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Chalcopyrite from
El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Krut'aite32 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Krut'aite at this locality.
Goethite21 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Clausthalite18 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Clausthalite at this locality.
Vaesite17 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Vaesite at this locality.
Covellite10 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Covellite at this locality.
Favreauite7 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Favreauite at this locality.
Penroseite7 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Penroseite at this locality.
Watkinsonite5 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Watkinsonite at this locality.
Klockmannite4 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Klockmannite at this locality.
Pyrite4 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:41499
Long-form Identifier:1:3:41499:3
GUID (UUID V4):f1f9ad79-a1ae-47f4-84db-a220cef21fcd
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
7.4km (4.6 miles) Porco, Agua de Castilla, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
9.9km (6.2 miles) Carma Mine (Kharma Mine), Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
28.5km (17.7 miles) Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
53.7km (33.3 miles) Anton Bravo Mine (Anton Bravo vein), Serranía Huarihuari, Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
54.3km (33.7 miles) Huari-Huari Mine, Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
93.5km (58.1 miles) Tazna Mine (Tasna Mine; Tazna-Rosario Mine), Tasna Rosario, Cerro Tazna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Origin of the El Dragón Selenium Mineralization, Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia Günter Grundmann...April 2017 Abstract: A re-examination of the El Dragón vein-type Se deposit using polarized light microscopy...by volcanic-hydrothermal activities around the Porco caldera, formation of the mineralization involved...endmember penroseite; vaesite; genetic sequence; El Dragón; Bolivia 1. Introduction Research on selenium minerals...for the two selenium occurrences in the Andes of Bolivia: Virgen de Surumi (also known as “Pacajake”) [12
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu6BiSe4(Se2), A NEW MINERAL SPECIES FROM THE EL DRAGÓN MINE, POTOSÍ, BOLIVIA, AND ITS CRYSTAL STRUCTURE Werner H...selenides at the El Dragón mine, Province of Quijarro, Department of Potosí, Bolivia. It forms inclusions...structure, El Dragón mine, Quijarro, Potosí, Bolivia. Introduction The Andean mountain ranges of Bolivia and...mineralization. Bolivia is famous for two selenide occurrences: El Dragón, province of Quijarro, and Pacajake...Hiaco de Charcas, both in the Department of Potosí. At El Dragón, Grundmann et al. (1990) described a single
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Cerromojonite, CuPbBiSe3, from El Dragón (Bolivia): A New Member of the Bournonite Group Hans-Jürgen...represents a new selenide from the El Dragón mine, Department of Potosí, Bolivia. It either occurs as minute...Mojon, the highest mountain peak closest to the El Dragón mine. Keywords: cerromojonite; selenium; copper;...mercury; bismuth; součekite; bournonite group; El Dragón; Bolivia 1. Introduction The Bolivian Andes host...Charcas; and El Dragón, Province of Antonio Quijarro; both in the Department of Potosí. The El Dragón mineralization
Report (issue)
Association: Skippenite, soucekite, clausthalite, chalcopyrite, Au-Ag alloy (Otish Mountains); clausthalite...Canada. At the El Dragón mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Department of Potosí, Bolivia, From the Zálesí...Stanley (2018) Cerro-mojonite, CuPbBiSe3, from El Dragón (Bolivia): A new member of the bournonite group. Minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new mineral from the Se mineralization at El Dragón (Bolivia) HANS-JÜRGEN FÖRSTER1,*, LUCA BINDI2, CHRIS...Hg)(Bi,Pb)Se2, is a new selenide from the El Dragόn mine, Bolivia. It typically occurs in thin subparallel...crystal structure, selenium, El Dragόn, Bolivia. Introduction THE Andes of Bolivia host two volumetrically...district of Hiaco de Charcas, and El Dragόn, Province of Antonio Quijarro, both in the *E-mail: hans-juergen...Society Department of Potosí. The geology and ore mineralization of the El Dragόn mine was first explored
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NEW MEMBER OF THE SPINEL SUPERGROUP FROM EL DRAGÓN, BOLIVIA HANS-JÜRGEN FÖRSTER§ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam...selenide species from the El Dragón mine, Department of Potosı́, Bolivia. It most frequently occurs...supergroup, El Dragón, Bolivia. INTRODUCTION The ore mineralization at El Dragón, Province of Antonio Quijarro...Quijarro, in the Andes of Bolivia is the most spectacular occurrence of Se-bearing minerals known § today...cerromojonite, CuPbBiSe3 (Förster et al. 2018). El Dragón also hosts the most recently IMACNMNC approved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cacheuta Vein-Type Se Mineralization, Mendoza Province, Argentina Günter Grundmann 1 and Hans-Jürgen...Cacheuta vein-type Se mineralization in the Mendoza Province predominantly consists of clausthalite, klockmannite...from Cacheuta from Argentinian Se deposits in the Province of La Rioja: (I) trachytic host rock fragments...in the Sierra de Cacheuta district, also known as el Cerro de Cacheuta, Minerals 2018, 8, 127; doi:10... Minerals 2018, 8, 127 2 of 22 in the Mendoza Province. Sierra de Cacheuta is the type locality of achavalite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abstract: In a section of the abandoned Pb –As mine of Baccu Locci (SE Sardinia), where several Se-bearing...sphalerite, greenockite, cupropavonite, wittichenite, chalcopyrite. Minor amounts of Se are sometimes present in...molybdenite are concentrators of Se. In addition, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, cinnabar, pyrite, pyrrhotite, pentlandite...world, Pacajake and El Dragón, occur in the Ag – Sn mining district of Potosí, Bolivia (Southern part of...of the polymetallic Province of the Altiplano). The ore bodies, hosted by gray sandstone and shale of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the south part of the Koashva open pit (Vostochnyi mine), Mt. Koashva, Khibiny alkaline complex in Kola...andorite homeotypic series from the Monte Arsiccio mine, Apuan Alps. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30...Arsiccio mine, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy (43°58′16″N, 10°17′05″E). The Monte Arsiccio mine exploited...knowledge of magmatic activity in the Tuscan Magmatic Province and the related ore deposits, in particular, the...arsenic analogue of medaite, from the Molinello mine, Liguria, Italy: occurrence and crystal structure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of kruťaite and petříčekite at the former uranium mine Slavkovice, western Moravia, Czech Republic Tomáš...of kruťaite and petříčekite at the former uranium mine Slavkovice, western Moravia, Czech Republic. Bull...museum samples of vein fillings from the uranium mine Slavkovice, western Moravia (Czech Republic). Kruťaite...eskebornite, klockmannite, bukovite, uraninite, chalcopyrite, calcite and hematite. The studied ore assemblage...was originally described from the former uranium mine Petrovice, western Moravia (Johan et al. 1972).
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu4FBr(OH)6, is a new mineral found at the Great Australia mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. An assemblage...hemimorphite. Mojaveite was discovered at the Aga mine where it occurs with cerussite, chrysocolla, khinite...(2015) As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: II. Braccoite, ...mineral found in the Valletta mine dumps, in Maira Valley, Cuneo province, Piedmont, Italy. It is associated...Mountain, near the village of Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá region, Chile (22°55ʹS; 70°08ʹW). The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Angarf-Sud pegmatite, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ region, Morocco. It occurs in...Cu6BiSe4(Se2), a new mineral species from the El Dragón mine, Potosí, Bolivia, and its crystal structure. Canadian...at the El Dragón mine known for its selenium mineralization and located in province of Quijarro, Department...Department of Potosí, Bolivia. This new mineral species is named after the location where it was discovered...Xianghualing tin-polymetallic ore field, Hunan Province, China. Canadian Mineralogist, 50(1), 21–29.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the U–Hg–Mo polymetallic deposit in Guizhou province, China (the exact locality was not given in the...hand-sized samples with příbramite were found in mine dump material of shaft #16 (49.670 33.02800 N, 14...antimonselite, hakite, Se-rich tetrahedrite and chalcopyrite. oo f Fig. 1. Schematic geological map of...Au (AuMa), Bi (BiMb), CdTe (CdLa), Co (CoKa), chalcopyrite (CuKa), FeS2 (FeKa, SKa), HgTe (HgMa), NiAs...to příbramite (Chen et al., 1995) from Guizhou province (China) shows higher Hg content (0.008–0.077 apfu)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Stanley (2018) Cerromojonite, CuPbBiSe3, from El Dragón (Bolivia): A new member of the bournonite group. Minerals...Se)3. It was discovered at the El Dragón mine, Department of Potosí, Bolivia, and named for Cerro Mojon,...to cerromojonite were previously described at El Dragón (phase “C” of Förster et al. 2016) and, as tiny...However, no structural data were provided. At El Dragón cerromojonite found in two different mineral assemblages...altered by late klockmannite, fracturefilling chalcopyrite, covellite, goethite, petříčekite and krut’aite
Book
Stanley Cerromojonite, CuPbBiSe3 , from El Dragón (Bolivia): A New Member of the Bournonite Group Reprinted...of the bournonite group from the El Dragón mine in Potosí, Bolivia [16]. Some new supergene minerals...Stanley, C.J. Cerromojonite, CuPbBiSe3 , from El Dragón (Bolivia): A new member of the bournonite group. Minerals...ordering in both A and B sites, from the Cleveland mine, Tasmania, Australia. Am. Mineral. 2010, 95, 736–740...their anthropogenic counterparts in burning copper mine dumps and ore smelters. 30 Minerals 2018, 8,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hessite, Ni–Co–As-bearing pyrite, and Se-rich chalcopyrite. The sulfurian jolliffeite has the empirical... hessite, pyrite contenant Ni, Co et As, et chalcopyrite sélénifère. La jolliffeïte sulfurée répond à...minerals in the western Erzgebirge metallogenic province of Germany are associated with unconformity-related...minerals such as aikinite, galena, bismuthinite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite. During the Jurassic (~190 Ma),...ankerite, fluorite, hematite, and diverse sulfides (chalcopyrite, galena, bornite, tennantite) and selenides
Journal (issue)
Thirty-four, Number Four Articles The El Desierto sulfur mine, Potosí, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....of the Mazarrón-Águilas mining district, Murcia Province, Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...mineral localities: The Pacajake selenium mine, Potosí, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....1980 when he paid me a visit at the Jacupiranga mine; somehow he had learned of my mineralogical researches...studies of the mineralogy of the now-famous Brumado mine in Bahia, recovering countless superb crystal specimens
Report (issue)
Ancient Perú A translation of Minería y Metalurgia en el Antiguo Perú Arqueológicas 12 Publications of the...Petersen G., Georg, 1898–1985. [Minería y metalurgia en el antiguo Perú. English] Mining and metallurgy in ancient... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
and lesser amounts of electrum, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite, and other silver minerals (dark...white areas). Sample is from the Buckskin National Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada. Photograph by Peter Vikre...............................................Q26 Mine Waste Characteristics.............................1989). The total U.S. supply was always higher than mine production during this period, with a high of 831...as indicated in fig Q3.) The difference between mine production and total supply was owing to the refineries’
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bi-sulfoselenotellurides in products of burning of coal-mine dump at Radvanice near Trutnov [31]. The exceptional...Litochleb et al. [49]. The extraction of material from mine dumps at some Příbram uranium mines (in particular...of 2005–2015 to monitor selenium minerals in the mine dump material and obtain more samples for a complex...16 (Háje). At that time, this was the deepest ore mine, vertically, in Europe. were constructed, which...indicate as “vein nodes”. the remarkable extent of the mine works in the Příbram uranium ore district: 23 km
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu4(SeO3)(SO4)(OH)4·2H2O, a new mineral from the Santa Rosa mine, Darwin district, California, USA A. R. KAMPF1,*...Cu4(SeO3)(SO4)(OH)4·2H2O, is a new mineral from the Santa Rosa mine, Darwin district, Inyo County, California, USA,...pauladamsite, new mineral, crystal structure, Santa Rosa mine, Darwin district, California, USA. Introduction...new Cu-sulfate-selenite mineral at the Santa Rosa mine in California’s Darwin mining district is of special...paragenesis The new mineral occurs at the Santa Rosa mine, Darwin district, Inyo County, California, USA.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
paragenesis consists of pitchblende, bornite, chalcopyrite, umangite, clausthalite, tiemannite, onofrite...Hope's Nose, England (Stanley et al., 1990); El Dragón , Bolivia (Grundmann et al., 1990); and Cerro Cacho...eucairite and clausthalite along with Cu-sulfides (chalcopyrite, bornite, chalcocite, digenite and idaite) in...paragenesis is complex and includes bornite, chalcopyrite, cinnabar and metacinnabar, umangite, tiemannite...supergene alteration, includes galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite, Zn-bearing tetrahedrite-tenantite, chalcosite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
variable Se contents in pyrrhotite, pentlandite and chalcopyrite from various ore deposits (Djon and Barnes 2012;...Serra Pelada Au-Pd-Pt deposit, Carajas Mineral Province, Northern Brazil. Can. Mineral. 40, 1451-1463...Cu6HgPb2Bi4Se12, a New Selenide from the El Dragón Mine, Bolivia. Minerals 6, 123; doi:10.3390/min6040123
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COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes . . . the holes, some...located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote a trainee miner, Jerry Dolph, concerning...an underground stope at Butte, Montana’s Kelley mine in the early 1970’s (Dolph, 1994). The wonderful...crystallized species, unusual associations, or individual mine localities. Similarly, the popular journals are
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. . . . . . . 217 by A. R. Kampf The Dee North mine, Elko County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 13.6 cm, from the famous Malmberget mine, Gällivose, Lapland, Sweden. Peter Lyckberg collection;...Jackson to take over the operation of the Rock Candy mine (the subject of a 1981 article by Joe in the Mineralogical...District, Baja Calif. $10 v.29/#4 The Sweet Home Mine! 192 pages, 180 color photos! Spectacular! $20 ...info@trafford-flynn.com UK Mining Ventures Fluorite—Rogerley mine, Weardale, UK www.ukminingventures.com e-mail: Jef520@aol
 
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