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Cassiterite from
Descubridora Mine, Colquechaca, Colquechaca Municipality, Chayanta Province, Potosí, 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 Descubridora Mine, Colquechaca, Colquechaca Municipality, Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:575255
Long-form Identifier:1:3:575255:3
GUID (UUID V4):9b62b431-6523-44a0-b120-d5538301ce5c
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...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)
andflow dome,whichis mineralizedwith specularite-cassiterite veinsanomalous in silverand fluorine,appearscentralto...accessible veinduringthe 1970s. Occidental volcanic province. Mostoftheoldermines workingsalongthe Bolafios...averagewidth of 300 km. A the districtbut failed to mine the deposit.The San reviewandsummaryof the SierraMadre...silver district is located in the northern Alacr•tn mine started in 1985 and has resulted in Laramide volcanic...JAMES I. LYONS •0 500 I KILOMETERS FIG. 1. province. Location of the Bolafios district at the south
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sn–W mineralization in the Eastern Tin belt of Bolivia. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1....chain is located in the southeast of the Catamarca province and composed of Paleozoic crystalline basement...located in the southeastern part of the Catamarca province (Fig. 1). It is elongated in a southern direction...described an alluvial Sn deposit with detrital cassiterite in the Casa Pintada area and a quartz–muscovite–...disseminated hematite crystals and pockets of cassiterite with up to 250 ppm Sn. The undeformed, subrounded
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................Truebe Morphology and Occurrence of Bolivian Cassiterite................................................since then there has been no production. The major mine in the district, the Jumbo, produced 5000 tons of
Book
produced specimens from such places as the La Fe Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the...CALl[NTCS ... I MI ( Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein...University of New York, Albany) Figure 4. The mineral province of Sonora. (Modified from Berstein, 1964, back...Ttcolote • S 0 R A Sor • Provinces I 5 The province of Sonora, located in the northwest corner of...4) is an extension of both the basin and range province, and the copper porphyry belt of the western United
Book
produced specimens from such places as the La Fé Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the...WIC ' ' (OSE INSET) Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein...Mexicali Show & Nensengdo Figure 4. The mineral province of Sonora. (Mod ors ified from Berstein, 1964...University of New York, Albany) Provinces / 5 The province of Sonora, located in the northwest corner of...4) is an extension of both the basin and range province, and the copper porphyry belt of the western United
Book (volume)
and the corresponding citation (Hudson Bay 309 mine). in Ref. 4, line Z, for 670 read 676. 310 in...position. in the figure labeled 461 San Jose, Bolivia, for the brachydome v read w. insert superscript...5, for Black Forest read Odenwald. for Rhine Province read Westphalia. for in the Tirol read, Salzburg...say that this guarantee did much to deterrepaid. mine the award of the grant. To Mr. W. 0. Wiley, Chairman...pegmatite minerals together with scheelite (Natas mine, South- West Africa); in contact metamorphic deposits
Thesis/Dissertation
samples from the mines and offered information on the mine locations and their access. Mr. Salvador Davila...Institution from both the collections of Ojuela mine specimens obtained by Foshag in 1934 and from the...ramsdellite stibiconite tenorite valentinite cassiterite arsenopyrite berzelianite clausthalite bismuthinite...153 154 155 157 158 160 161 162 PARAGENESIS 163 MINE WATERS 173 STABILITY RELATIONSOF MINERALS IN THE...as seen from the road leading to the America Dos Mine showing the massive bedding of the Aurora Limestone
Journal (issue)
Los Angles Mexico Special Issue II The Ojuela Mine Preface to Mexico-II1.............................in the San Judas chimney, Level 6, of the Ojuela mine. Houston Museum of Natural Science collection; Wendell...headframes and processing facilities of the Ojuela mine ca. 1900. The famous suspension bridge designed...the gorge and overlooks the discovery point or Descubridora opening below. Photo courtesy of Peter Megaw...Mexican localities that came to mind was the Ojuela mine, source of countless thousands of wonderful mineral
Journal (issue)
...103 by M. Hansen The libethenite zone, Burra mine, South Australia .................................92-meter level,” though all other measurements in the mine will be converted. In short, English units will...worked in the Surveyor’s Department at the Geevor tin mine (Pendeen, Cornwall), and with Consolidated Goldfields...about 20 minutes late. Not bad. We went first to a mine between Huantajaya and Santa Rosa. The Instituto...silver ores and they were opening up the mine. I went into the mine to look for specimens. They said that
Book (volume)
waters Guanajuato, Mexico; Carmen mine. Upper pressure limit Waihi mine. New Zealand. Upper termination...dome Magmatic differentiation of molybdenite; Hxmt mine, Renfrew County, Ontario Sudbury, Ontario. Intrusive...Ferris- 92. Intrusion of 93. 94. 95. 96. Haggerty mine, Encampment district, Wyoming Bonanza, Zacatecas...tunnel. Bonanza mine 100. Bonanza, Zacatecas, Mexico. Chief mineralized area 101. Empire mine. White Knob... 104. granite by calcic solutions Copper Queen mine, Velardefia, Durango, Mexico. Surface plan Detail
Journal (issue)
tgressman@comcast.net Famous Mineral Localities: The Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota ....Wallace Famous Mineral Localities: The Old Gunnislake mine, Callington District, Cornwall, England ..........red hematite inclusions, 4.5 cm, from the Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Don...FineMineral.com AQUAMARINE ON MUSCOVITE Chumuru Mine, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern...volume 48, July–August, 2017 491 The Soudan Mine Vermilion Range, St. Louis County Minnesota Wendell
Book (volume)
Lead 101. Copper-pyrites Copper-vitriol Mercury mine 46 crystals 101, nite Cuprite 107. 100. Copper-glance... 314. Augite 317. Hornblende 182. Ores Cassiterite 313. Diopside 312. Hypersthene Amphibole... Pseudomorphs. Pitchblende, Molybdenite. Cassiterite. and Schee- LIST 4 Plate 39. Titanium ...FORM but crystal, 58. crystal has to (Cassiterite). be calculated measured between angles ... phosgenite 17). There and and 49) of cassiterite are tetartohedral hemihedral several are
Journal (volume)
Tin-Silver Mines Report (m.d.) Report 10, 138 Bolivia, Bolivian Tin-Silver Ores Bolivian Tin-Silver...Position at Dolly Varden Litigation Dolly Varden Mine, History of Dolmaee, V Dome Mining Corporation... in Bolivia.. Company Liquidates Heriot, Milling continued at Homersham, E Wheal Busy Mine Hoover...Report Middleburg Steam Coal and Coke R- McGarraugh Mine Book-kcepiiio Mineral Output of United Kingdom Minerals...Davies Prospecting for Oil and Gas Premier Mine Premier Mine, Ores of Premier Ores Prestea Block A Developments
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
Journal (issue)
Islet Famous mineral localities: the Silver Islet mine, O n ta rio ............... 49 by W. E. Wilson ...photo © SILVER crystals, 3.3 by 4.5 cm, from the mine, Kongsberg, Norway. (See the this issue.) Keith...silver mines at all in Asia. He does mention a silver mine in Macedonia that used to yield a talent of the...January-February, 1986 Figure 2. Interior of a German silver mine, 1830s. Photo Deutsches Museum, Miinchen. hillside...Wieden Near the village of Wieden is the old Anton mine, records of which date to 1786 (though mining in
Book
Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine............. San Antonio Mine....... Cusihuiriachic District................................. Minerals of Ojuela Mine .... . Velardena District.........................Guanajuato District ..................... El Sanlin Mine......................... San Miguel de Allende ...assistant superintendent, both of Fresnillo’s Naica mine, helped with data and review. Dr. Edwin Roedder...made possible our visit to the Esperanza fluorite mine. Engineer Macario Munoz, Comision de Fomento Minero
Report (issue)
Honduras ; Mexico ; United States . 8 7 S. America : Bolivia ; Chile ; Colombia ; Peru . 1 2 6 WORLD MAP OF.... . . CentralAmerican States • SouthAmerica : Bolivia and Chile . . Argentina • . ...., Brazil . . ....produced silver may be mentioned East Huel Rose lead mine (yield from 1852 to 1861 was 260,721 oz.), and West...silver-lead mine (yield from 1851 to 1863 was 332,204 oz.), and the Frank Mills lead mine (yield from...alloy) is present in a pyritic lode at the Hanover mine, Filabusi. I t occurs i n thin scales associated
Report (issue)
•• ••• ••• Argentina • • • •• • • •• • •• ••• Bolivia • •• •• • • •• ••• •• • • •• Uhile • • • •• •••...Tales ... P eru • •• ... Spain • • Germany • ••• Bolivia and Chile • • • • I ' • • • • Ja1pa.n •...347 53,052,441 Oen tral America Argentina ••• Bolivia ... ••• Chile ••• • •• Colombia ••• Dutch Guiana...and the Frank Mills (formerly Teign Vailley) lead mine in the upper· Teign valley. Tl1e 111·od11c~tio11...declined, and by 1880) v\7hen the Frank 1\1ills mine was closed down, it had becon1e qttit~ unimportant
Book
and friend for three decades, who knows Peru and Bolivia, was familiar with the mining industries of these...Kantorowicz of Cologne, Germany, who lived many years in Bolivia and Peru and whose recollections of events during...during and shortly after World War II in Bolivia contributed meaningfully to the text. Dr Elisa Carrillo...the events surrounding the nationalization, by Bolivia, of Mina Matilde, and for critical comments regarding...Salazar of Lima, Peru, Hans Tordoir of La Paz, Bolivia, Jorge Lazo of Santiago de Chile, and Victor Vazquez
Book
Elementary 39 Elect. Colliery Practice . Mine-Surveying . . Mine Air, Investigation of. Mining Law . . Blasting...LARSEN J. RIEMER . . J. G. LAWN, A. R.S. M. - Mine Accounts º7 PROF. JAMES PARK, F. G.S. - - $3...corresponding substantive.) alluvial mining. Andalusia (Province), Spain. Antioquia (Department), Republic of Colombia... Bol. de la S. N. de M. . - - - - Aragón (Province), Spain. Argentine Republic. assaying. building...building construction. blasting (hand-boring). Bolivia (Republic), S. America. “ Boletín de Agricultura, Minería
Book (volume)
IV. Grangesberg V. The Iron Ore Deposits in the Province of Norbotten, Gellivare and 61 61 61 62 65 65...Deposits of Pitkaranta in Finland 4. Kallmora Silver Mine at Norberg, in Sweden 5. The Deposit of Schneeberg...Scotia 5. The Copper Deposits of Corocoro, in Bolivia 1. 2. ^ 6. Copper Ores in the Bunter Avoid...Deposits 1. The Nodular Ores of Commern, in the Rhine Province 2. Lead Ores of the Triassic Sandstone at Freyhung...course of time. materials which were thrown upon mine dumps as useless, sidered as a mere nuisance in
Book (edition)
CONTENTS XVill PAGE 880 880 881 881 882 883 BOLIVIA SILVER . CoPpPrER TIN : } OTHER METALS Statistics...Penney : 11.—Profile section across ‘Last Chance”. Mine, Utah 12.—Section of Argentiferous Sandstone bed...Knockmahon, tee 37.—Fragment of lode, Bergmannstrost Mine, Clausthal 38.—“ Pebble,” Huelgoét. 39.—Section...Extended Hustlers’ Mins 55.—Section across New Chum Mine 56.—Diagrammatic section across Broken Hill Tage...Juan Teniente Mine 101.—Vein at theNdsmark Mine ; horizontal section . 102.—Clee Mine, Pitkaranta ; section
Report (issue)
Chihuahua [Iron deposits of La Perla and La Negra, municipality of Camargo, Chihuahua]: Consejo de Recursos...[Geology of the Transvaal cupriferous area, municipality of Cumpas, Sonora] [abs.] in NajeraGarza, J...geochemistry and mineralization of the Washington mine area, Huepac, Sonora [abs.] in Najera-Garza, J....related to pegmatites at the San Antonio tungsten mine, Baviacora, Sonora, Mexico [abs.]: Geological Society...1982, A study of manganese ore composition, Lucifer mine, Baja California, Mexico [abs.]: Geological Society
Journal (volume)
Bolivia's Case for the League of Xations 2^1 Greenside Mine. Borlase, W. H Emmons and Grnner (m.d.). . 2r)3...at Repqft Dolcoath Mine Dolcoath's Financfs Dolcoath's Future Dollv Varden Mine Draper, Murray "211...Flin-Flon, Mine Option on Flin-Flon Ore-body Flotation Litigation Flotation of Cassiterite Flotation Process...Mining Methods at Frontino and Bolivia Co.'s Output Frontino and Bolivia Gold Report Report. ... 264...Schwarz (m.rf.) Kalgoorlie, Strike at Kalgurli Mine Closes Katathemiometer, Dr. Hill's Keeley Silver
 
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