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Pyrite from
Itos Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Bournonite4 photos of Pyrite associated with Bournonite at this locality.
Zinkenite3 photos of Pyrite associated with Zinkenite at this locality.
Andorite2 photos of Pyrite associated with Andorite at this locality.
Stannite1 photo of Pyrite associated with Stannite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Itos Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:42924
Long-form Identifier:1:3:42924:1
GUID (UUID V4):f4f80e69-d544-4feb-b7c1-d0159c3d61e6
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
1.0km (0.6 miles) San José Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
1.1km (0.7 miles) Cerro Tetilla, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
1.4km (0.8 miles) Socavón Mine (La Salvadora mine), Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
2.5km (1.5 miles) Iroco mine (Kori Chaka), Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
12.3km (7.7 miles) Vinto prospect, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
29.0km (18.0 miles) La Reina mine (La Reyna mine), Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia
33.6km (20.9 miles) Japo Mine (Negro Pabellón Mine), Santa Fé mining district, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia
36.9km (22.9 miles) Juliana Mine (Fenix Mine), Condeauque mining district (Conde Auque), Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
38.0km (23.6 miles) Kori Kollu mine (Inti Raymi mine; Kori Kollo mine), Cerro Chuquina, La Joya mining district, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
40.5km (25.1 miles) Santa Fé Mine, Santa Fé mining district, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, 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
Report (issue)
pseudomorph after borax, 17.6 cm, from the Baker mine, Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California...Seibel and Jim Minette, in the then-underground Baker mine, a locale which literally vanished into air at some...cm, from the N’Chwaning III mine, Kuruman manganese field, Cape Province, South Africa. Rocks of Africa...last year in the N’Chwaning III mine, Kuruman manganese field, Cape Province, South Africa. Now a few more...pseudocrystals. Suolunite, 6.8 cm, from the Lac D’Amiante mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec. David K. Joyce Minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGY DEPOSITS LINDGREN AND No. 5 OF ORURO, BOLIVIA. ARGYLE C. ABBOTT. CONTENTS. Introduction.............. Socavon Mine ............................................. Itos Mine ....................... La Colorada Mine ......................................... The History of the Oruro Tin-Silver Veins...................... Partial Bibliographyof the Oruro District ....................... 46I 46• 468 47•... I.• •92• the seniorauthor spenta few days at Oruro in company of Messrs. Fred Hellman, Horace Graham
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AUGUST, TIN-SILVER SOCIETY NO. 5 1948 OF ORURO, BOLIVIA.* CHACE. PART I. CONTENTS. PAGE Abstract...344 351 353 354 356 357 367 Production of the Oruro District 374 377 ...............................next number. ABSTRACT. The iin'-silveroresof Oruro, Bolivia,occurin complexveinsthat are found in and adjacentto...Publishedwith the permissionof Compafiia Minera de Oruro. sertation, Harvard University. 333 Abstract of...occur in four clusters:the San Jos•-Socav6n,the Itos, La Colorada,and Tetilla. During ore depositiontelescopingtook
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ages of Tin-Polymetallic Mineralization in the Oruro Mining District, Central Bolivian Tin Belt Asahiko...vein-type tin-polymetallic ore deposits of the Oruro mining district in the central part of the Bolivian...is concluded that hypogene mineralization in the Oruro mining district took place during the early to middle...alunite, jarosite, sericite, sulfur isotope, Oruro, Bolivia mineralization epochs of Bolivian epigenetic-type...tungsten-tin deposits in the northernmost tin belt. In the Oruro mining district, just south of the Arica Elbow Line
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
70, 1975, pp. 913-927 PorphyryTin Depositsin Bolivia R. H. SILLITOE,C. HALLS, AND J. N. GRANT Abstract...central and southern parts of the Bolivian tin province has been derived largely from lode systemsassociatedwith...including those at the major Llallagua, Potosi, Oruro, and Chorolque mineralized centers, geological characteristicsof...quartztourmalinecore occursin hydrothermalbrecciaat Chorolque. Pyrite halos are recognizable at Chorolque and Llallagua...of eraplacement; coeval volcanicsare preservedat Oruro and Chorolque,and perhaps also at Potos[ A mineralized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TIN-SILVER OF GEOLOGISTS VEINS OF F. M. ORURO 1948 No. 6 BOLIVIA. CHACE. PART II. CONTENTS--PART................................... Genesisof the Oruro ore deposit ......................................rock alterat{onassociated with ore deposit{on at Oruro varies cons{derably {n intensity with the several...the rock {s convertedto an aggregateof set{cite,pyrite, and a smallamountof a]un{te,with nearly complete...moderatealterationconsistsof the development of sericiteand pyrite on an extensivescale. In fact, few specimensof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
XXXVII THE ORURO GEOLOGY MARCH-APRIL, SILVER-TIN DONALD F. 1942 DISTRICT, No. 2 BOLIVIA. CAMPBELL...mineralizationtook place in two stages,an early quartz-pyrite-cassiterite stageand a late silver-sulpho-salt...Chace. 2 After two yearsof work as geologistat the Oruro minesthe writer hasarrivedat an interpretationof...review of it will be given here. Location.--The Oruro district is locatedon the Bolivianhigh plateau2oo...Andeswhich forms the easternboundaryof the plateau. Oruro, oneof the principalBoliviancities,liesat the easternfoot
Report (chapter)
source characterization of the San Jos6 Mine, Oruro, Bolivia DAVID B A N K S 1'4, WAYNE H O L D E N 3...2URS Dames & Moore (Bolivia), Avenida Santa Cruz #1344, Piso 1, Cochabamba, Bolivia 3URS Dames & Moore...Minera de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia Abstract: The San Jos6 Mine is a mothballed Ag-Sn mine near Oruro on the...the current mine water pumping operation; (ii) potential future mine flooding; and (iii) mine waste leachate...leachate, at risk sources. Mine flooding rates have been simulated using two models (MIFIM and MODFLOW)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1960 A COMPARATIVE STUDY CENTRAL OF MAJOR BOLIVIA. No. 2 ORE DEPOSITS PART OF I F. S. TURNEAURE...................................... Llallagua-Oruro region ...........................................major ore depositsof the Eastern Andes of central Bolivia, the tin depositsof Llallagua, Huanuni and Morococala...tin-silver depositsof Potosiand Oruro. The deposits at Potosi, Llallagua and Oruro are associatedwith porphyry...occur in altered sedimentaryrocks. In the Llallagua-Oruro region, the Paleozoicsedimentaryformationsof northwesterlytrend
Journal (issue)
Trebisky and S. B. Keith The Minerals of the Zinc Hill Mine, Inyo County, California..........................Henderson The Mineralogy of the Department of Oruro, Bolivia..............................................c o rc l W \ Beryl. The Hiddenite and Emerald mine, near Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina...made his mark in a tourmaline find at the B.B. #7 mine in north Norway, Maine, and came to fame as the...specimens and gem materials in­ clude the Harvard mine for purple apatite, Plumbago mountain for rose quartz
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....period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro...and Mining Company for the sum of $558,000. The mine is now owned outright by the Federal Government
Report (issue)
41.87 22.02 Total 99.39 100.18 100.00 (1) Oruro, Bolivia. (2) Baia Sprie, Romania. (3) PbAgSb3 S6 ....stannite, zinkenite, tetrahedrite, pyrite, alunite, quartz (Itos mine, Bolivia); pyrargyrite, stephanite, sphalerite...Slanske vrchy Mountains, Slovakia. From the Les Farges mine, near Ussel, Corrèze; and at Bournac, Montagne...Morey district, Nye Co., Nevada; in the Thompson mine, Darwin district, Inyo Co., California; and at Bear...Territory, Canada. In Bolivia, in the Itos and San José mines, Oruro; at the Tatasi mine, and Cerro Rico,
Report (issue)
41.87 22.02 Total 99.39 100.18 100.00 (1) Oruro, Bolivia. (2) Baia Sprie, Romania. (3) PbAgSb3 S6 ....stannite, zinkenite, tetrahedrite, pyrite, alunite, quartz (Itos mine, Bolivia); pyrargyrite, stephanite, sphalerite...Slanske vrchy Mountains, Slovakia. From the Les Farges mine, near Ussel, Corrèze; and at Bournac, Montagne...Morey district, Nye Co., Nevada; in the Thompson mine, Darwin district, Inyo Co., California; and at Bear...Territory, Canada. In Bolivia, in the Itos and San José mines, Oruro; at the Tatasi mine, and Cerro Rico,
Report (issue)
(1) Chocaya, Bolivia; corresponds to Cu2.04 Fe1.11 Sn1.02 S4.00 . (2) Oruro, Bolivia; by electron microprobe...Chalcopyrite, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, cassiterite, wolframite. Distribution: In Cornwall...from Zeehan, Tasmania. In Bolivia, in the Itos and San José mines, Oruro; at Llallagua, Chocaya, and...crystals from the Yaogangxian mine, 45 km northeast of Yizhang, Hunan Province, China. Noted in small amounts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cycle .............. The Tertiary petrographic province ............................. The Tertiary me...excellentwork of Myron Davy (I92O), the Bolivian Tin Province has beenthe object of much detailedresearch. Its...a short summary of the present knowledgeof the province. Many questionshave not yet been solved;geologicaland...provenearly Tertiary2 ageare knownin this part of Bolivia. The batholith of apliticgranitewhichI foundin...canism in themiddle andsouthern partsof thetin province pro• Theageof theyoungmagmatie rocksof Peru,especially
Report (issue)
S. Geological Survey and Servicio Geologico de Bolivia in cooperation with the Trade Development Program................................. 1 Department of Oruro......................................100 Department...the U.S. Geological Survey-Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia as part of the Mineral Resource Evaluation of the...reports in the files of the Servicio Geologico de Bolivia located in their main office in La Paz. All of...States, and the Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia in La Paz, Bolivia. This report is an edited version of
Catalog/List
lxl-3/4" to 1-1/2x2-3/4" $ 10.00 BOLEITE Amelia mine, Boleo, Baja California, Choice bright blue single...translucent to transparent single crystals with minor pyrite or calcite. (A) 1 to 2 mm 10 Specimens $ 10.00...to lxl-1/2" 5 Specimens $ 10.00 CROCOITE Red Lead mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia Bright orange-red crystalline...2x10 mm 10 Specimens $ 7.50 KALIBORITE Enrique mine, Sallent, Spain Choice pure white granular micro...inclusions. l-l/4x2" and 2x2-l/2" MALACHITE Musonoi mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire Choice pure green single
Report (issue)
= 91◦ 480 Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Itos mine, Oruro, Bolivia. 3.44 (100), 2.84 (90), 2.75 (80), 3.18...England; average of three analyses. (2) Tresungers mine, St. Endellion, England; by electron microprobe...temperatures. Association: Other lead sulfosalts, pyrite, sphalerite, galena, tetrahedrite, stibnite, quartz...Huanuni, Oruro, Bolivia. In Mexico, from the Noche Buena mine, near Mazapil; the Santa Rita mine, Nieves;...and in relatively thick crystals from the Noria mine, near Sombrerete, Zacatecas. In the USA, in Idaho
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
January 2015 Bournonite Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China T here are certain mineral...the most prolific being the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan Province. (Additional locality information and photographs...intermediate temperatures and is often associated with pyrite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, stibnite, boulangerite...from such disparate localities as the Black Hawk mine, Blue Hill, Maine; New York City, New York; an unspecified...King. It has also been reported from the Albion mine in the Little Cottonwood district, Salt Lake County
Report (issue)
50.99 13.51 Total 99.33 100.00 (1) Västanå mine, Sweden; after deduction of quartz impurity. (2)...berlinite (Västanå mine, Sweden); lazulite, rutile, pyrophyllite, barite (Champion mine, California, USA);...stannite, pyrite, andorite, cassiterite, zinkenite (Bolivia). Distribution: From the Västanå mine, near...Champion mine, White Mountains, Mono Co., California; in New Hampshire, at the Palermo #1 mine, near North...North Groton, Grafton Co., and the G.E. Smith mine, Newport, Sullivan Co.; in the Hugo and Ingersoll mines
Report (issue)
fülöppite, cassiterite, stannite, andorite, pyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, galena...Fine crystals from the San José, Itos, and other mines, Oruro, Bolivia. At the Brobdignag prospect, near...district, San Juan Co., Colorado; from the Morey mine, Morey district, Nye Co., and Eureka, Eureka Co
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
205 feet), Tocorpuri on the border of Chile and Bolivia is 6,873 meters (22,550 feet), and the highest...narrow to only 32 kilometers (20 miles), whereas in Bolivia they Dr. Terry C. Wallace is a professor of geosciences...Florida] at 09:23 14 October 2014 vivianites from Oruro, Bolivia; and fantastic pyrargyrites from Hauncavelica...Pomerape (6,282 meters) on the border of Chile and Bolivia. These volcanoes, like hundreds of others in the...by one of the authors (TCW) and colleagues in Bolivia. in silicates and thus are quite viscous. This
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulpho-salts: II. Jamesonite from Cornwall and Bolivia. (With Plates XXVI and XXVII.) By L. G. BERRY,...Museum of Mineralogy, M/14506), Itos mine, near San Felipe de Ornro, Bolivia; colnmnar aggregates with cross...Ontario Museum of Mineralogy, M/9164), Itos mine, Oraro,.Bolivia; masses of fibres. 6. Jamesonite (Ahlfeld...Harvard Mineralogical Museum), Porvenir mine, Huanuni, Bolivia; columnar aggregates with cross cleavage...Museum of Mineralogy, M/19680), Carmine mine, Araea, Bolivia; colnmn~r aggregates with cross cleavage
Thesis/Dissertation
Non-Metallic Mineral Deposits in the La Paz Region, Bolivia Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural...Non-Metallic Mineral Deposits in the La Paz Region, Bolivia Ariana Zeballos Ore Geology Geological, Geochemical...Non-Metallic Mineral Deposits in the La Paz Region, Bolivia Ariana Zeballos Luleå University of Technology...a promising source of economic development in Bolivia where the mining industry’s main focus is on metalliferous...deposits. The industrial mineral resources in Bolivia are of large quantity, even though they remain
 
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