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Apatite from
Chocaya mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chocaya mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:42675
Long-form Identifier:1:3:42675:8
GUID (UUID V4):e0a668bc-b55f-4914-b8a4-3a98cd716560
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
1.7km (1.1 miles) Ánimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
26.7km (16.6 miles) Chorolque Mine, Cerro Chorolque, Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
38.2km (23.8 miles) Tazna Mine (Tasna Mine; Tazna-Rosario Mine), Tasna Rosario, Cerro Tazna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
97.8km (60.8 miles) Los Colorados de Bolivia mine (Rosario I mine), Cerro Bonete, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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....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)
states. Examples include the Cove mine, Lander County, the Bald Mountain mine, White Pine County, and the famous...famous Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada; with freibergite and andorite at the Bear Basin mines...sphalerite at the Young American mine, Stevens County, Washington; the Old Dowdy mine, Gunnison County, Colorado...löllingite, smaltite, and various sulfides; the Merrimac mine, Doña Ana County, Figure 1. A 2.5-cm-high stannite...arsenopyrite. This 13-cm specimen is from the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan, China. Collector’s Edge specimen, Jeff Scovil
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystal-forms on Vivianite. Tetrahedrite fl'om Pulacayo mine, Huanchaca. Regular grouping of Stannite and Tetrahedrite...Fluorite. Apatite. Cupriferous Miargyrite from Tatasi. Miargyrite from Aullagas. Jarosite from Chocaya, Dept...friend Mr. Malcolm Roberts, A.R.S.M., a mine manager in Bolivia. Another collection , which may be specially...specially mentioned, was brought from Bolivia by Sir Martin Conway, and presented by him in 1899 to the...with native silver from the Cobrizos mine at San Cristobal in province NorLipez, have been presented by Sefor
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
central Andean tin belt in the Eastern Cordillera of Bolivia (Fig. 1). The tin belt extends from southern Peru...Argentina and is the easternmost metallogenic province of the central Andes (Ahlfeld, 1967; Turneaure...Rice, 1997), which makes Llallagua the largest tin mine of the western world. The bulk geochemical tin enrichment...dispersion) is on the order of 2 Mt Sn. The Cerro Rico de Potosí is the historically most important silver producer...producer of the world and became an important tin mine in the early twentieth century. The cumulated Ag production
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2011.075.5.2549 Kirovskii mine, Mount Kukisvumchorr, Khibiny alkaline massif, Kola...AgMnAsS3 Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru Paola Bonazzi...Pb5Mn3Ag2Sb6As4S24 Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru Luca Bindi*...No. 2011-014 Anorpiment As2S3 Palomo mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru Anthony...pegmatite in the Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina (32º53’38’’S 65º55’50’’W) Frédéric
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tin-Silver No. 2 Province F. S. TURNEAURE Abstract The tin-silver provinceof Bolivia includesthe Cordillera...mineralization betweenthe tin-silverprovinceof Bolivia, the copperprovinceof Chile and the belt of polymetallicores...The tin-silver provinceof the Eastern Andes of Bolivia has only a generalconnotation,as the belt Geology...plutonicactivity with block faulting during the and Chocaya. The Altiplano basinis separatedfrom the Paleo-...determinations of interbeddedvol- THE BOLIVIAN TIN-SILVER PROVINCE • .•, 660 (j•.L__ok_ .e• ,. 'Tiffcoco.•:'L•
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Elements in the Sn–W–Pb–Ag–Zn Huanuni Deposit, Bolivia Andreu Cacho 1 , Joan-Carles Melgarejo 1 , Antoni...maria.pura.alfonso@upc.edu Colegio de Geólogos de Bolivia, Edificio Señor de la Exaltación Nro. 4683, Av...1 y 2, Zona de Obrajes, Casilla 8941, La Paz, Bolivia; info@osvaldoarce.com Eloro Resources Ltd. Av....high-temperature (and low pH) mineralising fluids. District-scale mineralogical zonation suggests a thermal...temperatures from the central to the peripheral areas. A district-scale zonation has been also determined for δ34
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)
THE TIN DEPOSITS OF LLALLAGUA, BOLIVIA. F. S. TURNEAURE. PART II. CONTENTS---•ar! II. The bonanza...generalization. I70 THE TIN DEPOSITS OF LL.4LL.4GU.4, BOLIVIA. 171 Ori#in.--In •926, Koeberlin .,6advanced...Bolivian districts,and he referred to the Llallagua district as an excellentexampleof the process. RecentlySingewald27has... (7) Greene30reportsa small amountof tin in the mine water of Llallagua,but this is morelikely derivedfrom...--The mostpronounced zonaleffectof the Llallagua district is the limited distributionof high-gradeore, and
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)
southern extension of the Altiplano of southern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile, is a high plateau whose base...Cenozoic volcanism in the Argentine Puna and southern Bolivia Altiplano plateau, in the Western Cordillera, and...distal pyroclastic deposits derived from centers in Bolivia and northern Chile. In the Puna, the beginning...Recent—1.9 Tumisa 1.5 < 0.4 EILaco2.1 INNER ARC-BOLIVIA I 18°-25°S • ^ . VK Ignimbrites 5 2 - Morococala...Upper Quehua Fm. or Potosi 11.7-13.5 •Xv'xXXvX Chocaya Fm. 14.6-15.2 Tatasi 13.4-15.4 La Coipa-Maricunga
Book (edition)
orange Chromite Zincochromite Gaudefroyite Apatite - (CaF) Willemite Ludwigite reddish brown to... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...(red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach);...(greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL B Same sample
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reconnaissance study of the Huanuni tin deposit (Bolivia), using LA-ICP-MS micro-analysis Received: 17 April...quartz-cassiterite veins of the Huanuni tin deposit, Bolivia. Fluid inclusion assemblages were found in quartz...Gallegos Universidad TeÂcnica de Oruro, Oruro, Bolivia Present address: B. MuÈller Division of Applied...the ¯uid inclusion chemistry of the Huanuni tin mine. In addition to conventional homogenisation temperature...The Bolivian tin province The Bolivian tin belt is a well-de®ned metallogenetic province extending from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
potash(alkalicalcic),andin the tin-silver belt of southe•rn Bolivia,are more reduced(ilmenite series). Introduction...gold depositsin Chile and contiguousArgentina and Bolivia. Principalporphyry copper depositsand metallogenicbelts...pluton-relatedveinsof Mesozoic agein the Segovia district,Colombia(Rodriguez and Pernett,1983), andin manypartsof...udesthe principal gold depositsat Kori Kollo, Bolivia(128 metric tons Au), a pyritic stockworkin dacite...(Kayet al., 1988, in press).The crust in the Chile-Bolivia frontier region was thickened to at least 55 km
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
Report (volume)
metal commodities are also recovered during the mining and concentration of tin. Lode deposit's yield...however, is concentrated in amounts suitable for mining. GEOLOGY Tin, a useful metal of commerce since...been sought and mined. Consequently, several major mining areas have been studied in three dimensions. CompaJ:>ed...areas are being found, the geology o:f each new district falls within that predicted from past experience...other valu:tble metals are recovered during the mining and concentration of tin ores. Lode deposits yield
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................38 by Wendell E. Wilson and John S. White, Jr. Mining Claims for the Mineral Collector.................Nev. 89503 Introduction The Copper Mountain mining district, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, was active
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
has so far been found only in that district of the Lagos Province. These beds are extensively impregnated...comprises some 1,800 square miles of the Eastern Province of Southern Nigeria, adjacent to the Kameruns...might truly include the schists of the entire district. Typical specimens of the granites, pegmatites...Crystalline Rocks of the Kukuruku Hills (Central Province of Southern Nigeria)." By John Parkinson, B.A...of the crystalline rocks found in the Central Province of Southern Nigeria, between the Station of Ifon
Report (issue)
W. T. Schaller, Afwillite NMNH 95237 Dutoitspan Mine, Kimber¬ ley, South Africa Dutoitspan Ammonioborite...(M. Vonsen, 1920) NMNH 106112 from the Hillside Mine, Yavapai County, Ari¬ L. G. Berry, 1947. Composition...Aluminocopiapite NMNH 93834 Island Mountain, Mountain, from Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona (L. J. Cabri, 1976) Island...the Jarosite American Mineralogist, 12:424-426. Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada Copiapite Tus¬ See reference...20:277-286. Petruk, Larderello, (A. Pelloux, 1921) Mine, Kimberley, South Africa. Mineralogical W. 94172
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...individual tin and tungsten depositsthroughout Bolivia. The depositscould differ in age, but there is...obtainedfrom quartz, cassiterite, fluorite,siderite,apatite,and severalhydrous phosphateminerals. In addition...of mineral se- deposits of the EasternAndesof Bolivia. The pri- quence,the laboratorydataprovideinformationas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
............................... Future of Tin Mining in the Country ..................................silver-richoresof what is now the sout, hern portionof the district,the r.angeof known depositshas been steadily expanded...characteristichigh temperaturetin depositsoccur in the district. Seven years later Millerø and Singewald restated...the same theory in their book on South American mining districts. To quotethe authors:"It is futile to...in that such minerals as tourmaline, topaz, and apatite are assignedin abundanceto the intermediatevein
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
no other group of minerals has more associated mining lore or history. Silver financed empires and great...recovered as a byproduct of low-grade copper and lead mining. This fact, coupled with the historically low price...copper were the first). The earliest known siIver mining occurred in Cappadocia in Asia Minor and is dated...probably reflects the fact that the earliest silver mining amounted to gathering the metal in its native state...silverware trade (Grimwade 1985). The other great silver-mining center of ancient times was Spain. The earliest
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
Catalog/List
Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...extremely ine, specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine of Tiger, Arizona: now a vanished place alive only...‘goodies,’ as Rock would say, as they came out. Mining projects that Rock was a part of, often yielded...potential mineral buying area, or go into another mine. He travelled to areas that had seen few Americans...let alone someone hunting crystals. He went to Bolivia, Fiji, Ethiopia, Rhodesia, and many other places
 
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