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Quartz from
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Bournonite41 photos of Quartz associated with Bournonite at this locality.
Pyrite25 photos of Quartz associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Sphalerite19 photos of Quartz associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Orpiment17 photos of Quartz associated with Orpiment at this locality.
Tetrahedrite Subgroup16 photos of Quartz associated with Tetrahedrite Subgroup at this locality.
Enargite10 photos of Quartz associated with Enargite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite7 photos of Quartz associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Hutchinsonite7 photos of Quartz associated with Hutchinsonite at this locality.
Jamesonite6 photos of Quartz associated with Jamesonite at this locality.
Calcite5 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:59544
Long-form Identifier:1:3:59544:7
GUID (UUID V4):f8d60b3e-ecf1-4271-a699-fd3beea7367e
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
11.3km (7.0 miles) Lagunas Norte Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru
41.4km (25.7 miles) Cahuadan, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad, Peru
45.7km (28.4 miles) Algamarca mine, Cachachi District, Cajabamba Province, Cajamarca, Peru
49.8km (31.0 miles) Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Ancash, Peru
54.1km (33.6 miles) Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Ancash, Peru
58.3km (36.3 miles) Cerro Quesgar, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Ancash, Peru
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
but fairly familiar finds—boleite from the Amelia mine, Baja California, Mexico; zunyite from Quartzsite...==== Sapphirine, 3 cm, from Androy, Toliary Province, Madagascar. The Arkenstone specimen and photo...cm, from the Nuestra Señora del Carmen mines area, La Celia, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain. Fabre Minerals specimen...locality: the La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Santander Province (region of 4 ...====== Cantabria). The small Pb-Zn mines of the La Florida group have been inactive since 1978, but
Report (issue)
elbaite, amethyst, Tsumeb minerals, and Sweet Home mine minerals. Also scattered on these pages are items...==================================== work as a mine supervisor at Boron) for what turned out, by the...“presence.” Stolzite, 3 cm, from the Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Ex-Minette...first saw the new hematite-included quartz from Aouli, Khenifra Province, MeknesTafilalt region, Morocco...on his site. Brick-red and lustrous, prismatic quartz crystals with large rhombohedral terminal faces
Journal (issue)
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...Avda. Rey Gustavo Adolfo 250-J Estacion Central Santiago, Chile jZonfenls * * . I n t r o d u c t i............................... 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 BUENO G
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
high-sulfidation epithermal gold deposit, northern Peru Luis M. Cerpa & Thomas Bissig & Kurt Kyser & Craig...deposit of Lagunas Norte, Alto Chicama District, northern Peru, is hosted in weakly metamorphosed quartzites...characterized by silice parda, a tan-colored aggregate of quartz-auriferous pyrite–rutile ± digenite infilling fractures...to authorized users. L. M. Cerpa (*) Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte...Misquichilca, Av. Victor Andrés Belaunde, Lima, Peru (2.1 ‰) indicate a magmatic source for the sulfur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE GEOLOGY AND ORE THE QUIRUVILCA RICHARD DEPOSITS DISTRICT, OF PERU W. LEWIS, JR. CONTENTS PAGE.................... Geologicfeatures of the Quiruvilca mine ............................. 48 48 49 Rock............................................ Quiruvilca mine .............................................The Quiruvilca copper-lead-zincdistrict is in the Department of La Libertad in north-central Peru. The...only large mine in this area is the Quiruvilca mine, owned and operatedby the Northern Peru Mining and
Catalog/List
4461_txt.indd 5 5 1/18/21 11:02 AM Quartz and Hematite Jinlong Iron Mine, Longchuan, Guangdong, China 7.5... 1/18/21 11:02 AM Malachite on Quartz with Shattuckite Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia...11:02 AM Aquamarine with Schorl and Quartz Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 7.6 cm...surrounded by lustrous black tourmalines and clear quartz crystals. It is rare to have these three species...1/18/21 11:02 AM Scheelite on Muscovite Pingwu Beryl Mine, Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EconomicGeology Vol. 82, 1987, pp. 1431-1452 Quiruvilca,Peru' Mineral ZoningandTiming of Wall-RockAlteration...Suite202, Lakewood,Colorado80226 Abstract Quiruvilca district Cu-Pb-Zn-Agveins have producedover 8 million...stratovolcanocomplex. The district has four broadly concentricmineralogiczones from district center to edgeswhich...andstibnite.All veins,regardlessof zonal positionin the district, share the samefour grossparageneticstages:pyrite...alterationhalosenclosingveinsincreasewith depth and toward the district center. Correlationbetweenparageneticstagesof
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire...calcite, dolomite, siderite, barite, fluorite, and quartz. Associates also include the rare minerals zinkenite...lustrous group of tetrahedrite crystals from Casapalca, Peru. Jewel Tunnel Imports specimen when photographed...tetrahedrite and pyrite specimen from the Anchor mine, Park City, Utah. The specimen was in the stock...examples at the present time are from the Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, where it occurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Compaccha, Peru, and Its Geologic Setting V. F. HOLLISTER Vancouver, Canada Compaccha, in Peru, is a zoned...molybdenum, copper, zinc, lead, antimonyarsenic district which has historically been important because...is characterized by intense silicification and quartz veining (stockworks). Within the area of the deposit...Geologic Setting Compaccha is a zoned polymetallic district containing a molybdenum porphyry in its core which...°59'W, 8 °02'S in Santiago de Chuco province, La Libertad Dpto, Peru, via Quiruvilca on the Pasto Bueno
Journal (issue)
.............. ..Erosion Stu.dies in the Lake District Dr. Stephen Moreton 21 ........................interests Colin had a considerable knowledge of old mine buildings and was always keen to share his enthusiasm...mining for green fluorite specimens in the Rogerley mine and author/co-author of the two excellent articles...John Pearce Fluorite (40mm crystal group). Hilton Mine, Scorda/e, Cumbria. Specimen & Photo: John Hall...p15 in this newsletter) and unusually, euhedral quartz crystals up to approximately 50mm in length. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
difiraction symmetry of twins: Anais ila Acad. Brasi.leila de Ci6nci,os, 26, 111-12t. Cuurx, H. axo Ln Connu, Y...des macles i I'aide du symbolisme des groupes de couleurs de Choubnikov: Bull. Soc.Jr. Min6r. Crist.,8l...book form, Saint-Etienne. Fntnorr, G. (1926), Legons de Cristallographie-Paris, Berger-Levrault. a To readers...and de las Casas (1957) have described as a new mineral, "revoredite," from Cerro de Pasco, Peru, which...another material "amorphous to r-rays," from Quiruvilca, Peru, also consisting essentially of lead, arsenic
Catalog/List
little Chlorite and crystalised. Quartz. 2xlf". £9.00. 4. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, N.S. WalSS, Australia...intergrown on and encrusting brownish Limonite on milky Quartz. Ifxlxl". £1.25. 5. 6. A~~LESITE. 7. APOPHYLLITE...ARSE~OPYRITE. 10. ATACAMITE. Mina La Farola, Copiapo, Atacama District, Chile. Choice, bright green, radiated...ArsenopyritfiJ/Quartz matrix. 2xlixl-t,.". £8. DO. 11. 12. 13. 14. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine, Gi~a Co.,...attractive specimen. 2txltxlt". £4.50. AZURITE. Bou Sko~r Mine, Atlas Mts., Morocco. Specimen ~ - A choice group
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1629-1644 Metal Ratiosof the Quiruvilca Mining District, Northern Peru PAULJ. BARTOS ASARCOInc., Roc...generate too muchnoiseto discernsignificantpatterns. District-scale metalratiosof basemetallodedepositsshowconsiderable...Thisstudydealswiththe southern partof theQuiruvilcabasemetallode district(Coco-LuzAngelica area),whichis locatedapproximately...locatedapproximately 80 km eastof Trujillo in north-central Peru (Fig. 1). Detailsof the districtandregionalgeologyare...brief outline will be presented here.Theword"Quiruvilca" means "sacredtooth" in Quechua,the linguafrancaof
Journal (issue)
443 by R. B. Cook , Jr. Hutchinsonite from Quiruvilca, Peru ............................................with dolomite and chalcopyrite, from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection...economic evaluation and development of the kyanite-quartz rock making up the bulk of Graves Mountain. By...order to obtain a 4-ton bulk sample of the kyanite-quartz rock for flotation tests (Watkins, 1942). Although...locally kyanitic quartz-sericite schist and relatively massive sericite-kyanite-quartz rock. Despite this
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Newfoundland] at 12:22 30 January 2015 MURRAY MINE, ELK0 COUNTY, NEVADA A ntimony is an interesting...unusual specimen from this source, the Murray gold mine in Elk0 County, Nevada, has been nominated as this...calcite, ankerite, barite, opaline or calcedonic quartz, and the alteration products mentioned above. Stibnite...County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922); the Rutherford mine, Amelia County, Virginia; Granville County, North...ore mineral in mines of the Arkansas antimony district, Sevier County, although significant megascopic
Catalog/List
·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...AZURITE Superb section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular...Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized botryoidal nodules on minor azurite La Sal...Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2 to 5 mm gray metallic dark gray quartz matrix...intergrown brownish BENITO ITE The Dall es Gem mine, San Benito Co. ,California Select deep blue translucent
Catalog/List
·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...AZURITE Superb section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular...Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized botryoidal nodules on minor azurite La Sal...Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2 to 5 mm gray metallic dark gray quartz matrix...intergrown brownish BENITO ITE The Dall es Gem mine, San Benito Co. ,California Select deep blue translucent
Catalog/List
small red garnets, from the Wessels Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa (£120, £95, £75 and £48)...several fine quartz specimens and single crystals, including a spectacular rocket shaped quartz group at...many polished specimens of tourmaline in quartz, and a fat quartz crystal, polished, with a large bubble...From the Eagle's Nest Mine, Placer County, California, crystallised gold on quartz, measuring 4 ins. by...fluorites./ some with sparkling quartz crystals, from the El Hamman Mine, all under £24. A very wide selection
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...Stannite on quartz with fluorite and arsenopyrite. This 13-cm specimen is from the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan
Catalog/List
3¼x3½x1½11 $ 35. 00. for REFERENCE 3. ALTAITE Hilltop mine, Organ Mountains, New Mexico Select silvery metallic...8 mm e:lcl.eC: c1·ystals imbedded in pale milky quartz crystal section. 2x3 11 $25. 00. 5. AMAZON ITE...intergrowths. l-3/4x3x3/4 11 $ 25.00. 6. APATITE Minas de Panasquiera, Portugal Superb small single glassy...crystals covering l¾x2x3/4 10. BARlTE Quiruvilca, Libetad, Peru Superb lustrous intergrown tabular pale...1½x2x1 11 $ 40.00. 13. BERYL-EMERALD Crabtree mine, North Carolina Rich bright green 3x10 mm crystal
Report (issue)
Elba, Italy; remainder 0.04% SiO2 . (2) Mill Close mine, Derbyshire, England. (3) Gladhammar, Sweden. (4)...other sulfides and sulfosalts, hematite, fluorite, quartz, barite, calcite. Distribution: The most abundant... Italy. From Ambasaguas and Navajun, Logroño Province, Spain, sculptural groups of crystals. At Aktchitao...Aktchitao, Kazakhstan. In the USA, in the Ibex mine, Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado; in Illinois, as “suns”...Randolph Co.; very large crystals from the Santo Niño mine, near Duquesne, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona. In Pennsylvania
Catalog/List
good stuff that used to come out of the Marencl mine, ~ut the price is a whole lot better. specimens...Mexico: OK, I know what you are thinking, what the heck la "Garnet Calcite"? My first thought exactly. But once...00 eaoh. CLEANED COPPER AND MALACHITE: Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona: I've had these for a few years...PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE: Various localities, Peru: Check out our Peruvian pages to get an idea of...spent the past three years living and working in Peru and had just moved back with all the goodies he
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
C. STOLL Petroleum.--There are three regionsin Peru that have been productive of petroleum: the Pirin...producingfields,Lobitos (1901), La Brea-Parifia (1875) and Zorritos (1863). At Lobitos and La Brea-Parifia oil is...Andean divide, through the departmentsof Cajamarca, Libertad and Ancash. The Santafield eastof Chimboteis the...outputcomesfrom the Goyllarisquizgamine of the Cerro de PascoCorporation,which usesthe output for makingcokefor...and the reservesare depleted. Jatunhuasi,southof La Oroya, is the only other bituminousfield of much
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phasesare depositedprogressively farther from the district center (Stoces,1934; Park, 1955; Barnes, Base...Cerro de Barton,1970). Assemblages deposits, such as Quiruvilca and Julcani, suggest a Pasco,Peru, hasproducedmorethan...of the district (Petersen, Einaudi, 1982). and/oradvancedargillicalteration(kaolinitc+ quartz 1970; Several...1979;Einaudi,1982). Thereappearto be subtle rillonite + quartz + calcite+ pyrite) alteration,with differencesin...(sericite+ quartz+ pyrite _+calcite),thenadvanced argillic alteration (kaolinitc + quartz + pyrite)
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...zinkenite, tetrahedrite, carbonates, barite, and quartz. Bournonite is almost unknown from the eastern...from such disparate localities as the Black Hawk mine, Blue Hill, Maine; New York City, New York; an unspecified...Pennsylvania; the Cofer deposit in the Mineral district of Louisa County, Virginia, where it occurs with
 
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