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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bournonite
Formula:PbCuSbS3
Habit:Cogwheel twins to 3cm
Colour:grey black increasing in blackness with increasing Arsenic
Luminescent properties:none
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite44 photos of Bournonite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Quartz41 photos of Bournonite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Sphalerite36 photos of Bournonite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Galena23 photos of Bournonite associated with Galena at this locality.
Calcite11 photos of Bournonite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Tetrahedrite Subgroup11 photos of Bournonite associated with Tetrahedrite Subgroup at this locality.
Chalcopyrite7 photos of Bournonite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Hutchinsonite7 photos of Bournonite associated with Hutchinsonite at this locality.
Gratonite4 photos of Bournonite associated with Gratonite at this locality.
Seligmannite4 photos of Bournonite associated with Seligmannite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bournonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru
Photo GalleryView Gallery (50 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:59553
Long-form Identifier:1:3:59553:5
GUID (UUID V4):b8485d69-cc51-461f-bafa-b5fa45d32287
Nearest other occurrences of Bournonite
54.1km (33.6 miles) Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Ancash, Peru
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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...hematite-included quartz from Aouli, Khenifra Province, MeknesTafilalt region, Morocco at the 2014 Munich...included by hematite, 10.7 cm, from Aouli, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalt region, Morocco. Andy Seibel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire...of chalcopyrite, cuprite, covellite, pyrite, bournonite, and sphalerite after tetrahedrite (Palache,...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)
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)
07:53 01 January 2015 Bournonite Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China T here are certain...A good example is proustite. Another might be bournonite, a sulfosalt well known for its distinctive twinned...twinned crystals. Until recently, exceptional bournonite specimens were difficult to acquire. Those from...the most prolific being the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan Province. (Additional locality information and photographs...Cook article, this issue.) An exceptionally nice bournonite from this locality has been suggested for this
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
Catalog/List
·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized botryoidal nodules on minor azurite La Sal...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2...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...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized botryoidal nodules on minor azurite La Sal...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2...intergrown brownish BENITO ITE The Dall es Gem mine, San Benito Co. ,California Select deep blue translucent
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...00 each ENARGITE, BOURNONITE, PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE: Various localities, Peru: Check out our Peruvian...spent the past three years living and working in Peru and had just moved back with all the goodies he
Report (issue)
Bournonite PbCuSbS3 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point...crystals from the Herodsfoot mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. At the Mogul mine, Silvermines, Co. Tipperary,... Ireland. From the Georg mine, near Horhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, and at Clausthal, Neudorf, and...(Nagyág), Romania. In France, from Pontgibaud, Puy-de-Dôme; large crystals at St. Laurent Le Minier, Gard;...Vı́boras mine, Machacamarca, Potosı́. At the Quiruvilca mine, La Libertad, and from Pachapaque. Peru. At Park
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...frogs, tiger beetles) which now inhabits the old mine workings. Needless to say, great care needs to be
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...arsenopyrite. This 13-cm specimen is from the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan, China. Collector’s Edge specimen, Jeff Scovil
Catalog/List
with admixed Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Wales. Chocolate brown massive, with minor rock...attractive near Yunxiao, Fujian Province China £25 3.5 X I inch 12. BOURNONITE good coverage of grey crystals...on the surface of massive Bournonite/Pyrite. Quiruvilca, La Libertad Peru) 2x2 £25 surface about 80%...rich greenish yellow with white Barytes Whitesmith Mine Strontian Scotland lx2 £10 17. SCAPOLITE translucent...sparse red-brown coating on 2x2 matrix Christmas Mine, Gila County Arizona USA £12 26. SPHALERITE lustrous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rises to 6,272 meters (20,577 feet), Huascaran in Peru is 6,768 meters (22,205 feet), Tocorpuri on the...mining and smelting oxidized copper ores in central Peru about 1500 B.C. By the time the Spanish conquered...Uchucchacua, Peru; emeralds from Muzo, Colombia; pink fluorite and huge pyrites from Huanzala, Peru; 25-cm...Bolivia; and fantastic pyrargyrites from Hauncavelica, Peru. The combination of awe-inspiring topography, mining...in location and age. In the highlands of central Peru, the deposits have veins rich in lead and silver;
Catalog/List
5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...5x2x1", £10.00 6. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devonshire. A vitreous brownishgreen...25x5/8", £15.00 12. ANDRADITE/URALITE. Cornwall Iron Mine, Lebanon Co, Colorado, U.S.A. Lustrous coffee­ brown...Bindheimite. 2.5x2x1.25", £5.75 18. ANTIMONITE. Hunan Province, China. A terminated, matrix-free, elongated silvery-grey...APATITE (Var: Francolite) - Holmbush Form. Holmbush Mine, Nr. Callington, East Cornwall. Vuggy Quartz/Chloritic
Catalog/List
new occurance in California. 9. ATACAMITE. Mina la Farola, Copiapo, Chile. Specimen A: Very choice brrnght...axinite. 2x1~x1t", £1•• 5~ 11. AZURITE. HEnderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Choice bright blue ball-like...association. 3x2~x1~", £16.5~ 12. BARYTES. Dalmellington Mine, Frizington, Cumberland. Fine lustrous transparent...matrix. 2~x17", £33.00 15. NATIVE BISMUTH. Botallack Mine, St. Just, Cornwall. Bright metallic silvery masses...matrix. 25x15 mm. £6.50p 17. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. apecimen A: Small bright green
Journal (issue)
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...collectors today have a certain amount of accessioning and de-accessioning going on as a routine part of their...consult the nearest 16-year-old. Arizona Dealers De Natura Douglass Minerals Les & Paula Presmyk P...recovered from the dumps of this small mine. Local collectors reworked the mine dumps many times in search of
Catalog/List
<2x1t", £4. SOp /-. " 9. AUTUNITE." South Terras Mine, St. ~e~; Cornwall. Pale green flakes and masses...places. 2~2x1t", £18.00 11. AZURITE. Sir Domoni r Mine, Mt. Painter, S. Auatralia. Select cluster of large...3-~x2il-x2", £23.00 14. BARYIES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall. Specimen A: Lustrous creamygrey...mass. 1~x1x~", £3.50p 15. BARYTOCALCITE. Nentsberry Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Fine lustrous golden-brown...3x2-}x1i.-", £9.00 16. BARYTOCALCITE. Nentsberry Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Select sharp tabular crystals
Book (volume)
Claim, Teller Co., Colorado, 43 Apatite Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 13 Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan...Pakistan, 33 (with Schorl), 47 Jos, Nigeria, 15 Medina Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 36 Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais...(with Malachite) Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, 12 Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 16, 20...Violet Claim, Wah Wah Mtns., Utah, 3 Bournonite Yaoganxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Hunan Prov., China, 31...Cassiterite Xuebaoding Mine, Pingwu, Sichuan Prov., China, 26 Chalcocite Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Connecticut
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Layo (Cu, Sn, As, Au) epithermal deposit (Southern Peru) E. M a r c o u x 1, Y. Mo~lo 2, and J. P. Mil6si...porphyry copper and epithermal deposits. R~sum~ La min&alogie originale ~ vinciennite et tennantite...gisement dpithermal (Cu, Sn, As, Au) de Layo (Sud P&ou) Le glte ~pithermal de Layo est encaiss6 dans les volcanites...volcanites calco-alcalines Mioc~nePlioc~ne du groupe de Tacaza. Sa zone orientale renferme des corps min6ralis6s...vinciennite et mawsonite. La vinciennite est proche du p61e th6orique (CuloFe4SnAsS16) et la tennantite riche
Catalog/List
* JULY/AUGUST 1996 1. ATACAMITE. Mount Gunsun Mine, South Australia. A small solid rounded mass of...40x40x20mm. £24. 4. BOURNONITE AND JAMESONITE ON QUARTZ. Pachapaqui Pachapaqui,, Peru. Peru- A floater of milky...xls . The upper surface of this has about 30 bournonite cogs to 8mm - To each end of the specimen are...back. 30xl5xl5rnm. £9. 6. ■ CASSITERITE. Old Beam Mine, St Austell, Cornwall. Triangular quartz tourmaline...60x40x35mm. £18. 9. CHALCOCITE. Cooks Kitchen Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. A quartz/hematite veinstone
Catalog/List
prices are i nclusive of V. ,q .T. No charge is ma de for postage and packing , except for overseas customers...fan - shaped sprays of crystals on the rev~rse si de . 2-b<1~- " . £4 . 00 2 . AEG I RiNE . B ratthas~n...£4.75p 2 10. BARYTES . Wilsons level, Hilton Mine , Scordale , westmorel and . Sharp transparent to...crystals . 4x2" , £3 . 7Sp 12 . BARYTES . Crowgarth Mine , Frizington , Cumberland . Transparent pale ye...~x1tx1-} " , £6 . SOp 13 . BASTNAES ITE. Mountain Pass Mine , San Bernardino Co . , Ca lifornia , USA . Very
Catalog/List
Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...extremely ine, specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine of Tiger, Arizona: now a vanished place alive only...potential mineral buying area, or go into another mine. He travelled to areas that had seen few Americans...early 1980s Rock began to concentrate on Brazil and Peru with occasional trips to Uruguay, Chile, and Colombia...Atacama Desert to collect Underground Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia, 1993. "RPG," Artigas, Uruguay
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Golden brown barite crystals, Villamassargia, near mine, Guanajuato, Mexico (8.5 cm). Iglesias, Sardinia...Enna, Sicily (6 cm). West 800 Level, White Capps mine, Man- 11: Dark grey stibnite crystals, (variety... Nuristan, Laghman hattan, Nevada (9.5 cm). Province, Afghanistan (5.3 cm). Figure 13: Silver, Calumet...fluorite crystals on grey galena crystals, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Tennessee (5 cm). Figure 17: Transparent... dark blue-green vivianite crystals, Montserrat mine, Pazna, Bolivia (12 cm). Figure Figure 19: Transparent
Journal (issue)
Collector's New A Field Trip to the Krystal Tips Mine Petersen Mountain, Washoe Co., Nevada Kenneth L...the site of the Krystal Tips Mine, about 10 a.m. Foster Hallman, the mine owner/operator pulled up rig...long steep trip up the 4-wheel drive road to the mine. I had come with John Miatech and John Salzbach...the hill to the mine. Foster had sta rted a new trench in the lower east side of the mine and had been working...pocket" of the beautiful "scepter" crystals that the de posit is famous for. We spe nt two days working in
 
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