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Sphalerite from
Carguaicollo Mine, Uyuni Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carguaicollo Mine, Uyuni Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:134168
Long-form Identifier:1:3:134168:3
GUID (UUID V4):18b0f726-fc1f-4291-bc17-f42a908931fd
Localities for Sphalerite in this Region
Silver veins, Carguaicollo Mine, Uyuni Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
80.6km (50.1 miles) Cerro Tollojsi mine (Tollojchi mine), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
90.6km (56.3 miles) Carma Mine (Kharma Mine), Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
96.7km (60.1 miles) Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
96.7km (60.1 miles) Pulacayo Mine (Huanchaca mine), Huanchaca, Uyuni Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
96.9km (60.2 miles) Pailaviri Mine, Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...deposit. Indium occurs mostly in dark colored sphalerite and that of the Potosi deposit was found to have...of indium. Keywords: Bolivia, indium, petrukite, polymetallic, Potosi, sphalerite. 1. Introduction Indium...Oruro Sn-polymetallic ore belt Arica BOLIVIA Potosi CHILE Lake Uyuni Border Cities Atocha Lakes Tertiary...terrains of Japan (Ishihara et al., 2006) and Bolivia (Ishihara & Murakami, 2008a). The total indium
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....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)
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
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... Ag-Sb- und Ag-Bisulfosalts, associated with sphalerite, galena and numerous other components. Suredaite...indium is related to the presence of indium-rich sphalerite, cassiterite, petrukite and sakuraiite. The polymetallic...gold- and silverbearing tellurides. The selenium province at La Rioja is the largest one on earth. The prominent
Report (issue)
090(2) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Montserrat, Bolivia. 2.84 (100), 3.41 (60), 1.419 (50), 3.27 (40),...16.44 Total [99.72] 100.00 (1) Santa Rosa mine, Bolivia; recalculated after deduction of Zn 1.08% as...Cassiterite, stannite, franckeite, cylindrite, galena, sphalerite, wurtzite, pyrite. Distribution: Found in many...Montserrat, and the Porvenir mine, Huanuni, Oruro; Mount Cerillos, near Carguaicollo, in the Cordillera de los...Potosı́; the Lipey Huaico mine, Ocuri; the San Alfredo mine, Colquiri; and the Aliada mine, Colquechaca. In the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metallogenetic Epochs and Provinces of Bolivia The Tin-Province (Part I) The Metallogenetic Provinces...the Altiplano (Part II) F. A~LFELD Cochabamba, Bolivia Partf. An attempt is made to solve the relationships...formation of ore deposits using the Bolivian tin-province as an example. In the eastern Cordillera we are...tin-silver mineralization is discussed. Within the tin-province three metallogenic epochs are recognized, with...down-faulted and consequently preserved. The polymetallic province of the Altiplano contains subvolcanic ore deposits
Report (issue)
........................................... I15 Mine Waste Characteristics........................................................................ I19 Mine Closure...........................................indium-bearing tin-polymetallic ore deposits in Bolivia............................ I12 Graph showing worldwide...Abbreviations and Symbols °C degree Celsius AMD acid mine drainage CIGS copper-indium-gallium-diselenide...Yunnan Province, China, and the VMS deposits of the Murchison greenstone belt in Limpopo Province, South
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGISTS VEINS OF F. M. ORURO 1948 No. 6 BOLIVIA. CHACE. PART II. CONTENTS--PART II. PAGE ...quartz latite porphyry can be found in the San Jos• mine even far from veins without disseminated pyrite...and matrix alike. . TIN-SILVER VEINS OF ORURO,BOLIVIA. 437 The pyroxeneand amphibolehave nearly disappeared...rocksadjacentto the Oruro veins,particularlyin the Itos mine. Ahlfeld described some of the rock on the lower...Federieo, Los yacimientos minerales de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia, January 1941. 88 Campbell, Donald F.
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
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 (article/letter/editorial)
the Tin and TungstenDepositsof the EasternAndes,Bolivia WM. C. KELLY AND F. S. TUR•E^URE Abstract Nu... were applied to ores of the Eastern Andes of Bolivia in order to evaluatetemperatureas one factor in...and was essentiallyuseless as a geobarometer. Sphalerite displays complex polytypism in the Bolivian ores...geologic interest. The present iron content of sphalerite reflects initial equilibration with pyrrhotite...individual tin and tungsten depositsthroughout Bolivia. The depositscould differ in age, but there is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL BOLIVIA. F.S. PART II TURNEAURE PART II PAGE Descriptionof...formation, in which it is closelyassociatedwith late sphalerite. Certain textures shownby pyrite and marcasiteseemto...whichthe two minerals MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL BOLIVIA. II 577 were in direct contact. Age relationshipsare...rather than replacement. It was characterizedby sphalerite,siderite, pyrite and rare chalcopyrite. These...appear as tiny veinlets and irregular coatings. Sphalerite occursgenerally in botryoidal and globular masses
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
depositsstudiedwere: Sanford Lake, New York; Gap Mine, Lancaster, Pa.; Iron Mountain, Wyo.; Iron Mountain...Pyrrhotite • Pentlandite Cubanite Chalcopyrite (Sphalerite?) Bornite Late Galena MineralsnotDefinitelyLocatedin...magnetite-hematite-ilmenite, and of chalcopyrite-sphalerite weredetermined in manycaseson thebasis of the...compilingthe actual sequenceof thisgroupwere: Etta Mine and IngersollMine, South Dakota;Auburn,Paris,andTopsham...Arsenopyrite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Chalcopyrite ß(Sphalerite ?) Late Galena Minerals Not Definitely Located
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...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...K-Ar methodconFIG. 1. Map showingthe Bolivian tin province (after metricage determinations Ahlfeld and Schneider-Scherbina
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR BOLIVIA by Keith R. Long1 , Jane S. Ciener2 , Fernando...U.S. Embassy, La Paz, Bolivia. 4 Servicio Geologico de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia INTRODUCTION This bibliography...references useful for a mineral resource assessment of Bolivia. In its present form it is a nearly exhaustive...resources, economic geology and areal geology of Bolivia. References pertaining to mineralogy, geochemistry...(Federico), 1950, Nuevas publicaciones geologicas sobre Bolivia: Mineria Boliviana, v. 7, n. 53, p. 7-8. Earth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ikuno, and Tada mines in westernJapan and the Ashio mine in easternJapan belongto the class. The fissurescontainingvein...granitic magma. The vein materials at the Akenobe mine are as follows: Ore minerals: cassiterite, wolframite...bismuth, bismuthinite,chalcopyrite,stannite, sphalerite,galena, primary bornite, stannoidite(hexastannite)...the Ikuno, Tada, and Ash.io mines. At the Ikuno mine, the distribution of the vein materials shows a...At the Akenobe mine similar zoning is recognized. It is inferred that at the Akenobe mine the mineralizing
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...4.12 Carguaicollu, Oruro, Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia ............................ 89 3.4.13 Bolivar...Occidental, Bolivia ............ 89 3.4.14 Huari-Huari, Potosi, Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia ............Occidental, Bolivia ......... 91 3.4.16 San Vicente, Uyuni, Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia ...........
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
economically important. Sphalerite and chalcopyrite and chalcopyrite, bornite, and sphalerite are the major indium...37 wt % in some pockets) is 0.4 wt %. There, sphalerite contains up to 1.5 wt % In and 1 wt % Sn (Nehlig...minerals, it ranges from 0.09 to 0.28 wt % in sphalerite, from 0.06 to 0.21 wt % in chalcopyrite, from...(Schwarz-Schampera and Herzig, 2002). Pyrite and sphalerite, the most abun- INTRODUCTION Indium is a typical...Germany, among base-metal deposits proper. Here, sphalerite contains up to 0.38 wt % In (occasionally up
Journal (issue)
ificad a m in e, C e rro R ico d e P o to si, Bolivia. R esearch C h a rita b le T ru s t sp e c im e...gratifying. One young mineralogist, a former student of mine, said that although he had never met Mike, he had... famous mineral localities: Cerro ;8.ico de £ofosi Bolivia ^ --------------------- Wendell E. Wilson 4631...85750 Alfredo Petrov Casilla 1728 Cochabamba, Bolivia Cerro Rico ( “Rich M ou n tain ”) de Potosi is...(1519-1521) and Pizarro conquered Peru and what is now Bolivia (1531-1535). Tons of silver began to pour from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a further minimum of ~24kt indium is present in mine wastes, a total that is 26 undoubtedly smaller...reporting of mine waste indium concentrations, and 27 the extensive volume of historical mine wastes. ...and/or the recovery and reprocessing of In from mine 69 wastes and end-of-life wastes increasing, with...such as chalcopyrite, cassiterite, stannite and sphalerite, enabling In to be extracted 128 as a by-product...economically important source for In remains 132 sphalerite, with over 95% of global In production derived
Book
geochemical tin provinces of the East Indies or Bolivia) force an answer in the terms of the second question...possess even higher contents of lead and galena, sphalerite, silver, gold, and palladium. I n places of extreme...extreme differentiation (e.g., at the Frood Mine and at Insizwa) bismuth and tellurium minerals are also...peculiar bornite occurrences in the Ookiep area, Cape Province, are on one hand typical transition deposits;...(1940). 12 T H E ORE MINERALS FIG. 4 80 X Mouat Mine, Stillwater Valley, Montana RAMDOHR From a border
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
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Approximate production percentages are Malaysia 39%, Bolivia 15%, Thailand 11%, Indonesia 12%, Australia 6%...of the continent, it is possible to outline a province extending from Alaska to Mexico. (Sainsbury et...would hesitate to nominate the entire zone as a province. Similarly global scale linear tin belts can be...(Schuiling, 1967a, 1967b). Even within a well accepted province the perspective of different scales is important...Asian tin zone is normally regarded as a single province extending some 3000 km. from Thailand to Indonesia
Report (issue)
minor elements between galena sphalerite, Darwin Lead-Silver-Zinc mine, Inyo County, California, Econ..., Bingham 1971, mining U. xiii S. study mine, of the '"'B" limestone Bingham mining The age... 1971, p. 215-225 The Bolivian tin-silver province: Econ. Geol., v. 66, ABSTRACT These bibliographies... in Canada and the United States, by state or province. The state in which each Mexican deposit occurs...Finally, to that fine group of scientists and men, the mine geologists of the Americas, who have taken time
 
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