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Pyrite from
Urania Mine, Mt Illimani, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Urania Mine, Mt Illimani, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:543039
Long-form Identifier:1:3:543039:0
GUID (UUID V4):a1ef9518-6cb8-4d82-8306-5da85b5f3450
References
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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...(presumably without the shrine) to a European in La Paz, Bolivui. Rolf Wein bought the specimen on July...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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
It is shownthat all batholithicmassesnorthof Illimani are of Triassic-Jurassic age as is the tin mineralizationfound...mineralizationfound within the rocks. Illimani and all major intrusionsto the southas far as the Karl Karl...extensivefield mappingby the GeologicSurveyof Bolivia, are adequateto allow elucidationof the major featuresof...collectedon rocks in part suppliedby severalgeologistsin Bolivia and in part collectedon field trips by the authors...dating veins, flows, and in- have been publishedin Bolivia. The part of this trusions associated with various
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TURNEAURE OF GEOLOGISTS AND No. 7 ANDES OF BOLIVIA. REAL. K. K. WELKER. CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction...more recent years, the Eastern Andean range of Bolivia includesore depositsin great variety. It is of...granitic intrusives. This well-definedmetallogenetic province,characterized primarily by tin and tungsten,affordsan...Turneaure, F. S.: The tin depbsits of Llallagua, Bolivia, Ecoa. GEo,,., vol. 30, pp. 14-60, 170-190, 1935...Gibson,Russell: Tin depositsof Ca•'guaicollo. Bolivia, Am. Journ. Sci., vol. 243A (Daly Volume), pp.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
02138 Abstract The centralAndeanCordilleraof Peru,Bolivia,northwestern Argentina,andnorthernChile may be...Andesof Peru. Province III: The Eastern Cordillera of southeasternPeru, central Bolivia and northwestern...stronglyperaluminous characterof muchof the magmatism in province III. Detailed comparisons of lead isotopedata...isianbasementof the northernBritishIsles against suppose Province I includes the Mesozoic-Cenozoic volmoreisoto...Lead isotope studiesof Andean rocks and ores the La Negra, Chafiarcillo,and Cerrillos Formations publishedto
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...sulfidestage, (3) hypogenealteration of pyrrhotite to pyrite, marcasite,and siderite and (4) late crustsand...compositionswere modified during replacementby pyrite, marcasite and siderite and most do not reflect...reflects initial equilibration with pyrrhotite or pyrite, but its significancein terms of temperatureis
Book (edition)
Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite, I 00 mm, Huanzala, Bolivia, H Page 3: Liddicoatite, polished, 70 mm, Anjanabonoina...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)...Other geographical abbreviations used are as follows: Mt. (mount or mountain), Mts. (mountains), R. (river)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga
Book (edition)
colours of bornite (brown), chalcocite (blue), and pyrite (creme). 2 Reflectance Reflectance relates to...internal reflections. Isotropic minerals, such as pyrite or galena, do not show bireflectance. Left: Radial...anisotropy. In rare cases, isotropic minerals, such as pyrite or galena, may show an anomalous anisotropy due...transmitted light). Left: The polishing hardness of pyrite (creme) is much higher than that of graphite (brownish...grey), which shows grooves at the contact with pyrite, leading to a strong relief. 4 Cleavage Cleavage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tower, Level 3, Ensanche Evaristo Morales, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic d Department of Earth and Environmental...0169-1368/© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. la Mina and San Antonio occurrences (Lewis et al., 2000;...northwest of Santo Domingo and 7km east of the town of Maimón in the Monseñor Nouel Province (Fig. 1). Although...operations did not commence until November 2008. The mine is 100% owned and operated by the Australian company...Merrill-Crowe precipitation. The Cerro de Maimón Mine Plant process 1,300 tpd sulfides ore and 700 tpd
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
or close to, the sediment surface. Formation of pyrite in the sapropel was Fe-limited and consequently...sulphidisation). This resulted in the formation of pyrite below the sapropel by reaction of this HS- with...recovered during the 1994 Palaeoflux cruise of R/V Urania. 751 H. F. Passier et al. 752 32 3c 28 FIG...polysulphides, and elemental S before pyrite extraction. Pyrite was extracted using a modification of...1991) was applied for elemental and Diagenetic pyrite in sediment of the Mediterranean Sea Table 1.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chemicalequationcan be written, in uranium ore of the Pronto Mine of the Blind River District, Ontario. Here ilmenite...UO2 to form brannerite,a complex U-Ti-Fe oxide. Pyrite, pyrrhotite,and uraniniteare associated.The iron...thisnonsequitur. For Blind River, Ramdohrclaimsthat the urania: thoria ratio rangesfrom 20:1 to 1:150, that the...with and perhapszonal aroundthe uraninite-gold-pyrite trinity; but accompanied as they are'by grains...without brannerite) is almostalways accompanied by pyrite, the sulfidecommonlyforming from two to 20 percent
Report (issue)
Geologicas Universidad Nacional de La Plata Calle 1, No. 644 1900 La Plata, Argentina SPECI/ml fJJPCB...Tin-bearing granites from the Cordillera Real, Bolivia; A petrological and geochemical review . Waldo...Tertiary granitoids of the Cordillera Real of Bolivia, the Mesozoic and Tertiary granitoids of Peru,...massif (up to 390 ± 15 Ma) occur in western Neuquen province. Some of these are peraluminous, two-mica, microcline-bearing...1 Ma (British Antarctic Survey and Universidad de La Plata, unpublished data). These rocks have an evolved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the composition of an ilmenite with some 8 ~/o urania. Investigations by Dr: F. A. Bannister of the British...this part of Portuguese East Africa. The Mavuzi mine is reached from Tete by ferry across the THE VRA...mopani bush, the latter providing a fair reserve of mine timber. Occasional baobab trees are a striking feature...extensive scapolitization extends to the deepest mine workings (110 feet) and presumably continues in...mineralization is the commonest development at the Mavuzi mine. Early in the mineral sequence massive white quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
....... • L•ATION •P •owing Fig. 1 SEL•TED MINE SHAFTS & DIAMOND in BLIND RIVER DRILL HOLES ...to approximately 700 feetnorthof the Algom-Nordic mine. Thickening is not continuous, a shelf-likearea...occurthroughoutthe unit, giving it a distinctiveappearance. Pyrite is common. Packing varies considerablyand in some...matrix varying from argillite to graywacke,it is pyrite-bearingand slightly radioactive. This membercuts...mention its presence. It also involves the Pater Mine, a deposit of completelydifferent character and
Journal (issue)
"Reinaert " Sep Okt Nov Dec Eigen vondsten in de Mine de I'Etoile, Shaba, Zaire en Uraniumminerale n (P...MKA mee aan de opendeurdagen van Volksterrenwacht Urania in Hove . Twee kaste n met mineralen werden opgesteld...1819195 16/14/95 ACAM . De Haan Urania, Hove Nautilus, Gent Urania, Hove Gea De Kempen, Eindhoven Gea...Frankrijk Loire Atlantique, Pannecé, Carrière de La Fioquene : in 1971 werd in deze groev e een wereldprimeur... A ., JED WA B, J . & VAN TASSEL . R. . 1 9 74 . La minyulite de Riche/1e pres de Visé, Belgique . Ann
Book
world output is at least some thousands of tons of urania. In the case of thoria, hitherto employed principally...will bear the cost of aeroplane freighting when a mine is situated in remote and otherwise inaccessible...be found growing on pitchblende specimens in old mine dumps. The refractory uranium ores The uranium...ranges from nil to as high as 33 per cent and a urania content of from nil to 4.5 per cent. Commercial...and ten per cent thoria, with 0.3-0.4 per cent urania and about 60 per cent rare earths. The mineral
Book
Kimmeridgian? to Paleocene Tectonic Evolution of Bolivia T. Sempere • . . . . . . • . . . . • • . . • ....refers to the evolution of the Cretaceous basin in Bolivia, and is the work of Thierry Sempere. The next paper... The editor of this volume wishes to thank Mr. Pedro J. Edmunds for his great help in translating two...279 pp. Groeber, P. (1953): Andico in Geografia de la Republica Argentina. Mesozoico, (Groeber, P., Stipanicic...Observations sur un essai de carte geologique de la France, des Pays-Bas et des contrees voisines. Annales
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vulcanologia, Roma 2, Via Pezzino Basso 2, 19025, Fezzano (La Spezia), Italy 3 GNS Science, Ocean Exploration...2010 TIR10 and 2011 MAVA2011 cruises by the R/V Urania. The new dataset includes a dense grid of multibeam...TIR10 and 2011 MAVA11 expeditions with the R/V Urania, in a study of seafloor hydrothermal activity along...are host to hydrothermal deposits rich in galena, pyrite, and sphalerites that are partially covered by...and MAVA11 cruises were carried out with the R/V Urania, which is equipped with differential GPS and SEAPATH
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and nonmagnetic minerals such as maghemite and pyrite, thus demagnetizing the host rocks (e.g., Ade-Hall...volcanoes during the 2011 MAVA11 cruise using the R/V Urania. The near-bottom mapping of select hydrothermal...volcano during a cruise onboard the Italian R/V Urania in 2008. These authors interpreted their data as...magnetic field data were collected onboard the R/V Urania in October 2011 by towing an Overhauser effect...R/V Urania. We thank captain V. Lubrano Lavadera and the officers and crew members of the Urania, together
Report (issue)
literature. An example was with the Osamu Utsumi mine in Brazil. This deposit has been reported in the...The given name for the occurrence or deposit. PROVINCE The major region political subdivision of the...producer. Mine A mine is a deposit from which ore is currently being recovered. Depleted Mine A depleted...depleted mine is, a mine-out or depleted ore deposit with insufficient Reasonably Assured Resources recoverable...support further production. Inactive Mine An inactive mine is a closed mine with remaining Reasonably Assured
Report (issue)
and trends of the ranges in the Basin and Range province.-_-___________________________._____-________...lies within the Basin and Range physiographic province and consists primarily of alluvium-covered valleys...calcite, clay, abundant limonite, and cubes of pyrite. Biotite is altered to chlorite, sericite, and...are several hundred feet long. They contain some pyrite and gold and were milled in the early 1900V Ball...about 5 miles east of STRATIGRAPHY the Johnnie mine, in the northwestern part of the Spring Mountains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phyllosilicates, and precipitation of disseminated pyrite. More intense alteration implying the complete...primary mineralogy or fabric is represented by quartz-pyrite samples. ZGP seabed morphology and petro-geochemical...oceanographic cruise “Bolle 2014” on board of the Urania research vessel (National Research Council, Rome...illitic clays, patches of clay and disseminated pyrite. The sole sample ST9BNR2B do not retains its primary...primary texture and mineralogy being dominated pyrite. The sole sample ST9BNR2B do not retains its primary
Book
contributed during discussions, field trips, and mine visits. As cited in the text, many colleagues provided.... . . . . . . . . 4.1 South Greenland Uranium Province . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1.1 Ilimaussaq Intrusive... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1.1 La Crouzille District, Limousin Region . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1.2 La Marche Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . 16.1 Ciudad Rodrigo Region, Salamanca Province . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Exploration Production, 2 place de la Coupole, La Défense 6. 92078 Paris La Défense Cedex, France 6 bis, rue...by pass in upper Pliocene times; (3) an eastern province appears mainly characterized by vigorous salt-tectonics...60 m) has been discovered in the western NDSF province at water depths ranging between 2500 m and 3000...discovered up to now). Nine of them lie in the eastern province or in its vicinity (Figs. 2 and 3c). Two of them...mud cones of the western province and gas chimneys of the eastern province have been provided. spot
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australia represents a world-class metallogenic province, hosting considerable resources of Au, Ni-sulfides...volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS)-rich Superior Province of Canada, there is a strong disparity in the...Eastern Goldfields are characterized by low Zr/Y, La/YbCN and Th/Yb ratios, high Sc/TiO2 , Sc/V, HFSE...rocks are characterized by slight LREE enrichment (La/SmCN < 3) and flattish HREE profiles. In the Youanmi...Boodanoo suites); (iii) 2760–2745 Ma (e.g. Hollandaire, Mt. Mulcahy) in areas of rift-related magmatism during
 
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