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Pearceite from
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón District, Oyón Province, Lima, Peru


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pearceite
Formula:[Ag6As2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Proustite8 photos of Pearceite associated with Proustite at this locality.
Calcite7 photos of Pearceite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Acanthite4 photos of Pearceite associated with Acanthite at this locality.
Pyrite3 photos of Pearceite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Spryite2 photos of Pearceite associated with Spryite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pearceite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón District, Oyón Province, Lima, Peru
Photo GalleryView Gallery (17 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:413855
Long-form Identifier:1:3:413855:6
GUID (UUID V4):78a3cfe6-b63b-4a9a-b872-9aa687734245
References
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rises to 6,272 meters (20,577 feet), Huascaran in Peru is 6,768 meters (22,205 feet), Tocorpuri on the...mining and smelting oxidized copper ores in central Peru about 1500 B.C. By the time the Spanish conquered...have been spectacular silver specimens from Uchucchacua, Peru; emeralds from Muzo, Colombia; pink fluorite...fluorite and huge pyrites from Huanzala, Peru; 25-cm Volume 78, JanuaryFebruary 2003 13 Downloaded by [University...Bolivia; and fantastic pyrargyrites from Hauncavelica, Peru. The combination of awe-inspiring topography, mining
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TSKnerals of i'eru ! Indian miner, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 1869 (Simonin, 1869). J3E(mes and J3E(merals...crystal group, 7 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Marty Zinn collection; Jeff Scovil............................... History of Peru Mining in Peru The Mineral Specimen Business C o l l e c....................... 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
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acanthite paramorph after argentite from the Rayes mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. Francis Benjamin specimen,...and the McMakin mine in Cabarrus County (Genth 1891); and mines of the Virgilina district, Halifax County...the White Raven and Black Jack mines of the Ward district, Boulder County, were coated with acicular crystals...Creek County; localities included the Pelican-Dive mine (with later, apparently primary, acanthite crystals...the Enterprise mine, Dolores County, and the Molly Gibson mine of the Aspen district, Pitkin County.
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crystal cluster, 3 cm across, from the Machacamarca mine (Viboras Vein), near Colavi, Potosí Department,...gold specimens to 3.8 cm, from the Santa Elena district. F. John Barlow collection; Wendell Wilson photo...known. Or perhaps you are on a street corner in Lima, Peru and a runner comes up to you and offers you a...good friend of mine, Jim Minette, worked as superintendent of a large open-pit borax mine that produced...W. E. Sheffield (fl. 1808) Chrysocolla Dalehead mine, Cumberland (Cumbria), England W. E. Sheffield was
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p. 258 COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to...DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals 14 Longview...and Other Minerals from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona Chapter authors: Les...Presmyk and Tony Potucek The Mammoth-St. Anthony mine at Tiger has produced not only large amounts of...Frank Schultz staked the first claims in 1879. The mine began as several separate workings that ultimately
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delighted to see pearceite-Tac crystals to 5 mm from Uchucchacua (Lima Dept., Peru). The crystals occur...length of arsenolamprite in matrix from Alacaran Mine (Pampa Larga, Copiapo, Chile). All the specimens...Precious Stones report stated that the Himalaya Mine was brought into notice in 1898 by Mr. Charles Russell... A. E. Heighway who had operated the tourmaline mine? And how did this lead to the work by the Himalaya...from Riemwasmaak (Gordonia District, Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa). Two lots were
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stephanite, proustite-pyrargyrite, polybasite-pearceite, Ag-tetrahedrite, and Ag-bearing galena, as well...argyrodite, electrum, breccia dyke, Cârnic Roman mine, Roșia Montană, Apuseni Mountains Introduction...deposit is situated in the northernmost Neogene ore district of South Apuseni Mts., precisely Bucium-Roșia...electrum, acanthite, native silver, polybasite-pearceite, stephanite, tetrahedrite and argyrodite. The...TAILINGS PONDS OF FUNDU MOLDOVEI – LEȘU URSULUI MINE DISTRICT, ROMANIA Dan STUMBEA1, Marius CHICOȘ1 1 University
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aggregate of Cerussite from Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine (Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA). Ex coll. Rock...Treasures Exhibition at the TGMS Show 2008. Kelly Mine Smithsonite A Lesson Learned Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet...a lasting impression on me occurred in the Kelly Mine in New Mexico in the late SO's. Socorro, New Mexico...coming from the Kelly Mine, about 26 miles west of Socorro in the Magdalena District. The smithsonitc specimen...locate its source in the Kelly Mine. As it turned out, the Kelly Mine was well known to the students
Book
Newmont Peru Limited Gerente de Exploraciones Av. Jose Galvez Barrenechea 218, Urb. Corpac Lima-San Isidro...Isidro, Peru Prof. Dr. ESTEBAN CEDILW Facultad de Minas, Metalurgia y Geologia, Universidad de Guanajuato...place in September 1986 in Cusco, Peru, sponsored by Multiciencias (Peru) and UNESCO. During this seminar...Latorre, Director of the Multiciencias courses in Peru strongly supported the whole organization of the...January 1990 G. C. AMSTUTZ, Heidelberg M. CARDOZO, Lima E. CEDILLO, Guanajuato L. FONTBOTE, Heidelberg/Geneve
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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
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MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...dist., China Fluomatromicrolite, x 25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As...Domafov, Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite...piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page 3: Stepite on arsenic, 45 111111,Jachymov...Republic province prefecture county departement departamento district municipio
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lillianite series from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit , L ima Department, Peru. American Mineralogist...R.O. (1994) Thermochemistry of the polybasite-pearceite solid solutions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta...mineral from Mina Herminia, Julcani Mining District, Huancavelica, Peru. American Mineralogist, 98, 13101314
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SphaJerite. xx 12 mm, Morococha, Peru, H Gypsum, xx 40 mm, Las Salinas, Peru, H Variscite, xx 5 mm, Iturnbiara...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)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga
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1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position.
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia;
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...ye ty a ara id (ean ® “1 le hI AAP : oo A Mine seh Ranier “i i : lever vei ekealps ; cet ...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely
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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=...*21120, Mon. Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chemical composition Line Pascoite Patronite Pearceite Pecoraite Pectolite Penroseite Pentlandite Periclase...hanging wall. During a subsequent mining period, the mine was re-opened to recover sideritic parts of the...you look for a mine look near a mine”. This includes the imperative “if you look for a mine look for smelting...also for the chrome diopside found at Outukumpu mine, a mineral that is first and foremost recognized...According to the Raw Materials Group (Sweden), the world mine production in 2005 stood at 19.3 m t metal content
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chemical composition Line Pascoite Patronite Pearceite Pecoraite Pectolite Penroseite Pentlandite Periclase...hanging wall. During a subsequent mining period, the mine was re-opened to recover sideritic parts of the...you look for a mine look near a mine”. This includes the imperative “if you look for a mine look for smelting...also for the chrome diopside found at Outukumpu mine, a mineral that is first and foremost recognized...According to the Raw Materials Group (Sweden), the world mine production in 2005 stood at 19.3 m t metal content
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British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Lake Co., Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan...Ledge mine, Nevada Co., Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., Colorado quartz mine, Mariposa Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity...Trinity Co., Michigan Bluff district, Placer Co., in AK, placers at Fairbanks, Iditarod, and Nome, and quartz
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44. c 1 3 .50 A. A natural occurrence at a coal mine in the (TL) Lvov-Volynsk basin, USSR. Achates. syn...09. c 7.76 A . Z=2 [PDF 27-620]. (TL) San Carlos mine. Guanajuato. Mexico. Named for S. Aguilar. Agustitc...PDF 34- 1 266 on synth. material]. (TL) Akaganc mine. Iwate Pref., Japan. Named for locality. 9 Akalidavyne...Nufficld ( 1 954) Amer. Min. 39, 338]. (TL) Alaska mine. Colorado. USA. Named for locality. Alaun, syn....Said to be of asphaltite group. From (TL) Albert Mine. New Brunswick. Canada. Albiclase. syn. of oligoclase-albite
 
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