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Stannite from
Chocaya mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Stannite
Formula:Cu2FeSnS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Stannite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chocaya mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:42689
Long-form Identifier:1:3:42689:1
GUID (UUID V4):c564bce8-270e-4f1f-9502-d9c09f789a53
Nearest other occurrences of Stannite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
1.0km (0.6 miles) Siete Suyos mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
1.7km (1.1 miles) Ánimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
26.7km (16.6 miles) Chorolque Mine, Cerro Chorolque, Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
28.4km (17.7 miles) Portugalete mines, Tatasí, Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
29.1km (18.1 miles) Tatasí, Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
30.9km (19.2 miles) Monserrate Mine (Monserrat Mine), San Vicente mining district, Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
35.8km (22.2 miles) La Confianza Mine (San Vicente Mine; Confianza Mine; Tajos Mine; San Francisco Mine), San Vicente mining district, Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
38.2km (23.8 miles) Tazna Mine (Tasna Mine; Tazna-Rosario Mine), Tasna Rosario, Cerro Tazna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
78.2km (48.6 miles) Santa Isabel Mine (Candelaria Mine), Santa Isabel district, San Pablo de Lípez, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
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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
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....owned by Richard Bideaux’s Arizona Exploring and Mining Company for quite a few years. Bideaux and Wayne...period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volcanic Dome-Hosted Ánimas–Chocaya–Siete Suyos Polymetallic Deposit, Potosí, Bolivia Lisard Torró 1, * , Malena...Plaza del Bicentenario–Zona Central, La Paz 2314, Bolivia; diva.moshi@gmail.com Departament d’Enginyeria...maria.pura.alfonso@upc.edu Colegio de Geólogos de Bolivia, Edificio Señor de la Exaltación Nro. 4683, Av...1 y 2, Zona de Obrajes, Casilla 8941, La Paz, Bolivia; oarce.cgb@gmail.com Correspondence: lisardtorro@hotmail...age hosts the In-bearing Ánimas–Chocaya–Siete Suyos district in SW Bolivia. Ore mineralization occurs as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the polymetallic hydrothermal ore deposits in Bolivia A. Sugaki ~, S. Kojima ~ and N. Shimada 2 i Institute...barite from the 28 tin-polymetallic ore deposits in Bolivia. Generally, the homogenization temperatures and...mineralization, such as Morococala and Avicaya in the Oruro district, frequently indicating a temperature higher than...Avicaya-Bolivar mining area in the Oruro district as well as at the Tasna and ChocayaAnimas mining areas in...in the Quechisla district temperature gradients consistent with the zonal distributions of ore minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Ag-Sn Formation located within Argentina and Bolivia have been investigated mineralogically and geologically...Argentina, respectively. The Geological Survey of Bolivia contributed through help with the logistics. The...wide-spread occurrence of tin minerals (cassiterite, stannite, kësterite, ferrokësterite, hocartite-pirquitasite)...gold- and silverbearing tellurides. The selenium province at La Rioja is the largest one on earth. The prominent...Extensive studies of deposits of the Ag-Sn- Province at Bolivia allowed new insights in their mineralogy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Colorada vein, Animas mine, Chocaya Province, Department of Potosi, Bolivia. It is associated with...with aramayoite, stannite, miargyrite, pyrargyrite and tetrahedrite. Oscarkempffite forms anhedral grains...lillianite homologous series, Animas mine, Chocaya Province, Bolivia. Introduction THE lillianite homologous...from the Colorada vein, Animas mine, Chocaya Province, Department of Potosi, Bolivia (Ahlfeld and Reyes,...who discovered several large mineral deposits in Bolivia (e.g. the deposit of Don Mario). The holotype specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 cookrob@auburn.edu Stannite Downloaded by [University of New Mexico] at 01:53...its only other economically important species is stannite, a mineral of relatively wide distribution though...for collections. Recently, however, exceptional stannite has been available from several Chinese and Bolivian...Consequently, a fine stannite was suggested for this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice specimen. Stannite occurs in somewhat...4.3 to 4.5, and its Mohs hardness is about 4. Stannite is tetragonal (42m) and is commonly seen in pseudo-isometric
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...Bolivar deposit, 2,510 ppm and 17.5 for Siete Suyos–Animas deposits, and 1,290 ppm and 3.3 for San Vicente...and 1.8 for Porco deposit, 103 ppm and 59.2 for Animas deposit, and 1,160 ppm and 3.7 for Pirquitas deposit...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
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Colorada vein, Animas mine, Chocaya Province, Bolivia. 3.34 (100), 2.881 (86), 3.37 (70)...20.81 100.00 (1) Colorada vein, Animas mine, Chocaya Province, Bolivia; average of 4 electron microprobe...Aramayoite, stannite, miargyrite, pyrargyrite, tetrahedrite. Distribution: From the Colorada vein, Animas mine...mine, Chocaya Province, Department of Potosi, Bolivia. Name: Honors Oscar Kempff Bacigalupo (b.1948), Bolivian...who discovered several large mineral deposits in Bolivia (e.g., the deposit of Don Mario). Type Material:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cycle .............. The Tertiary petrographic province ............................. The Tertiary me...excellentwork of Myron Davy (I92O), the Bolivian Tin Province has beenthe object of much detailedresearch. Its...a short summary of the present knowledgeof the province. Many questionshave not yet been solved;geologicaland...provenearly Tertiary2 ageare knownin this part of Bolivia. The batholith of apliticgranitewhichI foundin...canism in themiddle andsouthern partsof thetin province pro• Theageof theyoungmagmatie rocksof Peru,especially
Report (issue)
5.856(16) c = 17.338(5). X-ray Powder Pattern: Bolivia. 3.44 (100), 2.91 (100), 2.86 (100), 2.82 (100)...87 100.19 100.53 (1) Chocaya, Bolivia. (2) Poopó, Bolivia. (3) San Jose, Bolivia; electron microprobe...family. Occurrence: In hydrothermal Ag-Sn deposits (Bolivia); in a limestone contact metamorphic deposit (Kalkar...pyrite, sphalerite, siderite (Bolivia); cassiterite, galena, stannite, teallite, cylindrite (Russia)...(Russia). Distribution: In Bolivia, from Chocaya [TL], Poopó, Oruro, Llallagua, Huanuni, Colquechaca, and Cerro
Report (issue)
880(2) α = 100.32(2)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Animas mine, Bolivia; similar to baumstarkite. 2.806 (100), 3...30.6 14.1 0.2 20.8 Total 99.84 100.0 (1) Animas mine, Bolivia; corresponding to (Ag2.97 Cu0.07 )Σ=3.04...miargyrite, stannite, pyrite, quartz. Distribution: From the Animas mine, Chocaya, Potosı́, Bolivia [TL]....Herminia, Julcani district, and in the San Genaro mine, Huancavelica, Peru. From the Armonia mine, El Quevar...Quevar, Salta Province, and in the Pirquitas deposit, Riconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina. From
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colorada vein, Animas mine, Chocaya Province, Department of Potosi, Sur Chichas, Bolivia, is an N = 4 member...order– disorder phenomena; Colorada vein; Potosi; Bolivia. lillianite homologous series (Hellner, 1958;...23S6, from the Colorada Vein, Animas Mine, Department of Potosi, Bolivia, with a 13.199 Å, b 19.332 Å...Colorada vein, Animas mine, Chocaya Province, Department of Potosi, Sur Chichas, Bolivia (Ahlfeld & Reyes...in 1929–30. Chocaya is a typical deposit of the hydrothermal Ag–Sn formation of Bolivia. In the upper
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...Potos[ A mineralized volcanic edifice remains at Chocaya and is believed to overlie a subjacentstock. The...dikes that intrude the Paleozoic-to- The tin province Tertiarysuccession are considered late Tertiary...antimonyhavealsobeenworked. In the northernsectorof the province (Fig. 1), in the CordillerasReal and QuimsaCruz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tetrahedrite fl'om Pulacayo mine, Huanchaca. Regular grouping of Stannite and Tetrahedrite. Axial ratios...Tatasi. Miargyrite from Aullagas. Jarosite from Chocaya, Dept. Potosi. Chalybite from Chorolque and Tatasi...with the species augelite, andorite, argyrodite, stannite, and chaleostibite, though many others have been...friend Mr. Malcolm Roberts, A.R.S.M., a mine manager in Bolivia. Another collection , which may be specially...specially mentioned, was brought from Bolivia by Sir Martin Conway, and presented by him in 1899 to the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nueva Esperanza and Restauradora veins, Capillitas mine, Argentina María Florencia MÁRQUEZ-ZAVALÍA1,2*,...Republic Faculty of International Resource Sciences, Mining Museum of Akita University, 28-2 Osawa, Tegata...of the twenty-three veins described at Capillitas mine, an epithermal precious- and base-metal vein deposit...Accessory minerals comprise hübnerite, gold, silver, stannite, stannoidite and mawsonite, and also diverse indium-...editor: J. Zachariáš 1. Introduction The Capillitas mine is an intermediate sulfidation epi­ thermal precious-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(RamdohFnrronrcn Aultnr-o: rite, a new mineral from Bolivia). Centr. Min. Geol., Abt. A, No. 8, pp. 365-367...in a silver-tin vein in the mine Chocaya la vieja, Province of Nor Chichas, Department of Potosi. It forms...in fine grained quartz, associated with pyrite, stannite and sphalerite. w'F.F- TBacrrrxc Fnr,r,o'tvstttp
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Elements in the Sn–W–Pb–Ag–Zn Huanuni Deposit, Bolivia Andreu Cacho 1 , Joan-Carles Melgarejo 1 , Antoni...maria.pura.alfonso@upc.edu Colegio de Geólogos de Bolivia, Edificio Señor de la Exaltación Nro. 4683, Av...1 y 2, Zona de Obrajes, Casilla 8941, La Paz, Bolivia; info@osvaldoarce.com Eloro Resources Ltd. Av....resides in widespread tin minerals (cassiterite and stannite) and sphalerite. Hypogene alteration assemblages...high-temperature (and low pH) mineralising fluids. District-scale mineralogical zonation suggests a thermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral found coating miargyrite from the San Genaro mine, Huancavelica Department, Peru. It is triclinic...R1(F) = 0.057, wR2(F ) = 0.128], aramayoite [Armonia mine, El Quevar, Argentinia: a = 7.813(2), b = 8.268(2)...specimens from the San Genaro mine, Huancavelica Department, Castrovirreyna District, Peru, was investigated...two wet-chemical analyses of aramayoite from Chocaya, Bolivia, one of which exhibits As and Bi contents...rare associate of miargyrite from the abandoned Ag mine of Saint-Marie-aux-Mines, France (Saint Jaques vein
Report (issue)
16.37 Total 99.29 98.33 100.00 (1) Aullagas, Bolivia. (2) Revelstoke, Canada; by electron microprobe...stephanite, acanthite, polybasite, freibergite, stannite, stannoidite, cassiterite, arsenopyrite, jordanite...pyrrhotite, sphalerite, galena. Distribution: In Bolivia, exceptional crystals from the Gallofa vein, Aullagas...Guadaloupe mine, Chocaya, Potosı́. From the Pirquitas deposit, Riconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina...Columbia. At the Campbell mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, and the Leadville district, Lake Co., Colorado
Report (chapter)
hydrothermal systems in some sub-volcanic tin deposits of Bolivia J. N. Grant Department o f Geology, Royal School...Geol6gico de Bolivia ( G E O B O L ) , La Paz, Bolivia G. Avila Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia ( G E O B...B O L ) , La Paz, Bolivia 5 5 2 . 3 : 5 5 3 . 2 1 6 . 5 : 553.45(84) Synopsis The tin deposits o f the...southern part o f the Cordillera Oriental o f Bolivia consist of complex vein systems and pervasive disseminated...and no unequivocally intrusive rocks are known (Chocaya, Tatasi). In general, the geological relationships
Report (issue)
0543(4) c = 8.7348(3) X-ray Powder Pattern: Chocaya mine, Bolivia. 3.32 (100), 2.94 (60), 2.78 (50), 2.21...94 100.00 (1) Chocaya mine, Bolivia; by electron microprobe. (2) Chocaya mine, Bolivia; by electron microprobe;...in a hydrothermal vein (Chocaya mine, Bolivia). Association: Pyrite, stannite, andorite, jamesonite, sphalerite...quartz (Chocaya mine, Bolivia); andorite (Bear Basin, Washington, USA). Distribution: In Bolivia, from...Ag-Sn vein, Chocaya mine, Potosi, and from Tatasi. In the USA, at the Round Valley tungsten mine, Bishop
Report (issue)
Stannite Cu2 FeSnS4 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Tetragonal. Point...100.00 (1) Chocaya, Bolivia; corresponds to Cu2.04 Fe1.11 Sn1.02 S4.00 . (2) Oruro, Bolivia; by electron...Mineral Group: Dimorphous with ferrokesterite. Stannite group. Occurrence: In tin-bearing vein deposits...Zeehan, Tasmania. In Bolivia, in the Itos and San José mines, Oruro; at Llallagua, Chocaya, and Cerro Rico...crystals from the Yaogangxian mine, 45 km northeast of Yizhang, Hunan Province, China. Noted in small amounts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
•lntimony I?ei•zs.--Most of the antimonydepositsof Bolivia belongto this group. They havebeenformedat depthsranging...quartz with stibnitecrystals. A vein at the Tarumita mine near Caracollo north of Oruro contains smallpocketsof...CryptobatholithicDeposits. Condeauqui. 2mThis district, with its many mines,is uniquein its mineral associations...Bombaminescheelite occurs F•. 2. Map of the Huanuni district. witha largeproportion of fluorite,calcite, ankerite...the easternsideof the tin zone,in the Quimsacoya mine,the ore consistsof chalcedonicquartz with stibnite
Report (issue)
c = 10.96 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tacama, Bolivia. 3.26 (100), 1.98 (80), 1.72 (70), 2.03 (50), 2...89 24.73 Total 100.6 99.9 100.00 (1) Tacama, Bolivia; by electron microprobe, corresponding to (Ag1...Zn0.32 )Σ=0.99 Sn1.04 S4.00 . (2) Himmelsfürst mine, Germany; by electron microprobe, corresponding...deposits. Forms a series with pirquitasite. Stannite group. Of relatively high-temperature origin...Cassiterite, cylindrite, franckeite, suredaite, stannite, canfieldite, tetrahedrite, pyrargyrite, silver
 
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