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Alunite from
Chorolque Mine, Cerro Chorolque, Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Alunite
Formula:KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chorolque Mine, Cerro Chorolque, Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:466715
Long-form Identifier:1:3:466715:5
GUID (UUID V4):3781a004-0c85-4944-9e77-2aa00df5395f
Nearest other occurrences of Alunite
28.2km (17.5 miles) Tatasí, Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
38.2km (23.7 miles) Tazna Mine (Tasna Mine; Tazna-Rosario Mine), Tasna Rosario, Cerro Tazna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
90.5km (56.2 miles) Santa Isabel Mine (Candelaria Mine), Santa Isabel district, San Pablo de Lípez, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia
91.5km (56.8 miles) Pulacayo Mine (Huanchaca mine), Huanchaca, Uyuni Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...Ph08pl,ophyllite; 5. 2 cm tall Cerro Rico, Potosi, B,atillo province, Potosi Andy Seibel col/action Jejf-SC...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Miocene tin porphyry systems of Llallagua, Chorolque, and Cerro Rico have a moderately fractionated rhyodacite...THE TIN porphyry deposits of Llallagua, Chorolque, and Cerro Rico form part of the central Andean tin...tin belt in the Eastern Cordillera of Bolivia (Fig. 1). The tin belt extends from southern Peru to northern...Argentina and is the easternmost metallogenic province of the central Andes (Ahlfeld, 1967; Turneaure...Rice, 1997), which makes Llallagua the largest tin mine of the western world. The bulk geochemical tin enrichment
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)
70, 1975, pp. 913-927 PorphyryTin Depositsin Bolivia R. H. SILLITOE,C. HALLS, AND J. N. GRANT Abstract...central and southern parts of the Bolivian tin province has been derived largely from lode systemsassociatedwith...those at the major Llallagua, Potosi, Oruro, and Chorolque mineralized centers, geological characteristicsof...occursin hydrothermalbrecciaat Chorolque. Pyrite halos are recognizable at Chorolque and Llallagua. The cassiterite...eraplacement; coeval volcanicsare preservedat Oruro and Chorolque,and perhaps also at Potos[ A mineralized volcanic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits of Miocene age in the Eastern Cordillera in Bolivia were studied by ICP/MS and EPMA for major and minor...concentration of trace amounts of indium. Keywords: Bolivia, indium, petrukite, polymetallic, Potosi, sphalerite...Sn-polymetallic ore belt Arica BOLIVIA Potosi CHILE Lake Uyuni Border Cities Atocha Lakes Tertiary strata...terrains of Japan (Ishihara et al., 2006) and Bolivia (Ishihara & Murakami, 2008a). The total indium...(Sinclair et al., 2006). Tin-polymetallic deposits in Bolivia (Fig. 1) appear to be one of the major source regions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HYDROTHERMAL, AND SUPERGENE ACTIVITY AT CERRO RICO DE POTOSI, BOLIVIA C. M. RICE,† G. B. STEELE,* Department...age, suggests that the world-class Ag deposit at Cerro Rico was emplaced during a protracted period of...into a high-level magma chamber. K-Ar dating of alunite indicates that supergene oxidation had begun by...disseminated part of the orebody. Introduction Cerro Rico de Potosi is the world’s largest silver deposit...remain within the oxide cap (Bernstein, 1989). Cerro Rico is one of many deposits carrying Ag and Sn
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOLCANIC DOME-HOSTED PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS IN BOLIVIA CHARLES G. CUNNINGHAM, U.S. GeologicalSurvey,959...Piso10, Av. 16 de Julio 1616, El Prado,La Paz, Bolivia Josf•PINTOV•SQUEZ, UnitedNationsDepartmentof ...r Development(DTCD), Casilla 2096, SantaCruz, Bolivia AND GEORGE E. ERICKSEN U.S. GeologicalSurvey...underlainchieflyby a thick sequenceof southwestern Bolivia are associated with volcanic intenselyfoldedlower...the western border of Bolivia, andthe world-famousPulacayosilverdepositandthe Cerro Rico de Potositin-silver
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1996 The age and thermal history of Cerro Rico de Potosi, Bolivia C.G. Cunningham 1, R.E. Zartman 2, E...Geologico de Bolivia (GEOBOL), Calle Federico Zuazo 1673, Casilla 2729, La Paz, Bolivia 7U.S. Geological...Geol6gico de Bolivia (GEOBOL), Calle Federico Zuazo 1673, Casilla 2729, La Paz, Bolivia Received: 14...1995/Accepted: 29 January 1996 Abstract. Cerro Rico de Potosi, Bolivia, is the world's largest silver deposit...fission-tract dating. Minor sericite, and magmatic-steam alunite veins, were episodically formed around 11 Ma and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tin-Silver No. 2 Province F. S. TURNEAURE Abstract The tin-silver provinceof Bolivia includesthe Cordillera...mineralization betweenthe tin-silverprovinceof Bolivia, the copperprovinceof Chile and the belt of polymetallicores...The tin-silver provinceof the Eastern Andes of Bolivia has only a generalconnotation,as the belt Geology...determinations of interbeddedvol- THE BOLIVIAN TIN-SILVER PROVINCE • .•, 660 (j•.L__ok_ .e• ,. 'Tiffcoco.•:'L•...Turneaure, 1960). In this district andesitcflows are mine in Argentina,a distanceof 900 km; it reaches overlain
Report (volume)
Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia By U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY and SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA With a section on...Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia I by U.S. Geological Survey and Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia; with a section...mineral resources-Bolivia-Cordillera Occidental. 3. Geology-Altiplano. 4. Geology-Bolivia-Cordillera Occidental...Geological Survey (U.S.) II. Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia. Ill. Series. QE75.B9 no. 1975 [TN39.A4] 557.3s--dc20...cooperation between the Servicio Geologico de Bolivia and the U.S. Geological Survey. The geologic research
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: Llallagua, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...perhaps the finest known, 2 cm, from Llallagua, Bolivia. Mark Chance Bandy collection; current owner unknown...practical experience at the Gottesehre (“God’s Honor”) mine, a small fluorite mining operation in Urberg, near...E-Mail: stuwil@aol.com Rhodochrosite, Uchucchaqua mine, Lima Dept. Peru 2 inches. Wilensky photo. Clara...SMALE Famous Mineral Localities: Llallagua, Bolivia Jaroslav Hyrsl Ke kurtum 383 142 00 Prague, Czech
Book
.................. .42 3.1.6 Pirquitas, Jujuy Province, Argentina ..................................... 58 3.2.7 Maranda J, Murchison belt, Northern Province, South Africa ........... 59 VIII Table of...Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia ............................ 89 3.4.13 Bolivar, Cerro Bonete Area, Cordillera...Occidental, Bolivia ............ 89 3.4.14 Huari-Huari, Potosi, Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia ............Occidental, Bolivia ......... 91 3.4.16 San Vicente, Uyuni, Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia ...........
Report (volume)
biotite or biotite-muscovite granite or, as in Bolivia, with shal-low-seated volcanic rocks such as quartz...major lode tin deposits of the world (those of Bolivia excepted) are o:f this type.2 Lodes are near or...Alaska 2. Manley Hot Springs, Alaska 3. Sullivan mine, British Columbia, Canada 4. New Brunswick area...Tex. 8. Black Range district, New Mexico 9. Climax mine, Colorado 10. Gorman area, California SOUTH AMERICA...Gerais, Brazil Rondonia-Tapajos, Brazil Tin belt, Bolivia lpameri, Goias, Brazil Encruzilhalda, Brazil Amapa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
incluir per un lade yaeimientos que parecen abundar en Sud Am6rica y per otro lade tipos de dep6sitos que pareeen...entre 6stas franjas son similares entre Norte y Sud Am6rica. Esto indica que dependen de la distribuei6n...n mayor desarrollo de los recursos minerales de Sud Am6rica. Probablemente varios paises podrian aumentar...crat6nicos hasta geosinelinales y orog6nicos), en Sud Am6rica los paises estan distribuidos principalmente...broad sense that the expression "metallogenic province" is used in this paper. When all deposits of various
Report (volume)
quartz-alunite Au, by Byron R. Berger 155 158 Grade and tonnage model of epithermal quartz-alunite Au...epithermal quartz-alunite vein deposits 160 Gold grades of epithermal quartz-alunite vein deposits 160...epithermal quartz-alunite vein deposits 161 Copper grades of epithermal quartz-alunite vein deposits 161...based on considerations that extend far beyond the mine itself, in some instances relating to the overall...subject, as in a scale model of the workings of a mine, to a unifying concept that explains or describes
Report (volume)
deposits of the Berenguela district, northwestern Bolivia By Alan R. Wallace, Richard F. Hardyman, Richard...La Espanola prospect, northwestern Altiplano, Bolivia By Albert Hofstra, Richard F. Hardyman, Luis Barrera...of gold-associated skarn from Nambija, Zamora Province, Ecuador: A reconnaissance study By Jane M. Hammarstrom...Polymetallic veins, replacements ......... Bingham Canyon Bolivia Skam-related copper .............................Mesozoic structure of the eastern Basin and Range Province, Utah, from COCORP seismic relection data: Geology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
zeolite–smectite, quartz–kaolinite–hydrom ica with alunite, and quartz–tourmaline–sericite metasomatic rocks...This suggestion, however, is in conflict with alunite caps, lamellar–framework structure of orebodies...al., 1975). Such deposits are known in Bolivia (Potosi, Chorolque), China, and Central and North Sikhote
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: The Kipushi mine, Z a ir e ........................................rocks of South Central Africa of a polymetallic province, distinct from the stratiform Cu-Co-U seams of...in the Katanga System or its equivalents. This province includes deposits of Zn-Pb-Cu with an array of...is connected by a good road to the old Kansanshi mine and the neighboring Solwezi town, about 100 km S60°W...Kolwezi, Shinkolobwe and Broken Hill. The Rokana mine is located near Kitwe. deposits in order to establish
Book (edition)
Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite, I 00 mm, Huanzala, Bolivia, H Page 3: Liddicoatite, polished, 70 mm, Anjanabonoina...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)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu, and Maniema
Book
... 2.4.2 The Llallagua Porphyry Tin Deposit, Bolivia 2.4.3 Discussion and Suggestions for Exploration...Deposits ................ . 4.5.2 The Homestake Gold Mine, South Dakota .. 4.5.3 Pre-Metamorphic Stratiform...Post-Metamorphic Quartz-Rich Vein Ores: The Sigma Mine, Quebec ................ . 4.5.5 Discussion and...Kennecott Mine, Alaska ................................. 9.8.2 The Copper Orebodies of the Mt. Isa Mine, Queensland...and Their Associated Metal Deposits diaspore, alunite, amorphous material, and local corundum are strongly
Journal (issue)
Calaveras County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$1,400 Crystal Mine, Angels Camp, Calif. GOLD—1.4 oz. mass, large crystals...dera County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$2,750 Crystal Mine, Angels Camp, Calif. KRISTALLE Wayne and Dona.............. 28 by Peter B. Leavens The Bluebell Mine, Riondel, British Columbia, Canada................since then there has been no production. The major mine in the district, the Jumbo, produced 5000 tons of...copper mine at Bingham, Utah. Recently there has been some prospecting and drilling in the Jumbo mine area
Book
aluminium, K 2 SO 4 A1 2 (SO 4 ) 3 + 24H 2 O. . Alunite, or Alumstone hydrated basic sulphate of potassium...Infusible. Density, 10*6. in Canada Ontario, Mine), (Vermilion and North Carolina (Cowee Valley)...Cornwall and many places in Europe, Siberia, Bolivia (Corocoro), Australia and Tas- Chili, mania,...Superior, Alaska (Mount Wrangell), Peru, Chili, Bolivia (Corocoro), etc. Mexico (Boleo), Black oxide...(Bogoslowsk and Nischne Tagilsk), Japan, Australia, Bolivia, Mexico (Boleo), Chili, Peru, United States (Tennessee
Book (edition)
veins in albite diorite dykes in the Ready Bullion Mine, Alaska, appear to have been formed in Some of the...contraction-fissures in greenstone, and at the Haile Mine, South Carolina, in joints traversing diorite dykes...segregation of ilmenite from magmas of a noritic province, character, differentiated before their intrusion...position. The rock-types occurring in this province range from a hypersthene-bearing rock, rich in...porphyries are the Swedish province of Norbotten and the Ural Mountains. In the province of Norbotten, which
Book (edition)
veins in albite diorite dykes in the Ready Bullion Mine, Alaska, appear to have been formed in Some of the...contraction-fissures in greenstone, and at the Haile Mine, South Carolina, in joints traversing diorite dykes...Southern Norway, forms a well-defined petrographical province, of which the various rock-members are especially...rock-types occurring in this present position. province range from a hyj>ersthene-bearing rock, rich in...porphyries are the Swedish province of Norbotten and the Ural Mountains. In the province of Norbotten, which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Allanite-(Ce) orthite Allargentum Alstonite Altaite Alunite Alunogen Amblygonite Amesite Amosite Amphibole...hanging wall. During a subsequent mining period, the mine was re-opened to recover sideritic parts of the...you look for a mine look near a mine”. This includes the imperative “if you look for a mine look for smelting...also for the chrome diopside found at Outukumpu mine, a mineral that is first and foremost recognized...According to the Raw Materials Group (Sweden), the world mine production in 2005 stood at 19.3 m t metal content
 
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