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Wurtzite from
Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wurtzite
Formula:(Zn,Fe)S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wurtzite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:168989
Long-form Identifier:1:3:168989:1
GUID (UUID V4):ac72b4bb-a240-4702-9922-53b0ba455445
Nearest other occurrences of Wurtzite
1.5km (0.9 miles) San Francisco Mine, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
5.8km (3.6 miles) Trinacria Mine, Callapampa, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
8.5km (5.3 miles) Candelaria Mine, Callapampa, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
11.5km (7.2 miles) Ichocollo Mine (Monserrat Mine), Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
16.8km (10.5 miles) Antequera Mine (Tihua Mines), Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
17.9km (11.1 miles) Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia
39.7km (24.7 miles) Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia
49.8km (31.0 miles) Itos Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
49.8km (31.0 miles) San José Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)...100.19 100.53 (1) Chocaya, Bolivia. (2) Poopó, Bolivia. (3) San Jose, Bolivia; electron microprobe analysis;...family. Occurrence: In hydrothermal Ag-Sn deposits (Bolivia); in a limestone contact metamorphic deposit (Kalkar...cassiterite, wurtzite, pyrrhotite, marcasite, arsenopyrite, galena, pyrite, sphalerite, siderite (Bolivia); cassiterite...cylindrite (Russia). Distribution: In Bolivia, from Chocaya [TL], Poopó, Oruro, Llallagua, Huanuni, Colquechaca
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
states. Examples include the Cove mine, Lander County, the Bald Mountain mine, White Pine County, and the famous...famous Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada; with freibergite and andorite at the Bear Basin mines...sphalerite at the Young American mine, Stevens County, Washington; the Old Dowdy mine, Gunnison County, Colorado...löllingite, smaltite, and various sulfides; the Merrimac mine, Doña Ana County, Figure 1. A 2.5-cm-high stannite...arsenopyrite. This 13-cm specimen is from the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan, China. Collector’s Edge specimen, Jeff Scovil
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...Colorado 60° 10 B R A S I L 14 PAZ /LAApolo 0 CRUZ 0 San.Jose deChiqultos Robor6 0 SantaAna0 PARAGUAY
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
Book (edition)
instance, found in the ZnS system (sphalerite/wurtzite), is often difficult to discern: Changes in the...distinguishable from its precursor. Left: The original wurtzite is completely replaced by sphalerite. Only under...“camouflaged” under PPL; the XRD spectrum shows no wurtzite). Compositional Series A compositional series...the microscope stage is rotated. Left: Radial wurtzite (laminar, light to darker brown internal reflections)...Davidite(Ce, La, Y) Tapiolite-(Mn) Sphalerite Wurtzite Groutite Wolframite Thorianite Purpurite Reflection
Journal (issue)
Trebisky and S. B. Keith The Minerals of the Zinc Hill Mine, Inyo County, California..........................Henderson The Mineralogy of the Department of Oruro, Bolivia..............................................c o rc l W \ Beryl. The Hiddenite and Emerald mine, near Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina...made his mark in a tourmaline find at the B.B. #7 mine in north Norway, Maine, and came to fame as the...specimens and gem materials in­ clude the Harvard mine for purple apatite, Plumbago mountain for rose quartz
Catalog/List
2.5 cm high and 1,5 cm across. £25 Tonca de Onca Mine, Virgem de Lapa Minas Gerais Brazil This is the...crystals with some pink Hureaulite 7x7 mmCigana Mine, Galileia Minas Gerais £36 4 BRUCITE clear silvery...matrix, not a visually attractive piece ! Ollinghouse Mine, washoe County Nevada U.S.A £50 . 6 STELLERITE...large lx2 inch £20 Ilimaussaq Greenland Sapucai Mine, Galileia Minas Gerais about 8.5mm Seinajoki Laani...by RT) Probably merclll'ian tennantite. Gortdrum Mine Tipperary Ireland £8 13 . 14 TSUMEBITE green coating
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...gysinite-(Nd) and other rare minerals from [the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G
Catalog/List
Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl £5 1x2 £10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 239...silvery areas in matrix with Tellurite. (La Bambolla Mine Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico) lxl £10 14 x 54 ins £5...CO/3 0 Quite rich yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins
Catalog/List
----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban...________ __ _!LU9! .~~~ -E N1 163 GALENA Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthcad. Cumbria Cube-octahedral grey crystals
Catalog/List
Greenish , sparse, acicular micros in Penbenhy Croft Mine, St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall... Rich white crusts on matrix. ALAMOSITE Rawhide Mine, Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________...Feldspar_____________ Black areas in actinolite Basinas Mine Sweden 1x1 £1.20 ALLANITE 9 Ce Y Fe SiO__________...grey masses with possible Alstonite Fallowfield mine, ALSTONITE 13 Hexham.Northumberland micros.____...orange masses in quartz, under Flux Canyon.Santa Cruz 1x2 £10 'A x 'A £2 Ixl £4 ALUNITE 3 KAI SOM OH__________
Catalog/List
cleavage Yakutia.Russia MnS lxl £9 ½x½ £3 IX½ Rawhide Mine. Mohave 255 ALA!\IOSITE Rich white cruslS on matrix...botryoidal with possible New East Wheat Russell mine, ½x½ 501 ALLOPHANE £4 -·-· . . ALSiO £2.SO B~~.~~~~t~...grey masses '1.\ith possible Alstonite Fallowfield mine, Ix½ £4 13 ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 micros. Hexham,Northumberland...Rich orange masses in quartz, under Flu.x Canyon,Santa Cruz lx2£10 ½x½ £2 lxl £4 . K.AI _SO/4 OH ·- - . ...--·· -·Pure grey metallic mass San Jose Mine, Oruro. Bolivia 6x6mm £3 217 A1'DORITE . PbAgSb_S _ ___
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Manchester Library] at 00:11 06 November 2014 Eagle Mine, Cilman, Eagle County, Colorado W orld production...number of good sphalerite occurrences, the Eagle mine at Gilman holds the record as that state’s leading...tiemannite. Sphalerite is trimorphous with matraite and wurtzite. Pseudomorphs of sphalerite after galena, tetrahedrite...sphalerite (variety marmatite) on siderite from the Eagle mine, Gilman, Colorado. The 8.4-cm specimen is in the...in Connecticut pegmatites, including the Tolgate mine at Middletown where masses to 25 cm across occurred
Catalog/List
£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...£10 2x3 £15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix...5cm £4 no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine...£7.50 Ag Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with...£8 2x3 £12 236 1129 • ALMAN DINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Rich fine grained solid grainlike
Catalog/List
massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...x2 £ 1.50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting...~-------·-·-- ·· -·· 1077 ■■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black...Kola Russia 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with
Catalog/List
silvery platy mass in matrix (San Jose Hine,Oruro, Bolivia) lem E4 Very rich 2cmpiece ElO 226 LOPRITE...Attractive blue masses in and on pink BÅRYTES.(BlairLogie Mine, n~ar Stirling, Scotland) lxl El. 50 202 COPPER...other Cu minerals on matrix. (30'level Gold Hill Mine Utah USA) lem E4 309 PLANCHEITE Cu/8 Si/8 0/22 pure...spheres on matrix. (16 Level, SimmsLode, Geevor Mine, St Just, Cornwall) l, x H El.50 l x l, El 530 BAYLDONITE...dark Manganeseoxide rich ~4trix. (Penberthy Croft Mine,St Hilary Cornwall)~• El.SO lxl El lx2 ES 511 AURICHALCITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia O ne of...Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. The main...& MINERALS Figure 2. Siderite with quartz, from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The...Very fine examples of siderite were collected from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, where large cleavage...associated quartz (fig. 2). From the Palermo No. 1 mine, North Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, come
Catalog/List
lx2 £2 lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minl10, Portugal...Andalucia Spain. Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal..._lx2_ _80 _ _____ _,o 1129 ALMANDINE Braslad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Unknown location I 1 63 □a...lxl£2 2x3£6 3x4£8 feldspar ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland ANDRADITE Grua. Oppland Norway 5...2x3£15 Gamet ½" £3 ALTHAUSITE ANDRADITE Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales Modum, Buskerud,Norway 975 44 Brown-purple
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington, DC 20513 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers...Fluorite with sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners...to describe is difficult. The Burnt Hill tungsten mine, York County, New Brunswick, is located in a metamorphic...the greisen and in kaolinite at the Mount Pleasant mine, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, as transparent... The Thunder Bay amethyst deposits in Ontario Province have produced fluorite but, unfortunately, in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystal, 1.5 cm high, showing hemimorphic morphology, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Jeff Scovil photo. ...Fisher photo. Right: Tourmaline, 6 cm high, Himalaya mine, San Diego County, California. The crystal is terminated...fluorcaphite, nepheline, gyrolite zincite, greenockite, wurtzite percleveite-(Ce), richellite, wulfenite(?) diaboleite...however, they were found in abundance at the Himalaya mine, San Diego, California (fig. 3). Because the two...2013 Figure 7. Spangolite, 0.5 mm long, Mex Tex mine, Hansonburg mining district, Bingham, New Mexico
Catalog/List
wlth celes1,1e, LTN. es 0 3) MENDOZAVIUTE,Rusller mine, Toole Co,Ulah,USA. NaCa,Fev(PO.,.)L (PMo,,O,.)(OH...4 Rare--. 7) YOOERITE. Maulla Hllls, Central Province, Tanzania (Mg.Al), OL (SoOJ. (OH) 1 locahly. Rare++...:i Smal! ; Type q 11) AJOITE, New Cornellla mine, AI0, Plma Counly, Arizona, USA. (K.Na) Cu,AISl...aggreg•les on ,;~frix. 1 54130. t7 - :•J/\ t) WURTZITE,Feml Vecchl, del Accessabel, Massa Mariloma, Toscana...granular matlx. LTN. t9 14) WINSTANLEYITE,Central mine, Tombstone, Cochlse Co" USA. T1Te1 0 1 Type iocallly
Catalog/List
pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4...and Be Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...MINERAL !! dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U...Na Al Silicate Pure creamy coloured masses (Tanco Mine, Bernie Lake, Manitoba, Canada) lx2ins £4 2x2ins
Catalog/List
___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...- - --··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker...North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety)...217 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia 1129 ■ ALMANDINE Brnstad iron Mine near Arendnl ,Norway Pure...Bcnallt Minc,Llcyn. Wales 1036 ALSTONITE Fnllowlielcl Mine, Northumberland White masses in malrix wilh micro
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
Book (edition)
Freibergite II/C.11-50 Goldfieldite II/C.11-60 Wurtzite II/C.13-10 Greenockite II/C.13-30 Enargite II/C...(yellowish white), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(greenish grey), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(bluish grey shades), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // 8 Gold A ...sample - photo A), dolomite (dark grey); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic
 
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