 | | Book | | Universidad de Concepci6n Casilla 4107 Concepci6n, Chile ISBN 978-3-642-88284-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-88282-1.... . . . 37 The Metalliferous Ore Deposits of Chile and Argentina, and Their Geologic Framework J. Oyarzun... . . . . . . . . 147 X Contents El Aguilar Mine: An Ordovician Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Lead-Zinc...Sulfides in the Greenstone Belt of South-Central Chile - An Overview G. Alfaro and S. Callao . . . . ....Formation and Massive Sulfide Orebodies, South-Central Chile: Geologic and Isotopic Aspects S. Callao, G. Alfaro |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystal group, 7 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Marty Zinn collection; Jeff Scovil...Gustavo Adolfo 250-J Estacion Central Santiago, Chile jZonfenls * * . I n t r o d u c t i o n ..................................... History of Peru Mining in Peru The Mineral Specimen Business C o l l e....................... Quiruvilca district, Santiago de Chuco province, department of La Libertad PASTO.......................... Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca province, department of Ancash R a u r a -H u |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | . XXX THE SILVER GEOLOGY JUNE--JULY,. 1955 MINE WALDEMAR OF COLQUIJIRCA, No. 4 PERU. LINDGREN...which at timeshas been the most productivesilver mine of North and South America, is situated 8 kilometers...an elevationof about4,ooo meters. It is a small mine; the greatestdepth attained,as far as I know, is...For comparison, it may be recalledthat the Premier mine, British Columbia,produced27,ooo,oooouncesof silver...Standard Mine produced4,ooo,oooouncesin 1925. The whole silver productionof the Tintic district from 1869 |  | | Journal (issue) | | which is hosted by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and organized by the New Mexico...San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring the mine for minerals...minerals. The San Pedro Mine is perhaps best known for producing beautiful specimens of finely crystalline...Phillip have also developed a surface exposure at the mine to produce some very nice, single, sceptered quartz...resorbed in a regular pattern, leaving a n elongate " Mercedes star," s uggesting maj or growth sectors in the |  | Bussell, M. Andrew, Alpers, Charles N., Petersen, Ulrich, Shepherd, Thomas J., Bermudez, Carlos, Baxter, Alistair N. (1990) The Ag-Mn-Pb-Zn vein, replacement, and skarn deposits of Uchucchacua, Peru; studies of structure, mineralogy, metal zoning, Sr isotopes, and fluid inclusions. Economic Geology, 85 (7) 1348-1383 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.85.7.1348 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | s thegrowthofMnhydroxides, goethite,orpiment,marcasite,cerussite,andsiderite. Distributionpatternsof...areprobablycompatiblewith oldersedimentary rocksof the mine district.Salinitylevelsand NaCI/CaC12ratiosare similarto... The mine plant is at an altitudeof 4,500 m, but peaksin the districtreachabove5,100 m. Mining levelsrangefrom4...significant productionof leadandzinc geologyof the mine district,the geometryandstruc- (Benavides,1984). By 1985...(Soldi, 1989). Exploration and Mining History RegionalGeologicSetting Mining activityat Uchucchacua datesfrom |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cu-Zn-Pb-(Au-Ag) Mineralization in the Colquijirca District, Central Peru: Deposit-Scale Mineralogical Patterns...Colquijirca, located in the northern sector of the district, are part of a continuously mineralized northsouth...± (hematite, kaolinite, siderite, magnetite, marcasite); (7) Zn-bearing carbonate zone; and (8) a barren...BENDEZĂš AND FONTBOTÉ the last few decades, extensive mining and exploration in mature districts have revealed...respectively. The Colquijirca district, as well as the nearby Cerro de Pasco district, is related to one of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cu-Zn-Pb-(Au-Ag) Mineralization in the Colquijirca District, Central Peru: Deposit-Scale Mineralogical Patterns...Colquijirca, located in the northern sector of the district, are part of a continuously mineralized northsouth...± (hematite, kaolinite, siderite, magnetite, marcasite); (7) Zn-bearing carbonate zone; and (8) a barren...BENDEZĂš AND FONTBOTÉ the last few decades, extensive mining and exploration in mature districts have revealed...respectively. The Colquijirca district, as well as the nearby Cerro de Pasco district, is related to one of the |  | | Report (issue) | | ophyllite; 5. 2 cm tall Cerro Rico, Potosi, B,atillo province, Potosi Andy Seibel col/action Jejf-SC,m/.plwto...wp11ďż˝. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,Uďż˝ Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt (ex Marv............................ 4 BY ALFREDO PETROV Mining, Politics, and Tumult: A Brief Look at Bolivian...BY JAROSLAV HYRSL AND ALFREDO PETROV The Poopo District ................................................in Oruro ... 26 BY ROBERT B. COOK The Morococala Mine ............................................... |  | | Book | | The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission... CONTENTS • Foreword lX Preface Xl Important Mining Districts 1 Discovery and Developments in Mexico...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in Mexico, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- LX x I Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors |  | | Report (volume) | | application of mineral deposit models to classic mining areas in Bolivia. The data that result from these...United States. Bolivia has a long and important mining history, and mineral resources will probably continue...development of future exploration and investment of the mining industry in nontraditional areas of the Andean...being the best example. After hundreds of years of mining, these deposits are still productive and the Cordillera...effort to promote the development of the Bolivian mining sector, TDP provided a grant of $2 million to the | | | Book | | The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission...is * CONTENTS Foreword Preface Important Mining Districts Discovery and Developments in MĂ©xico...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in MĂ©xico, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- x / Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors |  | Cepedal, A., Fuertes-Fuente, M., Martin-Izard, A., Gonzalez-Nistal, S., Barrero, M. (2008) GOLD-BEARING As-RICH PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE FROM THE EL VALLE GOLD DEPOSIT, ASTURIAS, NORTHWESTERN SPAIN. The Canadian Mineralogist, 46 (1) 233-247 doi:10.3749/canmin.46.1.233 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ASTURIAS, NORTHWESTERN SPAIN Antonia CEPEDAL§, Mercedes FUERTES-FUENTE and AgustĂn MARTIN-IZARD Department...gisement Ă Au–Cu de El Valle – Boinás, dans la province d’Asturias, dans le secteur nord-ouest de l’Espagne...(Spiering et al. 2000) until the end of 2006. The mining operations in this belt produced in excess of 26...in the El Valle deposit resulted from open-pit mining. The operation focused on the free gold and native...(microcrystalline variety). Accessory minerals are pyrite, marcasite, Ni- and Co-rich pyrite, ankerite, titanite and |  | | Book | | Spanish-English, English-Spanish glossary of gem, mineral and mining terms. BY PAUL WILLARD JOHNSON Price $2.00 r...El Antimonio District Cananea District ...... Arizpe District ........... Nacozari District ...... Moctezuma...Moctezuma District ... Hermosillo District ... Alamos District ........ San Bernardo Area Alistos District...SECTION 2 — Highway 45 Sabinal District ............... Los Lamentos District.... Placer de Guadalupe Puerto...Aire District Chihuahua .......................... Santa Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine..... |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sulfosalt Environment: The Mineralogy of the Julcani District, P e r u ....................................215............ 247 WULFENITE—from level 4 of the 79 mine, Gila County, Arizona. The specimen was collected...their help, and their country, where a change in mine ownership has also response has been wonderful....Individuals who have con sometimes meant a change in mine name. How many sented to serve as members of this...Fortullino, 2 km south of Bohemia, was found during the mining period 1964-65 in Quercianella (Livorno), Tuscany |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | deposits, or a formally designated mining district. For some mining districts described in this report...individual deposits within the district are also given. This was done so that district-scale phenomena, such as...as zoning, could be described in the district record, whereas deposit specific data could be described...individual mines and mining claims. MINING DISTRICT/AREA Name of the mining district or geographical area...area to which the deposit belongs. 11 PROVINCE The Republic of Bolivia is divided into 9 departments |  | | 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....owned by Richard Bideaux’s Arizona Exploring and Mining Company for quite a few years. Bideaux and Wayne...period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | What is the largest piece of gold found in Italy, Chile, or Texas? Has gold ever been found in Hawaii? DISTRIBUTION...1958 I was taken into the upper levels of the South mine from the bot tom of the old open cut, and saw the...post-mine pro duct and, therefore, not eligible to be called a mineral, though some post-mine efflorescences...other species were found. Fluorite, dresserite, marcasite, quartz, pyrite, and even one mordenite were found...of fossil mineralization, is from the Mercedes and Herminia mine group. MOROCCO Henritermierite Mr. Gilbert |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hasrecentlypublisheda paperon the Colquijirca Silver mine in the Andes of Central Peru.- The presentarticle...formations younger than the • Lindgren, W.: The Silver Mine of Colquijirca, Peru. 331-346, I935. 618 Ecos...bearsimilarrelationsto a porphyrystock. STRUCTURE. The mine is on the east flank of a major anticlinewhosecore...such minor movementsthere is no faulting within the mine workings. There is, however,a zoneof mild cross-foldingothat...Bowditch, S. I., and others: The Cerro de Pasco District. Copper Resources of the World. Washington x935 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | discussion of a recent field trip to an old silver mine in Ridgefield. While it was a rainy day and the...professional engineer and mining geologist, on Emeralds and Emerald Mining in October. Dr. Smith has...Colombia, South America, and is a consultant for large mining companies in the U. S. A. In November, Earl F....in Virginia. The Mineralogical Society of the District of Columbia met at the National Museum on November...specimen of Pyromorphite from the Sherman Mine, Coeur D ' Alene District, Idaho, was the December door prize |  | | Report (issue) | | Werner's apatite samples originated in the tin mine in the town ofEhrenfriedersdorfin the Erzgebirge...Mimetite; San Francisco Mine, Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico Pyromorphite; Les Farges Mine, Correze, France Fluorapatite...Fluorapatite, 3 cm tall; Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Fluorapatite in Calcite; Liscombe Property...apatite structure is complex and contains three district sites on which the cations sit. The calcium and...ultramafic rock body of the Piedmont physiographic province inNorth Georgia (Vincent, McConnell, and Perley |  | | Book | | MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous |  | | Report (issue) | | and Bolivia. 18 Section E. The sierras of the District of Buenos Aires. Section F. The southern pre-cordilleran...Barreal, and across the Andes to Val¬ paraiso in Chile and back to Buenos Aires; this enabled the various...Draper, F.G.S., manager of the Boa Vista Diamond Mine, to Mr. F. W. Scott, M.I.C.E., engineer-in-charge...southern section,9 embracing part of the Cape Province and Territory of Southwest Africa (formerly German...south-southeasterly to southeasterly strike through the Western Province of the Cape. These crumplings , which were accompanied |  | | Journal (issue) | | find a pegmatite a “half-mile” from the Palermo mine, in New Hampshire. It was originally identified...removal or partial change of some reference points (mine dumps, for example), or all simple reference points...It may already have a grid, especially if it’s a mining property. If so, always use the one that already...unwise in this instance. Small quarry owners and mine operators are, for the most part, unfamiliar with...curator of gems and minerals at the California State Mining and Mineral Museum in Mariposa, and before that |  | | Report (issue) | | Gavilanes Tungsten District El Antimonio District Magdalena District Cananea District Preliminary Deposit-Type...or to a group of closely-spaced deposits. Two district records have been included (MX00018 and MX02161)...or names of individual orebodies. DISTRICT/AREA Informal district name used in the literature. Names...economic interest. MINOR: Coproducts or byproducts of mining. POTEN: Commodities that have not been exploited...geologic inferences only ("inferred ore"). The mining industry terms "proven", "probable", and "possible" |
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