 15 diversityof metallization,with tin, silver...connected by rail with Machacamarca, a point southof Oruro on the Antofagastaand Bolivia Railway. SalvadoraMountain...hasaccounted for nearly one half of the tin productionof Bolivia and for approximately one tenth of that of the...of Patifio Mines and Enterprises at Llallagua, Bolivia. Eng. & Min. Jour., Aug.-Sept., x93o. 16 F.
Journal (issue)
..................13 by C. J. Stefano The Cliff Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan...........................25 by C. J. Stefano & P. Persson The Central Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan........................53 by P. Persson & C. J. Stefano The Copper Falls Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan...........................85 by C. J. Stefano & P. Persson The Phoenix Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan........................lode deposits—e.g. the Kearsarge, Pewabic (Quincy mine), Baltic, Calumet & Hecla, and numerous others.
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ificad a m in e, C e rro R ico d e P o to si, Bolivia. R esearch C h a rita b le T ru s t sp e c im e...gratifying. One young mineralogist, a former student of mine, said that although he had never met Mike, he had... famous mineral localities: Cerro ;8.ico de £ofosi Bolivia ^ --------------------- Wendell E. Wilson 4631...85750 Alfredo Petrov Casilla 1728 Cochabamba, Bolivia Cerro Rico ( “Rich M ou n tain ”) de Potosi is...(1519-1521) and Pizarro conquered Peru and what is now Bolivia (1531-1535). Tons of silver began to pour from
Book (edition)
hedenbergite), b) its meaning may shift over time - sphalerite, for instance, was dumped by early miners, while...Polymorphism as, for instance, found in the ZnS system (sphalerite/wurtzite), is often difficult to discern: Changes...replaced by sphalerite. Only under XPL it stands out from the lighter coronal sphalerite overgrowth by...to the next). Left: Galena (lighter grey) and Sphalerite (darker grey). When minimum/maximum values are...brown internal reflections) in a massive Fe-poor sphalerite (orange internal reflections), jordanite (dark
 
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