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Cassiterite from
Kellhuani mine, La Paz, Bolivia


Locality type:Mining Area
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kellhuani mine, La Paz, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1372328
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1372328:0
GUID (UUID V4):d3c48a92-74cb-4ee1-9c7a-5125b1abfad0
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
6.1km (3.8 miles) Mt Chacaltaya, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia
6.6km (4.1 miles) Kala Uya mine, Mt Chacaltaya, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia
8.1km (5.1 miles) Victoria mine, Mt Chacaltaya, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia
8.3km (5.2 miles) Fabulosa Mine, Larecaja Province, La Paz, Bolivia
8.7km (5.4 miles) Milluni mine, Los Andes Province, La Paz, Bolivia
11.8km (7.4 miles) Carmen Mine, Pucarani, Los Andes Province, La Paz, Bolivia
29.6km (18.4 miles) Andina Mine, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia
36.3km (22.6 miles) Liliana Mine, Yanacachi District, Sud Yungas Province, La Paz, Bolivia
40.1km (24.9 miles) Chojlla Mine, Yanacachi District, Sud Yungas Province, La Paz, Bolivia
46.3km (28.7 miles) Enramada Mine, Yanacachi District, Sud Yungas Province, La Paz, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1985 Formation of the strata-bound Kellhuani tin deposits, Bolivia* B. Lehmann Mission g&ologiqueallemande...petrographical and geochemical data on the strata-bound Kellhuani tin district. The tin specialization of the magmatic...the Chacaltaya porphyry stock, centered in the Kellhuani mining area, is the result of advanced fractional...in Lower Paleozoic quartzitic rocks of northern Bolivia have been interpreted as paleoplacers (Fleischer...Geologic setting The Kellhuani mining district is situated about 20 km north of La Paz in the Cordillera
Book
at a level of 150,000-250,000 t Sn/year, with a mine output in 1989 of 210,000 t Sn (MCS 1990). This...areas with which the author is most familiar with (Bolivia, SE Asia, Europe). This inductive approach condenses...any simple and broad-scale picture ("Apr6s tout, la raison est bien I'esclave des passions"; Feyerabend................................ Solubility of Cassiterite in Silicic Melts ................................... H y d r o t h e r m a l Solubility of Cassiterite ............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and porphyry deposits of the Andean tin belt of Bolivia and southernmost Peru. Both metal provinces represent...43±31 Ma (Collahuasi/Quebrada Blanca, Chuquicamata, La Escondida, El Salvador) and 10±4 Ma (Los Pelambres...framework of the central Andes The Andean tin belt of Bolivia, SE Peru and northernmost Argentina (Fig. 1), usually...Paleozoic clastic rocks of the Eastern Cordillera of Bolivia, in tourmaline-quartz-sericite and chlorite The...Paleozoic sedimentary rocks of the Cordillera Real, Bolivia (1), for the Triassic tin granite-related hydrothermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The speciation of tin and the solubility of cassiterite in H 2O+HCl were determined at temperatures to...exsolved from natural felsic melts. Dissolution of cassiterite generally resulted in formation of Sn(IV) species...Sn(II) species was very likely [Sn(II)Cl3]−. Cassiterite solubility increased with HCl concentration and...in good agreement with literature data on the cassiterite solubility in H2O+HCl at oxygen fugacities along...hydrothermal mobilization and transport of tin and for cassiterite precipitation, and that pH, pressure and temperature
Book
Lower Paleozoic Sediments of the Cordillera Real, Bolivia H.-J. Schneider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . 137 The Stratabound Kellhuani Tin Deposits, Bolivia B. Lehmann . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 147 X Contents El Aguilar Mine: An Ordovician Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Lead-Zinc...Stratabound Iron Ores in the Silurian of Argentina and Bolivia M.-A. Boso and C. R. Monaldi . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 The "La Helvecia" Pb, Zn, and Barite Deposit, Argentina A. Brodtkorb
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sequence is intruded by granites with associated cassiterite mineralisation. This relationship is not considered...environment. EXHALATIVE TIN DEPOSITS Tin minerals (cassiterite, stannite and stanniferous tetrahedrite) are...deposits of Canada contain a relatively high cassiterite content. Although tin is a common element in...quartz-tourmaline rocks. Pyrrhotite + Carbonate + Cassiterite Association In Western Tasmania (Australia)...(Australia), a numb e r o f pyrrhotite +_ cassiterite ore bodies Plimer are hosted by Late Proterozoic or Early
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR BOLIVIA by Keith R. Long1 , Jane S. Ciener2 , Fernando... 3 U.S. Embassy, La Paz, Bolivia. 4 Servicio Geologico de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia INTRODUCTION This...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)
and Fe-oxide and is associated with epidote. Cassiterite, sphalerite and chalcopyrite are usually present...strongly altered rock shows weak vein formation and cassiterite-arsenopyrite mineralization. Chilled margins...exsolution to occur. Mineralization Scheelite, cassiterite and sulphides occur in altered microtonalites...It is found intergrown with rare tourmaline. Cassiterite has only been found beside or within mixed sulphide...microtonalite. Where intergrown with sulphides cassiterite is often strongly corroded and may be replaced
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
Book
Genesis of the King Island (Tasmania) Scheelite Mine. U. BurCHAT = Par rere ctl eo AU eA «Aes, fy AU...and Associated Magnetite Ore from the Pocheon Iron Mine (Korea). Chil-Sup So. With 7 Figures... .. Geochemistry...os, Mell tk, Aapetiys: Hemera Gi aha ae = + la FH) oe ae + If nti alee Heya oh Aagretng De...Leoben/Stmrk., Austria Saupe, F., Centre National de la Recherche Scientific, des Pauvres, 54500 Vandoeuvre...Deposits 3 (in Russian) (1975) Laffitte, P.: La métallogénie de la France. Bull. Soc. Geol. France 8 (1966)
Book
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
Book
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
Book (edition)
communities to be plunged into unemployment because a mine or mines have become unprofitable, a need to earn...Table 1.3 and that of some other metals in Table lA. Graphs of world production of the traditionally...for, and hence the price of, the mine product, well in advance of mine development. A useful recent discussion...had a devastating effect on countries such as Bolivia and Malaysia; in Malaysia over 200 mines were forced...producers have spent vast sums of money on exploration, mine development and production but have paid too little
Report (volume)
O cj 3 O ^ S 3 >• c B o o Q. O o. & c O 60 la p - S 3 w M w 03 M ...pentaborate sheet structure from the Tuzla salt mine, Bosnia and Hercegovina. Am Mineral 79:562-569 Beukes...(1989) Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona District, San Diego County, California...member of the mica group, from the Little Three mine pegmatite, Ramona District, San Diego County, California...Gay-Lussac L-J, Thenard L-J (1808) Sur la décomposition el la recomposition de l'acide boracique. Ann
Report (volume)
BSE LCLON CES ss 1 pa ote teee sae cen k ts So TRe La ar Net On RI cs Seid Chapter 6 193 193 193 194...een: 452 NeAEUL, at6|” ane Ee NaI SE AEC HE CE Re la na MIS me i SSCoos pe 454 Mananidonite: 4:8 2 in...ianacnicceneeecet es oe are oe eee Lae oe MORTON la de ede eleanor es 692 Appendix. Brief Overview of...‘AreSunzyOquing ‘ulejun“VM oWy eITy Yo01¢ ny yorese“stn LA ‘eruezuey ‘wrepsoquweg lg8.- = ‘josseuaysi4:pur[usalH... opeso0jo_ Yo[ND 29 ‘LW stg pue gNIT ‘siomnstp “LA ‘va ouIpeulog ‘0D ‘URANIDTTL ‘USPaMg URS ‘oqeiisiuy
Report (issue)
IN AUSTRALIA Cover Picture—The Argyle Diamond mine Photo by courtesy of Ashton Mines Limited GEOLOGICAL...deposits An exploration case history in the Telfer mine corridor The discovery and evaluation of gold mineralisation...Territory Tertiary to Recent deposits Boddington gold mine Mt Gibson gold deposit M. P. M. M. El-Ansary and...exploration in Australia Elura zinc-lead-silver mine, Cobar, N.S.W. Exploration at Dugald River, Queensland...at Norseman, success placed the Central Norseman Mine in the forefront of Australian gold production.
 
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