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Alunite from
Colquiri mine, Colquiri, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, 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 Colquiri mine, Colquiri, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1322691
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1322691:8
GUID (UUID V4):07cdf964-d03c-486e-8112-c3440394b95b
Nearest other occurrences of Alunite
54.8km (34.1 miles) San Andrés mine, Cerro Llallagua, La Joya mining district, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
57.2km (35.5 miles) Kori Kollu mine (Inti Raymi mine; Kori Kollo mine), Cerro Chuquina, La Joya mining district, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
63.3km (39.3 miles) San José Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
63.7km (39.6 miles) Itos Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
68.9km (42.8 miles) Laurani Mine, Laurani District, Aroma Province, La Paz, Bolivia
84.0km (52.2 miles) Japo Mine (Negro Pabellón Mine), Santa Fé mining district, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia
90.6km (56.3 miles) Morococala Mine, Santa Fé mining district, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia
References
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deposits of Miocene age in the Eastern Cordillera in Bolivia were studied by ICP/MS and EPMA for major and minor...ppm and 1.21 at Reserva, and 213 ppm and 0.61 at Colquiri deposit. Indium occurs mostly in dark colored...concentration of trace amounts of indium. Keywords: Bolivia, indium, petrukite, polymetallic, Potosi, sphalerite...100 km Lake Titicaca La Paz PERU Oruro Sn-polymetallic ore belt Arica BOLIVIA Potosi CHILE Lake Uyuni...terrains of Japan (Ishihara et al., 2006) and Bolivia (Ishihara & Murakami, 2008a). The total indium
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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
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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 (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...(presumably without the shrine) to a European in La Paz, Bolivui. Rolf Wein bought the specimen on July...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
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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
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mineralization although no intrusive rocks are exposed in the mine region. Taking the noble gas evidence for a magmatic...From 1936 until its closure in 2017, the Pirquitas mine became the most important Sn-Ag⁎ (Zn) producer...is about 12 km east of the mine. A borehole extending 800 m below the mine floor (Soler et al., 2007) failed...(Caffe, 2008). Fig. 2. Location map of the Pirquitas mine showing major structures, vein systems and breccia...(12–16 Ma) in NW Argentina, and particularly in Bolivia, is important because dacitic domes and intrusive
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ARTICLES: Chalcophanite from the Mou'nt Stewart Mine Leadville, NSW. England, B.M. 1�):9-11 Definition...Nickel, E. 1(2):27 Minerals from. t� Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia. Beyer, B. and...Elliott, P. 2(2):57-70 The minerals of the Magnet Mine, Tasmania. Haupt, J., Bottrill, R. and Sorrell,...Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Birch, W.D. 2(2):47-50 Post-mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit...Great Australia Mine. Day, B. and . Beyer, B. 1(1):23-28 Part 2 - The Mount Cobalt Mine. Day, B. and Beyer
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
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.................. .42 3.1.6 Pirquitas, Jujuy Province, Argentina ..................................... 58 3.2.7 Maranda J, Murchison belt, Northern Province, South Africa ........... 59 VIII Table of............................. 86 3.4.9 Saint-Martin-la-Sauvete District, Loire, France ...................4.12 Carguaicollu, Oruro, Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia ............................ 89 3.4.13 Bolivar...Occidental, Bolivia ............ 89 3.4.14 Huari-Huari, Potosi, Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia .........
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block I experienced recently when visiting a gold mine in virtually unmetamorphosed ground. A fault cuts..."common sense" observations described from the gold mine with the chert and the organic matter. Another potent...Alterations of Conglomeratic Uranium Ores, Pronto Mine, Ontario, Canada E.Wm. Heinrich (With 1 Figure)...Observations on Ore Rhythmites of the Trzebionka Mine, Upper Silesian-Cracow Region, Poland L. Fontbote...the Cobaltite-Gersdorffite Series from the Raipas Mine, Finnmark, Norway F.M. Vokes and G.S. Strand (With
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1981. M.M. 44, 85. Deep green octahedra from Mina La Oriental (formerly Bambollita), Moctezuma, Mexico...remained unnoticed through eight years study of the mine. I-M.A. 81-1868; Bull. 105, 130.] Claraite. K. Walenta...turquoise-blue spherulitic aggregates at the Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Schwarzwald. Pseudohexagonal, probably...Anhedral white grains up to 1 cm from the Colquiri tin mine, Bolivia, are trigonal, space group P~lc or P31c...M.M. 46, 257. Yellowish crusts from the Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, are hexagonal, a 5.045
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
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resources. Resumen E1 presente articulo describe la distribuei6n a gnin eseala de algunos tipos de yacirnientos...ore, potasio y fosfatos. Se haeen eomparaeiones con la distribuei6n de 6stos tipos de dep6sitos en otros...fundamentales referentes a la g6nesis de yacimientos minerales. La evideneia sugiere que la mayoria de los yaeimientos...prineipalmente a procesos que tuvieron lugar en la parte superior de la eorteza terrestre. M~s a6n, pareee que...afecta la distribuei6n conocida de los diferentes tipos de dep6sitos es el nivel basra el cual la erosi6n
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On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...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...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Journal (issue)
Isa District, Queensland Part 2 -The Mount Cobalt mine ............ 17 B. Day & B. Beyer Definition of...described colquiriite, LiCaAlF6, from the Colquiri tin mine, Bolivia (Walenta et al., 1980) . Colquiriite...of bernalite on goethite from the Propri­ etary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Crystals are approximately...deposits in New Jersey; Tsumeb, Namibia; the Clara Mine in the Black Forest, Germany; Broken Hill, New South...neuse fluoridmineral aus der Zinnlagerstatte von Colquiri in Bolivien. Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
marcasite from the Elmo Mine near Platteville, WI, and pyrite from the Ward Mine near Glendon, NC. Preferred...marcasite formation between 200 and 260°C at Colquiri, Bolivia, and HANNINGTON and SCOTT (1985, pers. commun...not uncommon, as indicated by bleached zones, alunite, and kaolinite alteration. Marcasite predictably...disseminated marcasite and pyrite associated with alunite. RAMSAY and KOBE (1974) report marcasite intergrowths...the Sunbeam and Barrier Reefs regions, Hauraki Province, New Zealand. Low pH solutions are indicated by
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22 U.S. Copper Production 1966 23. Copper 1968. Mine, Smelter and Refinery Production and Consumption...26. The Western Australian Nickel Belt 1970 Dil. Mine and Smelter Production of Tin and Tin Consumption...operations, Marquesado Mine, Spain. Courtesy Mining Magazine. . Akjoujt Copper Mine, Mauritania, 1969. Courtesy...Chuquicamata Copper Mine. Courtesy Chilean Embassy. 16. El Teniente Copper Mine. Courtesy Chilean Embassy...Embassy. 17. Mufulira Mine, Zambia. Courtesy R.C.M. 18. Bougainville Copper Mine under development. Courtesy
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Projects U.S. Copper Production 1966 Copper 1968. Mine, Smelter and Refinery Production and Consumption...26. The Western Australian Nickel Belt 1970 27. Mine and Smelter Production of Tin and Tin Consumption...operations, Marquesado Mine, Spain. Courtesy Mining Magazine. 8. Akjoujt Copper Mine, Mauritania, 1969. Courtesy...Chuquicamata Copper Mine. Courtesy Chilean Embassy. 16. El Teniente Copper Mine. Courtesy Chilean Embassy...Embassy. 17. Mufulira Mine, Zambia. Courtesy R.C.M. 18. Bougainville Copper Mine under development. Courtesy
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Potassium Praseodymium Radium Radon H In I Ir Fe Kr La Pb Li Lu Mg Mn Hg Mo Nd Ne Ni Nb N Os 0 Pd p Pt ...ASJS,\' Arc:hil-1.•s de Science G,•111.½·e Atti de/la Sod,•ta ltalicma di Scienze Natura/i e del Museo...Bulletin de fa Societe Beige de Geologie 8111/elinde la Societe franraise de Mineralogie 8111/etincie fa...STP CRHSASP Comptes Rendu Academie des Sciences de la terres et des p/anetes Chemica/ Lellers (Japan)...Ukrainskoi RSR. Seriya B. Geologiclmi. 1/imiclmi la Bio/ogichni Naulci Dolc/adyof the Academy of Sciences
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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...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION
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Unusual Crystallization or... Mineral Pathology? //Mine mlogicheskii zhurnal. 1989.1.11, N 2. p.96-98. 10...during the warm season. Only a watchman stays at the mine through the winter. Last year, the teamleader Vasilii...in the Urals, in the settlement of the Frolovskoe Mine, a subsidiary o f the Bogoslovsk Works. His name...1930 during aeroplane photography. Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales isl.: !1 epidote; limonite after...Harbour. Baffin island; *1963 — molybdenite3R — Con mine, Yellowknife; !I pyrite — Nanisivik deposit. Baffin
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Argentina, at Potosi and other localities in Bolivia, and in Peru. In Mexico found in Zacatecas and...Silver City district, Owyhee County, Idaho, Poorman mine, where masses weighing many pounds were especially...probably also occurs in that state in the Hechman mine, near Globe, Gila County. Many other occurrences...with atacamite in limestone at the San Augustin mine, Huantajaya, near Iquique, Chile, as an alteration... Sierra County, New Mexico, At the Commonwealth mine, associated with vanadates and calcite. deposits
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South America—Lima, Peru; La Paz, Bolivia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago and La Serena, Chile; Sao Paulo...Calumet and Arizona Mining Company's Ajo mine, the 85 mine, and mines and smelters at Bisbee. United...California domestic Senator Clair Engle’s gold mine subsidy bill has a flexible formula. In this case...necessarily be different for different mines because one mine can get into production at $45.00 whereas another...other Senators has reintroduced the Edmondson small-mine lead-zinc subsidy bill as S. 115. Senator Bible
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Go Gu Dy Er F Gd Ga Ge GeOx Au OH In I IO3 Ir Fe La Pb Li Mg Mn Hg Mo MoOx Nd No. 787 3 41 233 60 221...K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=
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maintain ore reserves, and in the proper location of mine workings to avoid caving ground. In the future he...descriptions. He also tells us that Hannibal had a silver mine, named the Baebulo, in southern Spain, in a mountain...amount of gold. For example, the Alaska Juneau gold mine mined with profit ores that contained only 0.00016...product. Consequently, the properties that deter¬ mine the commercial use of nonmetallic products are multitudinous...chemical analyses are sometimes made in order to deter¬ mine the quantities of other ingredients, particularly
 
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