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Pyrite from
Sultana Mine, Chinapintza Au-Ag deposit, Paquisha Canton, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Habit:cubes
Colour:Pale brass-yellow
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Rhodochrositeⓘ7 photos of Pyrite associated with Rhodochrosite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ7 photos of Pyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Galenaⓘ7 photos of Pyrite associated with Galena at this locality.
Chalcopyriteⓘ7 photos of Pyrite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Sphaleriteⓘ7 photos of Pyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Arsenopyriteⓘ4 photos of Pyrite associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sultana Mine, Chinapintza Au-Ag deposit, Paquisha Canton, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:929696
Long-form Identifier:1:3:929696:1
GUID (UUID V4):27db2939-11db-44c3-9804-ec4f101cf6d1
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘEl Hito Cu deposit, Nangaritza Canton, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘGold Star Mine, Nambija mining district, Zamora Canton, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘCentral Mine, Sultana del Cóndor deposit, Nambija mining district, Zamora Canton, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
27.9km (17.3 miles) ⓘWarintza Cu-Mo-Au deposit, Yantzaza Canton, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
31.4km (19.5 miles) ⓘFruta del Norte Au-Ag deposit, Yantzaza Canton, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
46.4km (28.8 miles) ⓘSan Carlos prospect, Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
49.0km (30.5 miles) ⓘPanantza prospect, Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
82.6km (51.4 miles) ⓘSutsu prospect, Pangui District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
97.2km (60.4 miles) ⓘFierro Urcu Au-Cu deposit, Loja Province, Ecuador
References
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Report (issue)
11 The metamorphic belts of Ecuador The metamorphic belts of Ecuador CQVer photograph Cerro Hermoso... OVERSEAS MEMOIR 11 The metamorphic belts of Ecuador M Litherland,] A Aspden and RAJemielita Keyworth...andjf.MIEl,ITA, RA. )994. The metamorphic belts of Ecuador. Overseas Memofr of the British Geologi-cal Survey...7 Andean metallogenesis 9 Metamorphic rocks of Ecuador l0 Stratigraphical nomenclature 10 Metamorphic...Formation 22 Chapiza unit 22 Misahualli unit 22 Zamora granit.oids 24 Salado terrane 27 Upano unit 27
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geochronology of the Nambija Au-skarn and Pangui porphyry Cu deposits, Ecuador: implications for the Jurassic...southeastern Ecuador. Nambija has been one of the main gold-producing centers of Ecuador since the 1980s...ores (average 15 g/t, but frequently up to 300 g/t Au). Pangui is a recently discovered porphyry Cu–Mo...in southeastern Ecuador is dominated by the I-type, subduction-related, Jurassic Zamora batholith, which...intrudes Triassic volca- nosedimentary rocks. The Zamora batholith is in turn cut by porphyritic stocks
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gold occurrence in the Fortuna skarn mine, Nambija district, Ecuador Received: 24 February 2005 / Accepted:...gold skarn deposit is located in the northern part of the Nambija gold district, southern Ecuador. It has...which are named from north to south: Cuerpo 3, Mine 1, Mine 2, and Southern Sector. Massive skarn bodies...intrusion which crops out below the skarn bodies in Mine 2 and the Southern Sector. Endoskarn alteration...zone is centered on two 060° trending faults in Mine 2, where the highest gold grades (5–10 g/t) were
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jurassic Nambija gold skarn deposits (southeastern Ecuador) Jean Vallance & Lluís Fontboté & Massimo Chiaradia...Piuntza unit in the sub-Andean zone of southeastern Ecuador. The skarns consist dominantly of granditic garnet...relatively deep setting at about 4-km depth. As in other Au-bearing skarn deposits, not only the prograde stage...fluids . Oxygen isotope . Chlorite . Nambija . Ecuador Introduction Skarns are an important source of...Most of these skarns contain <1 g/t Au, although in Cu-rich ores Au can reach higher grades (Meinert 2000)
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Tertiary Au-Rich Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposit of La Plata, Western Cordillera, Ecuador M. CHIARADIA...B. REZA SULTANA DEL CONDOR MINERA S.A., Isabel La CatĂłlica No. 882 y Cordero, Quito, Ecuador Abstract...Cordillera of Ecuador, with preliminary estimated reserves of 840,000 metric tons (t) at 4.8 g/t Au, 54 g/t...g/t Ag, 4.1 percent Cu, 0.7 percent Pb, and 4.2 percent Zn. Like the other VHMS deposits of the Western...VHMS vertical zonation, from bottom to top, of a pyrite stockwork, disseminated sulfides, massive sulfide
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Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian) magmatic arc; in the other deposit types lead isotopes have more restricted values...terranes and the entire Western Mediterranean province, which are characterized by lengthy crustal histories...replacements, magmatic Ni-(Cu) deposits, and Cu-(Au-Bi) veins, making the Ossa Morena zone differ metallogenically...illustrate how the juxtaposition of many different deposit types in a small area can reflect a complex history...occurrences in the Ossa Morena zone. Only the Cala iron mine is currently (2004) operating, but the area has
Report (issue)
Mineralogic and Grade-Tonnage Information on Low-Sulfide Au-Quartz Veins by James D. Bliss and Gail M. Jones............................. 1 Definitions of deposit............................................. 1...and mineralogy of deposits classifed as lowsulfide Au-quartz veins were compiled for deposits found throughout...nonsulfide mineralogy, gold and silver grades and deposit tonnage. A discussion of ore mineralogy of these...tables 1 and 2. Data on 357 deposits, including deposit name, country, local geographical area, mineralogy
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ISSUE: ‱ Geology and mineralization of the President Mine, Bohemia mining district. Lone County, p. 123 ‱... The geology and mineralization of the President Mine, Bohemia mining district, Lane County, Oregon by...Streiff, Geologist, Echo Bay Minerals Company, McCoy Mine, p.o. Box 1658, Battle Mountain, Nevada 89820 ...The geology and mineralization of the President Mine in the Bohemia mining district of Oregon are characteristic...characteristic of a complex volcanogenic epithermal deposit. Three major phases of faulting and five stages
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Falcon gold mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Elizabeth Lake deposit . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McMillan Mine . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Massey mine .. .. . . . . . . . ..... ... .. . . . . . . . ...Pronto uranium mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheney mine . . . . . . ...conglomerate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Havilah mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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tungsten-tin mineralization from the Mon- teneme ore deposit forms a stockwork enclosed in two mica monzonites...mineralogical data enable to distinguish more than ten Bi-Pb-Ag-Sb-Se phases. The mineralized veins forming an elliptic...granites, play only the role of host rocks. This deposit confirms the importance of the apogranite model...d'identifier plus d'une dizaine de phases de Bi, Pb, Ag, Sb et Se. On montre que les filons min6ralis6s,...d'Ordenes et de Malpica Tuy, charrids sur le socle au cours de la premiere phase hercynienne. Lots de la
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100 West Pender Street Vancouver, B.C. V6B IRS A deposit copy of this publication is also available for...Occurrences east of Sudbury Falcon Mine Wanup quarry Elizabeth Mine Wahnapitei occurrences MacDonald occurrence...quarry Vermilion River placer deposits Moose Mountain Mine Nickel-copper mines west of Sudbury High Falls Road...occurrence McMillan Mine Wallace Mine Sheguiandah quarry Shakespeare Mine Massey Mine Hermina Mine Elliot Lake...Bi-Ore Mine Pater Mine Pronto Mine Jasper conglomerate occurrences, Highway 546 Glagoma Mine Cheney Mine
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1007/s00126-014-0511-x NOTE The beach placer iron deposit of Portman Bay, Murcia, SE Spain: the result of...fractions, eventually forming a coastal placer iron deposit. A major problem for magnetic separation is the...Santiago, Chile Keywords Iron ore . Beach placer deposit . Magnetite . Portman Bay . La UniĂłn . Spain Introduction...perspective, something unusual happened: a placer iron deposit Miner Deposita Fig. 1 a Geology and ore deposits...Press media indicates that there is a decision to mine the Portman beach iron-rich sands through a joint
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Molybdenite _________ ____ _________ ______ ___ Pyrite ____________________________________ _ 4 4 5...Hill mine ________ . :. __________ .:. Other eastward-dipping veins_____________ Boundary mine ___ .:...westward-dipping veins____________ Golden Center mine ____________________ ~ ____ History and product...west side of the granodiorite area-Con. North Star mine-Continued. Yvein________________________________... Cassidy, and Linden veins______________ Empire mine ___________________ -----------History and prod
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. . . . . .... . . . . . .. . .. . .. 135 Ferro mine........... . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . ...Joan NO.3 mine ........ , . . . . . . . .. . ..... . . . . . . . . ... . .. 137 Algoma mine ............................................. 139 Hillcrest mine.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 141 Pennington mine...................................... 142 Arnlour No. 1 mine. . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Ironton mine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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over 1.7 billion tonnes of Ni, Cu, Co, Pt, Pd, Au, Ag ore (Lydon, 2007). The polymetallic ore is hosted...of this issue (Map 1) and is linked to mineral deposit-commodity and geochronology data in Tables 1 and...Pond showing no. 2 8 Lot 11, Con 3 9 Agnew Lake mine 10 11 Lot 10, Con 2 12 Ministic Creek, Lot 10, Con...15 Ryanor, Alanen And Maki 16 Lot 8, Con 3 17 Sultana 18 Robb Farm, Se 1/4, S1/2 Lot 7, Con 1 19 Garrison...Ontario Mineral Deposit Inventory Ontario Mineral Deposit Inventory Ontario Mineral Deposit Inventory Ontario
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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...molybdenite, powellite, pyrite. Black Rock mine - specular hematite. Galena mine - galena. Iron Mountain...Mountain Pass deposits - hematite. Skylark mine - azurite, calcite, chalcopyrite, chrysocolla, copper, cuprite...garnet, hematite, malachite, magnetite, muscovite, pyrite. West Spring - brucite, ciinohumite, ludwigite
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