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Cassiterite from
Victoria mine, Mt Chacaltaya, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Victoria mine, Mt Chacaltaya, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:575252
Long-form Identifier:1:3:575252:2
GUID (UUID V4):dfe5ae4b-2d19-4dc9-977f-618ddee58270
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
2.6km (1.6 miles) Kala Uya mine, Mt Chacaltaya, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia
5.6km (3.5 miles) Mt Chacaltaya, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia
8.1km (5.1 miles) Kellhuani mine, La Paz, Bolivia
9.2km (5.7 miles) Fabulosa Mine, Larecaja Province, La Paz, Bolivia
9.4km (5.8 miles) Milluni mine, Los Andes Province, La Paz, Bolivia
14.8km (9.2 miles) Carmen Mine, Pucarani, Los Andes Province, La Paz, Bolivia
23.9km (14.9 miles) Andina Mine, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia
30.0km (18.6 miles) Liliana Mine, Yanacachi District, Sud Yungas Province, La Paz, Bolivia
32.9km (20.4 miles) Chojlla Mine, Yanacachi District, Sud Yungas Province, La Paz, Bolivia
39.0km (24.3 miles) Enramada Mine, Yanacachi District, Sud Yungas Province, La Paz, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham...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
Report (issue)
S. Geological Survey and Servicio Geologico de Bolivia in cooperation with the Trade Development Program...............xi Site Descriptions Department of La Paz..................................... 1 Department...the U.S. Geological Survey-Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia as part of the Mineral Resource Evaluation of the...of the Servicio Geologico de Bolivia located in their main office in La Paz. All of the data presented...States, and the Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia in La Paz, Bolivia. This report is an edited version of
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR BOLIVIA by Keith R. Long1 , Jane S. Ciener2 , Fernando... 3 U.S. Embassy, La Paz, Bolivia. 4 Servicio Geologico de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia INTRODUCTION This...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
Book
at a level of 150,000-250,000 t Sn/year, with a mine output in 1989 of 210,000 t Sn (MCS 1990). This...areas with which the author is most familiar with (Bolivia, SE Asia, Europe). This inductive approach condenses...any simple and broad-scale picture ("Apr6s tout, la raison est bien I'esclave des passions"; Feyerabend................................ Solubility of Cassiterite in Silicic Melts ................................... H y d r o t h e r m a l Solubility of Cassiterite ............................................
Journal (issue)
N 25 25 26 28 -. Banka 29 Billiton 34 Bolivia 36 Burmah 45 California 48 Canada Cape Colony... 135 136 144 145 145 Queensland Russia Santo Domingo Scotland Siam Siberia South America South Australia...and Rhodesia United States 174 160 175 179 Victoria 183 Virginia .186 CONTENTS V PAGE Washington...continued search to find what had been written upon Bolivia and the lesser known localities. No monographic...bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Miinchen. Actes de la Societe scientifique du Abhandlungen Chili, Santiago
Book
England Van Nostrand Reinhold 480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Macmillan of Canada...Especies Minerales de Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez’s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of...operations in México. Special thanks also to Don Pedro Mahieux, Miguel Romero, Eduardo and Rebecca Schmitter...ARMA NedsfreeGams Nnidtayy del a. alg | PTE re eon mT SAL Se OTs Belpre i dgaedt ae | 7 awd") ieee...pa Biren vem, nM cad tomas ies ery £5 ao hebe, La iOd aay Am gle Pha yy i;sian, WRT a ss] ae " re
Book
England Yan Nostrand Reinhold 480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Macmillan of Canada...£species Minerales de Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez's La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of...operations in Mexico. Special thanks also to Don Pedro Mahieux, Miguel Romero, Eduardo and Rebecca Schmitter...1) produced specimens from such places as the La Fe Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in...CALl[NTCS ... I MI ( Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein
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
Book
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
Report (issue)
t1nderground mining, milling and c.oncent1cttion . A la::r·ge amount of oonc.entrates have in the past been...ller quwtities being obtained from Argentina, Bolivia, and Nev\-T Sout.h \~Tales. By 1911, wolfram mining...ined l1ntil 191.6, when the {Jnit.e d States and Bolivia too.k tl1e lead. Othei1· producing countries in...••• ••• United States ••• Argentina (exports) Bolivia (exports) ... ' Peru ••• ••• Ohina~i: ••• •••...these· districts, wolfram gene1·al1y acco1npanies cassiterite, but it also occt1rs alone, embedded in quai
Catalog/List
colourful Halite MINERALS 047 BASTNAESITE Ce La CO/3 F Rich distribution of tiny brown grains in...rock £2.50 (Rudabanya Hungary) 248 GADOLINITE (Ce La Nd Y) Fe Be Silicate.2mm to 3mm brown crystal section...half x half ins £3.50 407 TADZHIKITE Ce Ca (Ce Nd La) (Ti Al Fe) B SiO vitreous brownish micro plates...Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl £5 1x2 £10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to tin’s overwhelmingly dominant ore mineral, cassiterite (covered previously in this column [Cook 1997])...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
Book
Lower Paleozoic Sediments of the Cordillera Real, Bolivia H.-J. Schneider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 137 The Stratabound Kellhuani Tin Deposits, Bolivia B. Lehmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 147 X Contents El Aguilar Mine: An Ordovician Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Lead-Zinc...Stratabound Iron Ores in the Silurian of Argentina and Bolivia M.-A. Boso and C. R. Monaldi . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 The "La Helvecia" Pb, Zn, and Barite Deposit, Argentina A. Brodtkorb
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE CHICOTE TUNGSTEN FEDERICO DEPOSIT, BOLIVIA. AHLFELD. ABSTRACT. The Chicotedistrict, situatedin.............................................. Cassiterite veins .........................................by the authorof nearly every tungstendepositof Bolivia* showedthat the wolframitedeposits belongto a well...yacimientosde wolfram de Bolivia. La Paz, 1942. 394 THE CHICOTE TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, BOLIVIA. 395 It isontheedge...boundaryof the Inquisiviprovinceof the department oœ La Paz, andthe Ayopayaprovinceof the department of Cochabamba
Report (issue)
Glasgow, formerly Director of Geological Survey, Victoria, Australia. Sir ROBERT HADFIELD, Bart., F.R.S...Mexico; United States South America: Argentina; Bolivia; ChilE:·' Peru WORLD MAP OF MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS...certain ores, as for example those of the Quyon mine, Quebec, but oil flotation is far more generally...concentrates in metric tons) 1915. Australia 1,1 Bolivia . Canada 1 . Chile China Korea Japan . Mexico •...Drake­ walls mine, near Calstock (r7J. From a remark in the de­ scription of the Drakewalls mine in the memoir
Report (issue)
Glasgow, formerly Director of Geological Survey, Victoria, Australia. Sir ROBERT HADFIELD, Bart., F.R.S...States Australasia: Queensland; New South Wales; Victoria; Tasmania; South Australia; Northern Territory;...United States; Mexico; Argentina; Peru; Chile; Bolivia; Brazil . • • 59 ij.E;FERE�CES ro LJTEEATURE...1,395 Argentina 394 700• 1,912 584 638 539 171 Bolivia 276 920• 793 207 2 97 497 564 Peru 196 400• 371...electro-magnet, which facilitates separation from cassiterite. Scheelite, as before stated, is calcium tungstate
Report (issue)
formerly Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria, Australia. Sir ROBERT HADFIELD, Bart., lately...East Africa, South-\.vest Africa 91 A1nerica: Bolivia, Other South American States, Mexico, United States...a small amount. The chief foreign sources are Bolivia, the Dutch East Indies, Siam and China. The chief...£359 17s. 9d. respectively. THE ORES OF TIN Cassiterite or tinstone is practically the only important...on a smaller scale. Stream tin is water-worn cassiterite. It is found in alluvial deposits. while float
Journal (issue)
Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...collection; Jeff Scovil photo. • 9.3 cm, Moliagul, Victoria, Australia. Rob Sielecki collection; Jeff Scovil...Forsyth Geoscience Australia Thomas Kapitany Museums Victoria Ric Otton Gerald & Linna Pauley Nigel Richardson
Catalog/List
pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4...Li (Fe Mn) Ti SiO, possible Mountainite,(white) (Mt Karnasurt Lovozero,Kola,Russia) 54 x 54 £6 229 MELANOCERITE...guite rich black masses in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1...Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS 047 BASTNAESITE Ce La CO/3...Quite rich yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107
Journal (issue)
Nat. Sci. Houston, Texas Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham... Columns W h a t's n e w in m i n e r a l s D e la w a r e S h o w 1 9 9 8 ...........................ificad a m in e, C e rro R ico d e P o to si, Bolivia. R esearch C h a rita b le T ru s t sp e c im e...gratifying. One young mineralogist, a former student of mine, said that although he had never met Mike, he had... famous mineral localities: Cerro ;8.ico de £ofosi Bolivia ^ --------------------- Wendell E. Wilson 4631
Journal (issue)
Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham...Articles Famous mineral localities: Llallagua, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Hyrsl & A. Petrov Lafossaite, a new mineral from the La Fossa Crater, Vulcano, Italy . . . . . . . . . ....perhaps the finest known, 2 cm, from Llallagua, Bolivia. Mark Chance Bandy collection; current owner unknown...practical experience at the Gottesehre (“God’s Honor”) mine, a small fluorite mining operation in Urberg, near
Catalog/List
----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban...________ __ _!LU9! .~~~ -E N1 163 GALENA Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthcad. Cumbria Cube-octahedral grey crystals
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
Catalog/List
pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4...and Be Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...MINERAL !! dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE...Li (Fe Mn) Ti SiO, possible Mountainite,(white) (Mt Karnasurt Lovozero,Kola,Russia) H x 'h £6 229 MELANOCERITE...Te 0/2 good yellow crusts and coatings on matrix.(La Bambolla, Moctezuma Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 H ins possible
Journal (issue)
Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham...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
 
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