 | | Report (issue) | | OF THE CASTRDVIRHSYNA LEAD-ZINC-SILVER DEPOSITS, PERU By Richard Wheatley Lewis, Jr. U. S. Geologic-1...nomenclature. ABSTRACT The Castrovirroyna mining district lies in the Andean Cordillera of South Central...Supervene silver ores vere first mined. Currently the district produces about 20,000 tons of laad*sinc ore and...and 50OO tons of silver ore annually* The district: Is underlain by Tertiary andesitlc rocks interbedded...striking 8. 55° 2. They are, front east to vest: San Gaanro, Caudslosa, and la Virreyna. A less liaportant |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Silver-Rich Polymetallic Veins of the Castrovirreyna District, Central Peru: Fault Growth and Mineralization...undulatory silver veins of the Castrovirreyna district, central Peru, formed in a dilatant, anastamosing...those at Castrovirreyna. For example, there are anastamosing faults and veins in the Creede district, Colorado...Colorada district, Mexico, is highly curved (Albinson, 1988); and veins of the Fresnillo district, Mexico...between faults and are important for exploration and mining of vein-type ore deposits. Bends and other irregularities |  | | 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) | | important mining districts; it is currently available from Mexico and, to a lesser extent, Peru. When fresh...amounts up to several percent. Pynte, acanthite, polybasite, and silver pseudomorphs after pyrargyrite are...acanthite, tetrahedrite, stephanite, miargyrite, polybasite, silver, calcite, dolomite, and quartz. There...However, the development of numerous gold and silver mining districts in the westem states during the latter...Colorado mining districts. Sparse though good crystals were found in the early years of mining in the Jo |  | Kampf, A. R., Downs, R. T., Housley, R. M., Jenkins, R. A., Hyršl, J. (2011) Anorpiment, As2S3, the triclinic dimorph of orpiment. Mineralogical Magazine, 75 (6) 2857-2867 doi:10.1180/minmag.2011.075.6.2857 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurs at the Palomo mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru. It is a low-temperature...van der Waals forces, Palomo mine, Peru. Introduction THE mines of Peru have yielded mineral riches for..., 1997). During its years as an active mine, the Palomo mine was not known as a specimen producer; however...cessation of mining operations in 2000, a few independent miners began working the mine for mineral specimens...some of the finest crystals of realgar known from Peru, as well as unusual pseudomorphs of orpiment after |  | | 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 (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 |  | Kitakaze, A., Itoh, H., Komatsu, R., Higuchi, Y. (2012) Baumstarkite from the Koryu Mine, Hokkaido, Japan. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (1) 101-109 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.1.101 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3749/canmin.50.1.101 BAUMSTARKITE FROM THE KORYU MINE, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN Arashi KITAKAZE Yamaguchi University...as aggregates of euhedral crystals in the Koryu mine, Hokkaido, Japan. The optical properties, chemical...(2002) based on samples from the San Genaro mine (Huancavelica department, Peru). A crystal structure study...unknown Ag-Sb-As sulfosalt mineral from the Koryu mine in Hokkaido Japan was described as “arsenian aramayoite”...system Ag 2SSb2S3-As2S3 are discussed. The Koryu mine in Hokkaido, Japan, is an epithermal gold-silver |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rises to 6,272 meters (20,577 feet), Huascaran in Peru is 6,768 meters (22,205 feet), Tocorpuri on the...from placer deposits and mining and smelting oxidized copper ores in central Peru about 1500 B.C. By the...(tucuna), which implies a rudimentary knowledge of mining and mineralogy. The mineral wealth was an integral...Uchucchacua, Peru; emeralds from Muzo, Colombia; pink fluorite and huge pyrites from Huanzala, Peru; 25-cm...pyrargyrites from Hauncavelica, Peru. The combination of awe-inspiring topography, mining, and mineral specimens |  | | Catalog/List | | Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...Assistant Director Alissa Ford Managing Director San Francisco Roberta Kramer Managing Director Chicago...extremely ine, specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine of Tiger, Arizona: now a vanished place alive only...‘goodies,’ as Rock would say, as they came out. Mining projects that Rock was a part of, often yielded...potential mineral buying area, or go into another mine. He travelled to areas that had seen few Americans |  | | 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) | | suggestionsfor this colunrn and c m be from Uchucchacua, Peru. Stuart Wilensky specimen, Jeff Scovil contacted... occurring together) from the Calumet and Hecla mine. Excepment in the oxide zones of a variety of metal...collected from surface exposures near the Copper Falls mine, associations and include those containing other...major Acton mine, York County, the Deer collections. One state that is draped in a silIsle mine, and the...the Sullivan mine ver-lined history is Colorado, with a pro(King and Foord 1994). Silver duction of more |  | | Book | | MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous |  | | Journal (issue) | | by W. E. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Patagonia, Argentina ............................& 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) | | by WE. Wilson Pink amethyst from the El Choique mine, Pata gonia, Argenti na ..........................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) | | tours for collectors are permitted by the friendly mine management, and visitors have even been allowed...Valley. It serves as the center of a very active mining area; a narrow-gauge railway for hauling ore passes...(The name simply means “most distant or remote mining tow n”) HISTORY The area around Dal’negorsk was...the area and purchased the rights to the Verchniy mine. Operations to extract copper, lead and zinc began...mines, and in 1924 the mining rights were sold to a British company, Tetyukhe Mining Corporation. The lease |  | | Journal (issue) | | History Mining Background India is a vast and densely populated country with a history of mining going...(the Golconda district in the princely state of Hyderabad, now Andhra Pradesh; a district located between...between the Mahanadi and Godavari valleys; and a district around Panna in the old region of Bundelkand, now...in the early 1800’s at Padyur in the Coimbatore district of Tamilnadu. Exceptionally deep blue aquamarine... and there is likewise little thought given by mining personnel to saving specimens that are primarily |  | | Book | | PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral...collectively as zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS:...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, José Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm | | | Book | | extended periods of stability PLANET | 114 San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 om are uncommon...collectively as zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA » 18 x 24 x 8 om 14 MINERALS:...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26x 16 cm 22...* 20 x 18 x 14. cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1x 1 om Acicular...hematite with iridescent limonite coating, Parcocha Mine, Bilbao, Spain * 19 x 19 x 16 cm Goethite, Tintic |  | | Journal (issue) | | May–June, 2017 Contents The St. Andreasberg Mining District, Western Harz Mountains, Niedersachsen, Germany.......................... 302 History 1487–1624: Mining Begins in the Oxidation Zone ................................. 315 Modernization and the End of Mining ................................... 317 Collecting...working in the lode” (Simonin, 1869). The Mining District Western Harz Mountains Niedersachsen, Germany...minrecord@comcast.net The geographically tiny St. Andreasberg District of silver mines has an outsized reputation: it |  | | Book | | Spanish-English, English-Spanish glossary of gem, mineral and mining terms. BY PAUL WILLARD JOHNSON Price $2.00 r...El Antimonio District Cananea District ...... Arizpe District ........... Nacozari District ...... Moctezuma...Moctezuma District ... Hermosillo District ... Alamos District ........ San Bernardo Area Alistos District...SECTION 2 — Highway 45 Sabinal District ............... Los Lamentos District.... Placer de Guadalupe Puerto...Aire District Chihuahua .......................... Santa Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine..... |  | | Book (edition) | | SphaJerite. xx 12 mm, Morococha, Peru, H Gypsum, xx 40 mm, Las Salinas, Peru, H Variscite, xx 5 mm, Iturnbiara...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga |  | | Book | | Crystals up to 140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law...long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds of silver wires...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...mm (4 5/i6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets |  | | Book | | Newmont Peru Limited Gerente de Exploraciones Av. Jose Galvez Barrenechea 218, Urb. Corpac Lima-San Isidro...Isidro, Peru Prof. Dr. ESTEBAN CEDILW Facultad de Minas, Metalurgia y Geologia, Universidad de Guanajuato...Guanajuato Ex-Hacienda de San Matias s/n Apartado Postal 347 Guanajuato, Gto. 36020, Mexico Prof. Dr. Lwfs FONTBOTE...place in September 1986 in Cusco, Peru, sponsored by Multiciencias (Peru) and UNESCO. During this seminar...Latorre, Director of the Multiciencias courses in Peru strongly supported the whole organization of the |  | | Book | | Arizona Mineral & Fossil Show Arizona Mineral & Mining Museum Foundation in Memory of A. L. Flagg Susan..."Polished surfaces and their importance to geology and mining." He eventually becarne a member of the Society...Old Yuma, Rowley, Santa Eulalia, Mapimi, Naica, San Luis Potosi, Los Lamentos, Ojuela and dozens and...pegmatite minerals from the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County. The exhibit was made up of specimens...Inspiration Consolidated Copper mine in Globe-Miami and the Pirna mine at Twin Buttes, both properties |
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San Genaro Mine, Castrovirreyna mining district, Castrovirreyna District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru