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Marcasite from
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:59563
Long-form Identifier:1:3:59563:2
GUID (UUID V4):ca7f6f1f-0677-4011-a823-abf8bef12f04
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
45.7km (28.4 miles) ā“˜Algamarca mine, Cachachi District, Cajabamba Province, Cajamarca, Peru
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
but fairly familiar findsā€”boleite from the Amelia mine, Baja California, Mexico; zunyite from Quartzsite...====ļ‚„ Sapphirine, 3 cm, from Androy, Toliary Province, Madagascar. The Arkenstone specimen and photo...cm, from the Nuestra SeƱora del Carmen mines area, La Celia, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain. Fabre Minerals specimen...locality: the La Florida mining area, HerrerĆ­a-ValdĆ”liga-Rionansa, Santander Province (region of 4 ļ‚„...======ļ‚„ Cantabria). The small Pb-Zn mines of the La Florida group have been inactive since 1978, but
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...Avda. Rey Gustavo Adolfo 250-J Estacion Central Santiago, Chile jZonfenls * * . I n t r o d u c t i............................... 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 BUENO G
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE GEOLOGY AND ORE THE QUIRUVILCA RICHARD DEPOSITS DISTRICT, OF PERU W. LEWIS, JR. CONTENTS PAGE.................... Geologicfeatures of the Quiruvilca mine ............................. 48 48 49 Rock............................................ Quiruvilca mine .............................................The Quiruvilca copper-lead-zincdistrict is in the Department of La Libertad in north-central Peru. The...only large mine in this area is the Quiruvilca mine, owned and operatedby the Northern Peru Mining and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EconomicGeology Vol. 82, 1987, pp. 1431-1452 Quiruvilca,Peru' Mineral ZoningandTiming of Wall-RockAlteration...Suite202, Lakewood,Colorado80226 Abstract Quiruvilca district Cu-Pb-Zn-Agveins have producedover 8 million...stratovolcanocomplex. The district has four broadly concentricmineralogiczones from district center to edgeswhich...andstibnite.All veins,regardlessof zonal positionin the district, share the samefour grossparageneticstages:pyrite...alterationhalosenclosingveinsincreasewith depth and toward the district center. Correlationbetweenparageneticstagesof
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.............. ..Erosion Stu.dies in the Lake District Dr. Stephen Moreton 21 ........................interests Colin had a considerable knowledge of old mine buildings and was always keen to share his enthusiasm...mining for green fluorite specimens in the Rogerley mine and author/co-author of the two excellent articles...John Pearce Fluorite (40mm crystal group). Hilton Mine, Scorda/e, Cumbria. Specimen & Photo: John Hall...frogs, tiger beetles) which now inhabits the old mine workings. Needless to say, great care needs to be
Report (issue)
Elba, Italy; remainder 0.04% SiO2 . (2) Mill Close mine, Derbyshire, England. (3) Gladhammar, Sweden. (4)...Polymorphism & Series: Mineral Group: Dimorphous with marcasite; forms a series with cattierite. Pyrite group...in sedimentary rocks. Association: Pyrrhotite, marcasite, galena, sphalerite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite... Italy. From Ambasaguas and Navajun, LogronĢƒo Province, Spain, sculptural groups of crystals. At Aktchitao...Aktchitao, Kazakhstan. In the USA, in the Ibex mine, Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado; in Illinois, as ā€œsunsā€
Catalog/List
crystalised. Quartz. 2xlf". Ā£9.00. 4. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, N.S. WalSS, Australia. Very fine sharp...ARSE~OPYRITE. 10. ATACAMITE. Mina La Farola, Copiapo, Atacama District, Chile. Choice, bright green, radiated... Ā£8. DO. 11. 12. 13. 14. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine, Gi~a Co., Ari~o~a, U.S.A. Specimen A - Select,...attractive specimen. 2txltxlt". Ā£4.50. AZURITE. Bou Sko~r Mine, Atlas Mts., Morocco. Specimen ~ - A choice group...Barytes matrix. 2tx2-txlt". Ā£7.00. BARYTES. wetgrove Mine, Wensleydale, Yorkshire. Specimen A - Lustrous,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Newfoundland] at 12:22 30 January 2015 MURRAY MINE, ELK0 COUNTY, NEVADA A ntimony is an interesting...unusual specimen from this source, the Murray gold mine in Elk0 County, Nevada, has been nominated as this...orpiment, cinnabar, galena, lead sulfantimonides, marcasite, pyrite, calcite, ankerite, barite, opaline or...County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922); the Rutherford mine, Amelia County, Virginia; Granville County, North...ore mineral in mines of the Arkansas antimony district, Sevier County, although significant megascopic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1629-1644 Metal Ratiosof the Quiruvilca Mining District, Northern Peru PAULJ. BARTOS ASARCOInc., Roc...generate too muchnoiseto discernsignificantpatterns. District-scale metalratiosof basemetallodedepositsshowconsiderable...Thisstudydealswiththe southern partof theQuiruvilcabasemetallode district(Coco-LuzAngelica area),whichis locatedapproximately...locatedapproximately 80 km eastof Trujillo in north-central Peru (Fig. 1). Detailsof the districtandregionalgeologyare...brief outline will be presented here.Theword"Quiruvilca" means "sacredtooth" in Quechua,the linguafrancaof
Catalog/List
5x2x5/8", Ā£8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...5x2x1", Ā£10.00 6. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devonshire. A vitreous brownishgreen...25x5/8", Ā£15.00 12. ANDRADITE/URALITE. Cornwall Iron Mine, Lebanon Co, Colorado, U.S.A. Lustrous coffeeĀ­ brown...Bindheimite. 2.5x2x1.25", Ā£5.75 18. ANTIMONITE. Hunan Province, China. A terminated, matrix-free, elongated silvery-grey...APATITE (Var: Francolite) - Holmbush Form. Holmbush Mine, Nr. Callington, East Cornwall. Vuggy Quartz/Chloritic
Catalog/List
good stuff that used to come out of the Marencl mine, ~ut the price is a whole lot better. specimens...Mexico: OK, I know what you are thinking, what the heck la "Garnet Calcite"? My first thought exactly. But once...00 eaoh. CLEANED COPPER AND MALACHITE: Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona: I've had these for a few years...PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE: Various localities, Peru: Check out our Peruvian pages to get an idea of...spent the past three years living and working in Peru and had just moved back with all the goodies he
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
C. STOLL Petroleum.--There are three regionsin Peru that have been productive of petroleum: the Pirin...producingfields,Lobitos (1901), La Brea-Parifia (1875) and Zorritos (1863). At Lobitos and La Brea-Parifia oil is...Andean divide, through the departmentsof Cajamarca, Libertad and Ancash. The Santafield eastof Chimboteis the...outputcomesfrom the Goyllarisquizgamine of the Cerro de PascoCorporation,which usesthe output for makingcokefor...and the reservesare depleted. Jatunhuasi,southof La Oroya, is the only other bituminousfield of much
Catalog/List
All TN,t2 each. G. ANAPAITE. Bellaver de Cerdena,Gerona Province,Spain.11 specimens. 7 sr,ecimens as half...clear,tabular MIN,118. 10. ANNABERGITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece.Dr HG Weller label. Quartz fragment... 14. APATITE VAR FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen....Aragonite to 10mm. LC ,.tlO. 17. ARAGONITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece. 3 specimens. Specimens A and B.... ARSENOPYRITE/BORNITE/CASSITERITE. South Crofty Mine,Camborne, Cornwall. Grey sulphidic,vuggy matrix
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phasesare depositedprogressively farther from the district center (Stoces,1934; Park, 1955; Barnes, Base...Cerro de Barton,1970). Assemblages deposits, such as Quiruvilca and Julcani, suggest a Pasco,Peru, hasproducedmorethan...-t- sericite tivity away from the center of the district (Petersen, Einaudi, 1982). and/oradvancedargi...observationsin somebasemetal lodes placedby pyrite + marcasite;and early pyrrhotite thathighfs2phases replacelowfs2phases...stablewith respectto sericiticor advancedargillic QUIRUVILCA assemblages. In the secondcase,the alteratio
Catalog/List
with admixed Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Wales. Chocolate brown massive, with minor rock...crystals. Quite attractive near Yunxiao, Fujian Province China Ā£25 3.5 X I inch 12. BOURNONITE good coverage...surface of massive Bournonite/Pyrite. Quiruvilca, La Libertad Peru) 2x2 Ā£25 surface about 80% covered....rich greenish yellow with white Barytes Whitesmith Mine Strontian Scotland lx2 Ā£10 17. SCAPOLITE translucent...sparse red-brown coating on 2x2 matrix Christmas Mine, Gila County Arizona USA Ā£12 26. SPHALERITE lustrous
Catalog/List
new occurance in California. 9. ATACAMITE. Mina la Farola, Copiapo, Chile. Specimen A: Very choice brrnght...axinite. 2x1~x1t", Ā£1ā€¢ā€¢ 5~ 11. AZURITE. HEnderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Choice bright blue ball-like...association. 3x2~x1~", Ā£16.5~ 12. BARYTES. Dalmellington Mine, Frizington, Cumberland. Fine lustrous transparent...matrix. 2~x17", Ā£33.00 15. NATIVE BISMUTH. Botallack Mine, St. Just, Cornwall. Bright metallic silvery masses...matrix. 25x15 mm. Ā£6.50p 17. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. apecimen A: Small bright green
Catalog/List
overseas customers and ~~3t2ge ':e:- ,....57J. j La r = s~~e tĀ· e right to ",ake slight s bstitu1;ions...~ :Jll~l grcu.S on it's fa ces. 2~x2xt-", Ā£9.00 la~ge "~~~ . LTl-' nUS ITE . Il octF1 , pecrL3Y . =:-'1... 27 x1tx1t" , Ā£2.25p c' AT':C;C'-'IT E. ' Ii a la Farol a , Copiapo , Chile. Spec i men A: Bright green...unde r s i de of the s pec i me n. 41x2-h< 1" , Ā£33.00 32 . NA TI VE COPPER. WOlverine Mine, Keweenaw...3i;-x2~x1t", Ā£B.oo kl 33. CUPRITE. Copper Qu e en Mine , Bi s bee , Arizona , U.S. A. Deep reddish m3sses
Journal (issue)
from the tin deposits of Elsmore, New England district of New South Wales. Rankin, John, Sharpe, James...8(1):3-8 Secondary copper minerals of the Crusader mine, north-west Queensland. Sharpe, James L. and Williams...suite of secondary minerals from the Nifty copper mine, Western Australia. Downes, P.J., Shields, P. and...7(1 ): 19-26 ā€¢ Kasolite from the British Empire mine, Arkaroola, South Australia. Plimer, Ian R., Besley...8(2):7S-79 Mendozavilite from the Fitzgerald River district, Western Australia. Birch, William D., Pring,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
UNIVERSITY] at 16:12 15 March 2015 PYRITE Park City District, Utah Figure 1. This particularly attractive...is from one of the many mines in the Park City district, Utah, a location well known for pyrite and associated...Telford. Additional information on the Park City district and its minerals can be found in U.S. Geological...of a similar pyrite specimen from the Daly-Judge mine can be found on plate 26 of the Boutwell publication...also is dimorphous with the familiar mineral marcasite and forms a series with cattierite (CoS,). Pyrite
Catalog/List
4. 5. 6. 7. E:. 9. 10. 11. 12. Camp Bird mine, Ouray Co., Colorado Choice rich brassy-golden 5x5...sulfide vein section. 2xl-3/4xl/2" $85.00 Idarado mine, Ouray Co., Colorado Choice golden thin polished...~n. Weight: 39 g. 2x3-3/4xl/8" $ 150.00 Caribou mine, Ouray Co., Colorado Superb rich orassy-golĆ„en fine...211 g. 3-1/4x2Ā·Ā·1/4xl-1/2" $ 350.00 Golden Crown mine, Hunboldt Co., Nevada Select bright golden elongated...62 g. l-l/2xl-3/4xl-1/4'' $ 50.00 Bestand Belcher mine, Virginia City, Nevada Thin golden 1 mmveins and
Journal (issue)
Collector's New A Field Trip to the Krystal Tips Mine Petersen Mountain, Washoe Co., Nevada Kenneth L...the site of the Krystal Tips Mine, about 10 a.m. Foster Hallman, the mine owner/operator pulled up rig...long steep trip up the 4-wheel drive road to the mine. I had come with John Miatech and John Salzbach...the hill to the mine. Foster had sta rted a new trench in the lower east side of the mine and had been working...pocket" of the beautiful "scepter" crystals that the de posit is famous for. We spe nt two days working in
Catalog/List
<2x1t", Ā£4. SOp /-. " 9. AUTUNITE." South Terras Mine, St. ~e~; Cornwall. Pale green flakes and masses...places. 2~2x1t", Ā£18.00 11. AZURITE. Sir Domoni r Mine, Mt. Painter, S. Auatralia. Select cluster of large...3-~x2il-x2", Ā£23.00 14. BARYIES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall. Specimen A: Lustrous creamygrey...mass. 1~x1x~", Ā£3.50p 15. BARYTOCALCITE. Nentsberry Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Fine lustrous golden-brown...3x2-}x1i.-", Ā£9.00 16. BARYTOCALCITE. Nentsberry Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Select sharp tabular crystals
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Ā£13.00 8. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Clitters Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich crusts of minute sparkling...1" in length. 3x2x1'~'" Ā£9.00 10. ATACAMITE. Mina la Farola, Copiapo, Chile. Specimen A: Choice bright...MALACHITE. 1tx1-tx1f", Ā£5.5Op 16. 8ORNITE. Red-a-Ven Mine, Meldon, Devon. Rich purply tarnished masses associated...1tx1 -:r", Ā£2.50p 17. 8OURNONITE. Julcani Mine, Junin Prov., Peru. Specimen A: Choice bright silvery-grey...crystals. 2tx1~", Ā£6.5Op 18. CALCITE. Cammock eals Mine, weardale, Co. Durham. Specimen A: Select creamy-whit
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Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street ā€¢ Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...extremely ine, specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine of Tiger, Arizona: now a vanished place alive only...potential mineral buying area, or go into another mine. He travelled to areas that had seen few Americans...early 1980s Rock began to concentrate on Brazil and Peru with occasional trips to Uruguay, Chile, and Colombia...Atacama Desert to collect Underground Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia, 1993. "RPG," Artigas, Uruguay
Journal (issue)
South Africa................................189 by A. de Grys, M. Kohler & L. Minnaar Garnet Hill, White Pine... L. Purcell A baumhauerite-like mineral from Quiruvilca, P e r u ......................................Harris Monazite and caldoancylite from the Foote mine, North Carolina by J. S. White & J. E. Nelen 203...(1 inch) on antlerite crystals from the Southwest mine, Bisbee, Arizona. For more information on this recent...to fabulous exhibits of Red Cloud mine wulfenite, Nā€™Chwaning mine rhodochrosite, French pyromorphite
 
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