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Realgar from
San Genaro Mine, Castrovirreyna mining district, Castrovirreyna District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Realgar
Formula:As4S4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ2 photos of Realgar associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Realgar data
Locality Data:Click here to view San Genaro Mine, Castrovirreyna mining district, Castrovirreyna District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:524014
Long-form Identifier:1:3:524014:2
GUID (UUID V4):31975266-4eae-4931-b70d-5d7499032cb2
Nearest other occurrences of Realgar
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘPalomo mines, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘEsperanza 2001 Mine, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica, Peru
46.0km (28.6 miles) ⓘJulcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica, Peru
46.1km (28.7 miles) ⓘSanta Barbara mine, Huancavelica mercury district, Huancavelica Province, Huancavelica, Peru
References
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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
Report (issue)
OF THE CASTRDVIRHSYNA LEAD-ZINC-SILVER DEPOSITS, PERU By Richard Wheatley Lewis, Jr. U. S. Geologic-1...nomenclature. ABSTRACT The Castrovirroyna mining district lies in the Andean Cordillera of South Central...Supervene silver ores vere first mined. Currently the district produces about 20,000 tons of laad*sinc ore and...and 50OO tons of silver ore annually* The district: Is underlain by Tertiary andesitlc rocks interbedded...striking 8. 55° 2. They are, front east to vest: San Gaanro, Caudslosa, and la Virreyna. A less liaportant
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Silver-Rich Polymetallic Veins of the Castrovirreyna District, Central Peru: Fault Growth and Mineralization...undulatory silver veins of the Castrovirreyna district, central Peru, formed in a dilatant, anastamosing...those at Castrovirreyna. For example, there are anastamosing faults and veins in the Creede district, Colorado...Colorada district, Mexico, is highly curved (Albinson, 1988); and veins of the Fresnillo district, Mexico...between faults and are important for exploration and mining of vein-type ore deposits. Bends and other irregularities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurs at the Palomo mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru. It is a low-temperature...dufrénoysite, muscovite, orpiment, pyrite and realgar. It occurs in drusy crusts of wedge-shaped, transparent...van der Waals forces, Palomo mine, Peru. Introduction THE mines of Peru have yielded mineral riches for..., 1997). During its years as an active mine, the Palomo mine was not known as a specimen producer; however...cessation of mining operations in 2000, a few independent miners began working the mine for mineral specimens
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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
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except the Dale Beck Valley, Dry Gill and Carrock End Mine. Grahamis hoping to get the permit system properly...still very much a 'frontier place'. One supposed mine was started by a character called Otto van Stryk...Stryk who thought he had found a huge iron mine. Alas, he never got any useable ore out of it. Rick went... So now it is recognised as a potential uranium mine! Another anecdote involved a light plane brought...amethyst, fluorapatite and tourmalines. Rossinguranium mine, a uraniferous granite, was also mentioned. Rick
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.89 by W. E. Wilson The Palomo mine, Huancavelica Department, Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .95 by J. HyrĆĄl Pseudomorphs from Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....White Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil . ....BaCa2(CO3)2F2, a new mineral species from the Kirovskii mine, Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 3.5 cm, from the Mashamba West mine, atanga, Republic of the Congo. Rob Lavinsky (The
Book
Gemstonesof Peru . TO ' ..J.O[_)(ON '\J./ITI1 KY Be-51 R~GAF-P5 f JaroslavHyrsl Gemstonesof...Gemstonesof Peru GRflnil © 2012 Text by Jaroslav Hyr~I © 2012 Photos by Jaroslav Hycll (166), Fidel Salinas...Coll. Z. Rosales. Photo J Hyrsl. 6 Introduction Peru is a country rich in minerals, with numerous very...Crowley et al. (1997) and most recently in the book "Peru, Paradise of Minerals" (Hyrsl et al., 2011 ). N...deals with faceted gemstones, which are very rare in Peru. And finally, the reader can find the bibliography
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Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient PerĂș A translation of MinerĂ­a y Metalurgia en el Antiguo PerĂș ArqueolĂłgicas...[MinerĂ­a y metalurgia en el antiguo PerĂș. English] Mining and metallurgy in ancient PerĂș / by Georg Petersen...Mines and mineral resources—Peru—History. 2. Metallurgy—Peru—History. 3. Peru— Antiquities. I. Title. TN52... Contents Introduction to the English translation of Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient PerĂș . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient PerĂș Prologue . . .
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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...from placer deposits and mining and smelting oxidized copper ores in central Peru about 1500 B.C. By the...(tucuna), which implies a rudimentary knowledge of mining and mineralogy. The mineral wealth was an integral...Uchucchacua, Peru; emeralds from Muzo, Colombia; pink fluorite and huge pyrites from Huanzala, Peru; 25-cm...pyrargyrites from Hauncavelica, Peru. The combination of awe-inspiring topography, mining, and mineral specimens
Catalog/List
Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...Assistant Director Alissa Ford Managing Director San Francisco Roberta Kramer Managing Director Chicago...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
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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
Catalog/List
, ÂŁ14.00 S. ARAMAYOITE. Sa n GenLlrQ Min8 , Huancavelica , Pe=u. Oright Silvery- grey sharp cryst Llls...C: txtxt" , ÂŁ20.00 5. AURICHALCITE . wet Groves Mine, Wens leydale , Yorksh ire. Turquoise blue sprays...Specimen C: 1tx1 ", ÂŁ2.S0p 7. AURICHALCITE . 79 Mine , Gil a Co. , Arizona, U.S .A. ChOice turquoise...grey masses with minor amounts of pyrites and realgar in ~J~ite dolomit.e. Specimen Ai very rich in baum...C: 1tx1 " ,ÂŁ2.S0p 9. OAYLDONITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hi lary , Co r nwall _ Lime green crystalline
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Teil IV‱ Rother Kopf/Vulkaneifel ‱ Neue Funde in Peru 2010-2014 ‱ Lava CapThundereggs von Deming, New...Showreport 12 Über die neuen Mineralienfunde in Peru 26 EinschlĂŒsse in Quarz (4) 54 Die „vergessenen...Titelbi ld zeigt Pyrit-Kristalle van der Pucarrajo Mine in Peru . Höhe der Stufe 4 cm . Sammlung K. & M. Proctor...2014 von der Chino Mine in New Mexiko (5150 Bench, East Pit, Townsite Island, Chino Mine bei Bayard, Grant...der bekannten Pyromorphit-Fundstelle der Yangshuo Mine im Kreis Yangshuo der Provinz Guangxi Zhuang A.R
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History Mining Background India is a vast and densely populated country with a history of mining going...(the Golconda district in the princely state of Hyderabad, now Andhra Pradesh; a district located between...between the Mahanadi and Godavari valleys; and a district around Panna in the old region of Bundelkand, now...in the early 1800’s at Padyur in the Coimbatore district of Tamilnadu. Exceptionally deep blue aquamarine... and there is likewise little thought given by mining personnel to saving specimens that are primarily
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PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral...collectively as zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS:...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, JosĂ© Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm
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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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Crystals up to 140mm (5œ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law...long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds of silver wires...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...mm (4 5/i6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets
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May–June, 2017 Contents The St. Andreasberg Mining District, Western Harz Mountains, Niedersachsen, Germany.......................... 302 History 1487–1624: Mining Begins in the Oxidation Zone ................................. 315 Modernization and the End of Mining ................................... 317 Collecting...working in the lode” (Simonin, 1869). The Mining District Western Harz Mountains Niedersachsen, Germany...minrecord@comcast.net The geographically tiny St. Andreasberg District of silver mines has an outsized reputation: it
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30's at the time) and was making a splendid job of mining some of the most interesting specimens from localities...the summer of 1979, a friend and I travelled to Peru. We had contacted Nelson Guzman who had driven Neil...mountains, firstly to Quiruvilca, Peru's top pyrite mine at the time, elevation approx. 16,000ft. We then...to the side. Castovirreyna (copper, zinc) and San Genaro (lead, silver) were two main targets along with...minerals. I had come to the conclusion that the mining world was not going to bring me close to the widest
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Number Three Articles The Lonavala Quarry, Pune District, Maharashtra, India . . . . . . . . . . . . .... on calcite, from the El Oriente tunnel, Chivor mine, Boyaca, Colombia. William Larson collection; Van...his two brothers on a remote farm in the Mallee district of western Victoria, Australia. His tertiary education...Ghat (about 15 km east of Karad, in the Satara District). The presence of pentagonite in India was not...GRAP Y BIRCH, W. (1977) Cavansite from the Poonah district, India. Mineralogical Record, , 61–62. FRANK,
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Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law...long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds of silver wires...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...110 mm (47.6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets...of crystallized gold occurred in the Jamestow n mine. California, USA, where a cavity, which yielded
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27 No. 6 April 2001 Hte long sein Gemstoncs of Peru Gem quality clinohumite Colour of diamonds The...at Longkin worksite, north of323 Pharkant mining district, northern Myanmar. This jadeite had a full... Gemstones of Peru Dr Jaroslav HyrĆĄl Kolin, Czech Republic ABSTRACT: Gem and ornamental stones from Peru are described...gemstones, Peru, pink opal Introduction A 323 lthough it has a long history of gemstone use, Peru is a country...The most interesting recent gemstone produced in Peru and used in local jewellery for at least 25 years
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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
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Archbishop Mttty High School Library 5000 Mitty Way San Jose, CA 95129 5 1998 rHE — ——— ——————— ——...Edition gh School Archbishc 5000 Mttty Way San Jose, Ck 95129 % $J Sponsored by the National Audubon...a vein, although it gives a company the right to mine, should not be taken as justification for barbaric...conscience and good will, or as stockholders to encourage mine operators to arrange for specimen preservation in...it matters little how a mining company might arrange this. Ideally, the mine could collect and sell specimens
 
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