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Umangite from
El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Umangite
Formula:Cu3Se2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Klockmannite22 photos of Umangite associated with Klockmannite at this locality.
Clausthalite20 photos of Umangite associated with Clausthalite at this locality.
Krut'aite18 photos of Umangite associated with Krut'aite at this locality.
Penroseite14 photos of Umangite associated with Penroseite at this locality.
Petrovicite14 photos of Umangite associated with Petrovicite at this locality.
Quijarroite12 photos of Umangite associated with Quijarroite at this locality.
Eldragónite10 photos of Umangite associated with Eldragónite at this locality.
Hansblockite9 photos of Umangite associated with Hansblockite at this locality.
Gold2 photos of Umangite associated with Gold at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Umangite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Umangite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:41532
Long-form Identifier:1:3:41532:7
GUID (UUID V4):161900d8-a468-48a8-bdbc-46336c66ec5a
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Origin of the El Dragón Selenium Mineralization, Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia Günter Grundmann...April 2017 Abstract: A re-examination of the El Dragón vein-type Se deposit using polarized light microscopy...by volcanic-hydrothermal activities around the Porco caldera, formation of the mineralization involved...endmember penroseite; vaesite; genetic sequence; El Dragón; Bolivia 1. Introduction Research on selenium minerals...for the two selenium occurrences in the Andes of Bolivia: Virgen de Surumi (also known as “Pacajake”) [12
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu6BiSe4(Se2), A NEW MINERAL SPECIES FROM THE EL DRAGÓN MINE, POTOSÍ, BOLIVIA, AND ITS CRYSTAL STRUCTURE Werner H...selenides at the El Dragón mine, Province of Quijarro, Department of Potosí, Bolivia. It forms inclusions...is associated with clausthalite, klockmannite, umangite and tiemannite, as well as with watkinsonite,...structure, El Dragón mine, Quijarro, Potosí, Bolivia. Introduction The Andean mountain ranges of Bolivia and...mineralization. Bolivia is famous for two selenide occurrences: El Dragón, province of Quijarro, and Pacajake
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: El Dragón mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Department of Potosí, Bolivia. 3.125 (100),...09 100.00 (1) El Dragón mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Department of Potosí, Bolivia; average of 24...klockmannite, umangite, petrovicite, grundmannite, native gold. Distribution: From the El Dragón mine, Antonio...Antonio Quijarro Province, Department of Potosí, Bolivia. Name: For the province, Antonio Quijarro, where...Cu6HgPb2Bi4Se12, a new selenide from the El Dragón Mine, Bolivia. Minerals, 6(4), 123. (2) (2020) Amer.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Cerromojonite, CuPbBiSe3, from El Dragón (Bolivia): A New Member of the Bournonite Group Hans-Jürgen...represents a new selenide from the El Dragón mine, Department of Potosí, Bolivia. It either occurs as minute...Mojon, the highest mountain peak closest to the El Dragón mine. Keywords: cerromojonite; selenium; copper;...mercury; bismuth; součekite; bournonite group; El Dragón; Bolivia 1. Introduction The Bolivian Andes host...Charcas; and El Dragón, Province of Antonio Quijarro; both in the Department of Potosí. The El Dragón mineralization
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: El Dragón mine, Quijarro Province, Department of Potosí, Bolivia. 3.579 (100), 3.075...44.52 100.00 (1) El Dragón mine, Quijarro Province, Department of Potosí, Bolivia; average of 24 electron...klockmannite, umangite, tiemannite, watkinsonite, petrovicite. Distribution: At the El Dragón mine, Quijarro Province...Province, Department of Potosí, Bolivia. Name: For the locality that provided the first specimens. Type...6BiSe4(Se2), a new mineral species from the El Dragón mine, Potosí, Bolivia, and its crystal structure. Can. Mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new mineral from the Se mineralization at El Dragón (Bolivia) HANS-JÜRGEN FÖRSTER1,*, LUCA BINDI2, CHRIS...Hg)(Bi,Pb)Se2, is a new selenide from the El Dragόn mine, Bolivia. It typically occurs in thin subparallel...crystal structure, selenium, El Dragόn, Bolivia. Introduction THE Andes of Bolivia host two volumetrically...district of Hiaco de Charcas, and El Dragόn, Province of Antonio Quijarro, both in the *E-mail: hans-juergen...Society Department of Potosí. The geology and ore mineralization of the El Dragόn mine was first explored
Report (issue)
Z = 4 X-ray Powder Pattern: El Dragόn mine, Department of Potosí, Bolivia. 2.986 (100), 3.97 (90), 2.620...100.39 (1) El Dragόn mine, Province of Antonio Quijarro, Department of Potosí, Bolivia; average of 5...klockmannite, umangite, petrovicite, grundmannite, gold. Distribution: From the El Dragόn mine, Province of Antonio...Antonio Quijarro, Department of Potosí, Bolivia. Name: Honors Hans Block (1881-1953), for his contributions...new mineral from the Se mineralization at El Dragón (Bolivia). Mineral. Mag., 81(3), 629-640. (2) (2018)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cacheuta Vein-Type Se Mineralization, Mendoza Province, Argentina Günter Grundmann 1 and Hans-Jürgen...Cacheuta vein-type Se mineralization in the Mendoza Province predominantly consists of clausthalite, klockmannite...from Cacheuta from Argentinian Se deposits in the Province of La Rioja: (I) trachytic host rock fragments...Ni < 1.2 wt %) partly replaced by clausthalite, umangite, klockmannite, eskebornite, Ni-poor tyrrellite...in the Sierra de Cacheuta district, also known as el Cerro de Cacheuta, Minerals 2018, 8, 127; doi:10
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...Starting with Argentina, the deposits of Pirquitas and El Quevar (Ag-Sn) as well as Capillitas and Famatina...gold- and silverbearing tellurides. The selenium province at La Rioja is the largest one on earth. The prominent...deposits are dominated by selenides of copper (umangite, klockmannite and berzelianite), tiemannite, clausthalite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cacheuta Mine, Mendoza, Argentina; 2 – Virgen de Surumi mine, Potosí Department, Bolivia; 3 – El Dragón mine...mine, Potosí Department, Bolivia; 4 – Iron Monarch open cut, South Australia; 5 – Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka...Kamchatka, Russia; 6 – Baccu Locci Mine, Sardinia, Italy; 7 – Musonoi Mine, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic...Shinkolobwe Mine, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre); 9 – Repete Mine, Utah, USA;...USA; 10 – El Cóndor Mine, Vinchina Department, Argentina; 11 – Zapiga, Tarapacá Region, Chile; 12 – Kato
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of kruťaite and petříčekite at the former uranium mine Slavkovice, western Moravia, Czech Republic Tomáš...of kruťaite and petříčekite at the former uranium mine Slavkovice, western Moravia, Czech Republic. Bull...museum samples of vein fillings from the uranium mine Slavkovice, western Moravia (Czech Republic). Kruťaite...zoned crystals enclosed and partly replaced by umangite. Petříčekite forms small elongated or isometric...the given assemblage, and are associated with umangite, athabascaite, eskebornite, klockmannite, bukovite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the south part of the Koashva open pit (Vostochnyi mine), Mt. Koashva, Khibiny alkaline complex in Kola...andorite homeotypic series from the Monte Arsiccio mine, Apuan Alps. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30...Arsiccio mine, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy (43°58′16″N, 10°17′05″E). The Monte Arsiccio mine exploited...knowledge of magmatic activity in the Tuscan Magmatic Province and the related ore deposits, in particular, the...arsenic analogue of medaite, from the Molinello mine, Liguria, Italy: occurrence and crystal structure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NEW MEMBER OF THE SPINEL SUPERGROUP FROM EL DRAGÓN, BOLIVIA HANS-JÜRGEN FÖRSTER§ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam...selenide species from the El Dragón mine, Department of Potosı́, Bolivia. It most frequently occurs...supergroup, El Dragón, Bolivia. INTRODUCTION The ore mineralization at El Dragón, Province of Antonio Quijarro...Quijarro, in the Andes of Bolivia is the most spectacular occurrence of Se-bearing minerals known § today...cerromojonite, CuPbBiSe3 (Förster et al. 2018). El Dragón also hosts the most recently IMACNMNC approved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for the first time at Pacajake mine near Hiaco, Colquechaca, Bolivia [6], where it is associated with...ferric selenite hydrate crystal from De Lamar silver mine was studied by Hawthorne [7], who derived the ideal...selenium-bearing deposits (e.g., Virgen de Surumi mine [6], El Dragón mine [25], Baccu oxidation zones of some selenium-bearing...deposits (e.g., Virgen de Surumi mine [6], El Dragón mine Locci Mine [26]). can [26]). be seen, and oxides...(klockmannite krut’aite CuSe [25], Baccu LocciAs Mine Ascopper can beselenides seen, copper selenides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the U–Hg–Mo polymetallic deposit in Guizhou province, China (the exact locality was not given in the...hand-sized samples with příbramite were found in mine dump material of shaft #16 (49.670 33.02800 N, 14...eskebornite, giraudite (Cu6[Cu4 (Fe,Zn)2]As4Se13), umangite, hakite and tetrahedrite in calcite gangue (Type...to příbramite (Chen et al., 1995) from Guizhou province (China) shows higher Hg content (0.008–0.077 apfu)...6–10 Type II. * Příbramite from China, Gizhou province, mean of 12 analyses. 203 204 205 206 207 208
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abstract: In a section of the abandoned Pb –As mine of Baccu Locci (SE Sardinia), where several Se-bearing...as clausthalite (PbSe), berzelianite (Cu2Se), umangite (Cu3Se2), tiemannite (HgSe), krutaite (CuSe2)...world, Pacajake and El Dragón, occur in the Ag – Sn mining district of Potosí, Bolivia (Southern part of...of the polymetallic Province of the Altiplano). The ore bodies, hosted by gray sandstone and shale of...is now exhausted, and the recently discovered El Dragón remains the richest natural selenium concentration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
solid solutions, sulfurian berzelianite, sulfurian umangite, hessite, Ni–Co–As-bearing pyrite, and Se-rich...hakite–giraudite mercurienne, berzélianite sulfurée, umangite sulfurée, hessite, pyrite contenant Ni, Co et...minerals in the western Erzgebirge metallogenic province of Germany are associated with unconformity-related...(HgSe), naumannite (Ag2Se), klockmannite (CuSe), umangite (Cu3Se2), berzelianite (Cu 2–xSe), bukovite (Cu3FeTl2Se4)...tennantite–giraudite solid solution, tiemannite, berzelianite, umangite, hessite, chalcopyrite, löllingite, and probably
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Angarf-Sud pegmatite, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ region, Morocco. It occurs in...Cu6BiSe4(Se2), a new mineral species from the El Dragón mine, Potosí, Bolivia, and its crystal structure. Canadian...at the El Dragón mine known for its selenium mineralization and located in province of Quijarro, Department...Department of Potosí, Bolivia. This new mineral species is named after the location where it was discovered...is associated with clausthalite, klockmannite, umangite, and tiemannite, as well as with watkinsonite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the southernmost extreme of the Bergslagen ore province in south-central Sweden. This is the first observation...[(Ag,Cu)2 (Te,Se)], sabatierite (Cu6TlSe4) and umangite (Cu3Se2), as well as unidentified Te-Pd-Ag-Cu-bearing...in the southern extreme of the Bergslagen ore province in central Sweden. Star on inset map shows the...in the southernmost part of the Bergslagen ore province in Sweden (Fig. 1). Bergslagen comprises the intensely...as a constituent of pyritic slime from the Falun mine in northern Bergslagen (BERZELIUS 1818, NORDENSKIÖLD
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Selenium-rich secondary minerals from the Baccu Locci mine (Sardinia, Italy) Italo Campostrini and Carlo M...Selenium-rich secondary minerals from the Baccu Locci mine (Sardinia, Italy). – N. Jb. Miner. Abh. (177): 37–...sulfur have been observed in the old lead – arsenic mine at Baccu Locci, near Villaputzu, Sardinia (Italy)...chemistry. Introduction In the last years, the old mine at Baccu Locci near Villaputzu, Sardinia, has attained...1991). Subsequently, in 1996, during a visit to the mine, we were lucky enough in discovering an outstanding
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
permingeatite, příbramite, sabatierite, tiemannite, and umangite were found here, including two new mineral phases:...Bi-sulfoselenotellurides in products of burning of coal-mine dump at Radvanice near Trutnov [31]. The exceptional...Litochleb et al. [49]. The extraction of material from mine dumps at some Příbram uranium mines (in particular...of 2005–2015 to monitor selenium minerals in the mine dump material and obtain more samples for a complex...16 (Háje). At that time, this was the deepest ore mine, vertically, in Europe. were constructed, which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Stanley (2018) Cerromojonite, CuPbBiSe3, from El Dragón (Bolivia): A new member of the bournonite group. Minerals...Se)3. It was discovered at the El Dragón mine, Department of Potosí, Bolivia, and named for Cerro Mojon,...to cerromojonite were previously described at El Dragón (phase “C” of Förster et al. 2016) and, as tiny...However, no structural data were provided. At El Dragón cerromojonite found in two different mineral assemblages...rarely petrovicite. These aggregates cemented by umangite and klockmannite and deposited at the surfaces
Book
Stanley Cerromojonite, CuPbBiSe3 , from El Dragón (Bolivia): A New Member of the Bournonite Group Reprinted...of the bournonite group from the El Dragón mine in Potosí, Bolivia [16]. Some new supergene minerals...Stanley, C.J. Cerromojonite, CuPbBiSe3 , from El Dragón (Bolivia): A new member of the bournonite group. Minerals...ordering in both A and B sites, from the Cleveland mine, Tasmania, Australia. Am. Mineral. 2010, 95, 736–740...their anthropogenic counterparts in burning copper mine dumps and ore smelters. 30 Minerals 2018, 8,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new Ca-Sr (-Na) phyllosilicate from the Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. European...species found in manganese ore on dumps of the Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. It was...manganese ore that came from Block 17 of the Wessels Mine. Associated minerals include blue manganoan richterite...a new secondary phosphate mineral from the Foote mine, USA. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28(3), 655–661...sulfate-borate mineral from Doganlar (Emet), Kütahya province, Western Anatolia, Turkey. Canadian Mineralogist
Report (issue)
white areas). Sample is from the Buckskin National Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada. Photograph by Peter Vikre...............................................Q26 Mine Waste Characteristics.............................1989). The total U.S. supply was always higher than mine production during this period, with a high of 831...as indicated in fig Q3.) The difference between mine production and total supply was owing to the refineries’...of selenium-rich high-grade ores from the Horne Mine at Noranda, Quebec, Canada; by 1950, Canada’s production
 
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