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Sphalerite from
Quellaveco Mine, Tala, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua, Peru


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quellaveco Mine, Tala, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua, Peru
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:619072
Long-form Identifier:1:3:619072:9
GUID (UUID V4):b99167a9-a30f-42aa-83d1-c3f4dd5c5931
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
10.3km (6.4 miles) Cuajone Mine, Tala, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua, Peru
16.5km (10.2 miles) Toquepala Mine, Ilabaya, Jorge Basadre Province, Tacna, Peru
References
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Book
Gemstonesof Peru . TO ' ..J.O[_)(ON '\J./ITI1 KY Be-51 R~GAF-P5 f JaroslavHyrsl Gemstonesof...Gemstonesof Peru GRflnil © 2012 Text by Jaroslav Hyr~I © 2012 Photos by Jaroslav Hycll (166), Fidel Salinas...Coll. Z. Rosales. Photo J Hyrsl. 6 Introduction Peru is a country rich in minerals, with numerous very...specimens of crystallized sul:fides like pyrite, sphalerite, galena, etc. The mineralogy of Peruvian mines...Crowley et al. (1997) and most recently in the book "Peru, Paradise of Minerals" (Hyrsl et al., 2011 ). N
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MetallogenicEvolution of the Andes of Southeastern Peru ALANH. CLARK,EDWARDFARlIAR,DANIELJ. KONTAK,*ROBERT... GedlogoConsultor,Caminosdel Inca 698, Lima 33, Peru LYNNEJ. FRANCE,**SANDRA L. MCBRIDE,PRISCILLA L...post-Paleozoic metallogenicevolutionof southeastern Peru is clarifiedon the basisof the stratigraphic an...contiguous centralAndeantransects, southeastern Peru differsmarkedlyfrom other areasof the countryin...detailedinformationon the greatmajority SOUTHEASTERN Peru (Figs.1 and2) displaysa wider of the ore deposits
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A SpecialIssueDevoted to the Mineral Depositsof Peru Preface ULRICH PETERSEN, Departmentof Earth and...PerubarS.A.,Juan de Arona 830 (Of 90I), Lima 27, Peru AND DONALD C. NOBLE MackaySchoolof Mines, Universityof...iso,rosicler),silver-bearinggalena(soroche), sphalerite (chumbe), and cinnabar (paria, 111mpi), as well...wasmostlyusedfor the treatment of silver and gold ores in Peru, Bolivia, and Mexico (RodriguezHoyle, 1974). In...1879. Exploratorydrilling for petroleumstartedin Peru in 1863, five yearsafter the Drake well was completedin
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native gold. Other associated minerals may include sphalerite, galena, tetrahedrite, and gold tellurides. ...pyrite, molybdenite + pyrite + chalcopyrite, and sphalerite + galena + tetrahedrite ± silver. This paragenetic... chalcopyrite + pyrite, pyrite, and galena + sphalerite. As at Santa Rita, at Bingham the inner zone...generally in small quantities, include pyrrhotite, sphalerite, tennantite, and galena. The most abundant gangue...copper-bearing mineral assemblages at the Lakeshore mine in Arizona, as follows: chalcocite zone, brochantite
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(Ph) Tapian (Ph) Guinaoang (Ph) Kalamatan (Ph) Quellaveco (Pe) Marcopper (Ph) Dizon (Ph) Lobo-Boneng (Ph)...Chile, Co = Colombia, NM = New Mexico (USA), Pe = Peru, Ph = Philippines, PNG = Papua New Guinea. Minorco-Anglo...0361-0128/98/000/000-00 $6.00 336 Peru Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa 150 Cuajone 120 Quellaveco 80 Toquepala 150–350 La...kaolinite, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite-tennantite, sphalerite, galena, and locally siderite. The illite-pyrite-altered...1972) and/or copper enrichment (e.g., Rio Blanco, Peru; Braun et al., 1999) can also develop in such environments
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Australia 4 Earthquake Administration of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110034, China 5 Lituo Mining Company...accounting for > 20% of the surface outcrop across the mine area. The gabbro pluton has a length of 1 km, a...minor disseminations have been identified during mine-scale exploration. The Ag-Pb-Zn ores are mainly...deposition of the main sulfide assemblage (galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite; Fig. Table 2...mineralized veins hosted by slate (outcrop). b Galena-sphalerite-quartz vein mineralization associated with chlorite
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this basis we identify a new ore lead isotope province extending from San Cristobal northward across...eastern Altiplano and into southern Perú. This province is coincident with but smaller than the extent...mineralizing event. Ore deposits in the northern part of province IV formed before the thickening of Andean crust...(Fig. 1, inset). Province I comprises the coastal volcanic arc of Perú and Chile, province II includes the...573 574 KAMENOV ET AL. 19°S Peru Pro vin ce II Pro vin ce I Province III POTOSI Bolivia 98M013 98M014
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known, allowing better criteria for decisions on mine concession acquisitions, plan geophysical and geochemical...are located in southern Peru, at Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa, Cuajone, Quellaveco and Toquepala, whereas in...Ma) belt varies in width from 130 km in southern Peru to 30-50 km in northern Chile, and includes mainly...(20-4 Ma) belt is wider, up to 400 km, extends along Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, and contains a variety...Valenzuela et al., 2014). To the north, in southernmost Peru, early-middle Paleocene porphyry copper-related
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southeastern Guangxi province, southern Jiangxi 119 province, and central Hunan province. They are distributed...deposits in the northeastern part of 143 Guangxi province have ages of 211.9±6.4, 226.2±4.1 to 219.3±4.0...deposit in the 145 northwestern part of Hunan province has ages of ~227 Ma (Wang et al., 2012). The ...Ganzhou city, southern Jiangxi province. The South Jiangxi 153 Province is tectonically characterized...minerals in these veins are mainly 184 wolframite, sphalerite, and arsenopyrite, with minor pyrite and chalcopyrite
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magmatic-hydrothermal system—Morococha district, Peru Honza Catchpole & Kalin Kouzmanov & Aldo Bendezú...2015 Abstract The Morococha district in central Peru is characterised by economically important Cordilleran...Morococha magmatic-hydrothermal system of central Peru (Figs. 1 and 2) comprises several mineralised porphyry...district (11°35′S, 76°20′W) is located in central Peru (Fig. 1), ∼150 km northeast of Lima at an altitude...along the Western Cordillera of northern and central Peru (Noble and McKee 1999; Petersen 1965). The hydrothermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits in the Wugongshan mining district in Jiangxi Province, South China. Both deposits contain stockwork...located in the Wugongshan mining district in Jiangxi Province, South China. The district is situated between...wolframite–quartz-vein-type W deposits in 6 Jiangxi Province. The deposit is located within the southeastern... Stage III is represented by a quartz–pyrite–sphalerite–wolframite assemblage and produced E–NE-striking...(for example, open pit mining at Bingham Canyon Mine of Utah began in 1905), a number of time- and temperature-related
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, 2013), and the base metal veins at Morococha, Peru (Catchpole et al., 2015). In these ore districts...accounts for >20% of the surface outcrop in the mine area, with a length of 1 km and a width of ~300...minor disseminations have been identified during mine-scale exploration, which are principally hosted...stage dominantly comprise intergrowths of galena, sphalerite, pyrrhotite, pyrite and chalcopyrite (Fig. 3b...noble gases in Ailaoshan gold deposits, Yunnan Province, China. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 63, 1595-1604
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deposits, locatedprocesses. in countries such as Chile, Peru, the United States of America, Mexico Other challenges...processes. and deposits, in countries such the as Chile, Peru,role the of United States of America, MexThe goal...others) (Escondida, El Teniente), Peru (Cerro Verde II, Quellaveco), China (Zijinshan gold-copper This...renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, and mine), United States and Australia (Olympic Dam), it...(chalcopyrite, pyrite, molybdenite, chalcocite, galena, sphalerite, and others), using thermodynamic analysis and
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China a Anhui Province Engineering Research Center for Mineral Resources and Mine Environments, Hefei...deposit discovered in the southeastern part of Anhui Province (Jiang et al., 2015). Despite the research and...copper belt (about 7 Ma; Li et al., 2018a) and Quellaveco copper formation (whole porphyry system for about...over a period of 10,000–60,000 years whereas the sphalerite in this deposit was deposited over a span of...Technological Program of Land and Resources of Anhui province (Grant No. 2016-K-4), the Fundamental Research
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Minor chalcopyrite, specularite, trace galena and sphalerite have also been identified in the cement (Fig...chalcopyrite, molybdenite, and trace galena, CE sphalerite, bornite, magnetite. Gangue minerals within the...Pasco RI Epithermal Polymetallic Deposit, Central Peru: A U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar Study. Economic Geology 104...Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Bi mineralization at Cerro de Pasco, Peru. Economic Geology 103, MA 493-537. Belousova...Associated Hydrothermal Gold Deposits at Yanacocha, Peru. Economic Geology 105, 1191-1241. Ludwig, K.R.,
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anthropogenic environments, including those of acid mine drainage (Johnson and Hallberg, 2003). Sillitoe...Cordillera Occidental in northern Chile and southern Peru is now hyperarid (PPT/PET ≤ 0.05) below 3,000 m...(Fig. 2A). No detailed descriptions of Huinquintipa mine geology are available, but summaries and sketch...Huinquintipa open pit, 40 to 60 m below the pre-mine surface. Cobble-sized clasts, essentially unkaolinized...Nevada: Evidence for bacteriogenic supergene sphalerite: Chemical Geology, v. 169, p. 435–448. Bouzari
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of the orebody and its environs. Bedrocknear the mine consistsmostly of extensivevolcanic flows and i...e. The most prominent structural feature in the mine area is the Braden Pipe•a circular, downward-tapering...depositedrelatively unimportantamountsof tennantite,galena, and sphalerite in a quartz-carbonategangue. Subsequentsupergeneenrichment...porphyry-type deposits. INTRODUCTION THE E1 Teniente Mine of the Braden Copper Company is on the western flank...three-yearperiod, surface geologyin the vicinity of the mine was mappedon a scaleof 1:2,500, accessibleundergroundworkingswere
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molybdenite, and pyrite, with minor bornite, sphalerite, and galena. Supergene minerals in the oxide...multiple intrusive rocks of the Quellaveco porphyry Cu– Mo deposit in southern Peru suggest that the porphyry...Longevity of porphyry copper formation at Quellaveco, Peru. Econ Geol 105:1157–1162 Smoliar MI, Walker...from the East Qinling molybdenum belt, Shaanxi Province, China. Econ Geol 92:827– 835 Sun SS, McDonough
Book
Universidad Nacional de lngenieria, and Newmont Peru Limited Gerente de Exploraciones Av. Jose Galvez...Galvez Barrenechea 218, Urb. Corpac Lima-San Isidro, Peru Prof. Dr. ESTEBAN CEDILW Facultad de Minas, Metalurgia...place in September 1986 in Cusco, Peru, sponsored by Multiciencias (Peru) and UNESCO. During this seminar...Latorre, Director of the Multiciencias courses in Peru strongly supported the whole organization of the...Occurrences in the Paleozoic of the Yauli Dome, Central Peru H. W. Kobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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al., 2011). Exception for few minerals such as sphalerite, cassiterite, scheelite and huebnerite, most...wt% Sb, with an average of 4.0 wt% (Xikuangshan Mine, 1983). In recent years, some irregular orebodies...reverses throughout the ore district (Xikuangshan Mine, 1983; Wen et al., 1993). Therefore, the early-stage...those geological engineers from the Xikuangshan Mine for their enthusiastic help during our field investigation...Origin of Triassic granites in central Hunan Province, South China: constraints from zircon U-Pb ages
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Huayhuash, Peru Prepared in cooperation with the Ministerio de Fomento, Instituto Geologico del Peru, under...CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU By ALFRED J. BODENLOS and GEORGE E. ERICKSEN ABSTRACT...Silver-bearing galena concentrate is the chief product. Sphalerite either is not mined or is discarded because its...sulflde minerals in the deposits are galena, sphalerite, and pyrite; chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite-teunantite...mining machinery. INTRODUCTION The Andean mineral province, a major metallogenic area of the world, comprising
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Regional geology and mayor ore deposits of Central Peru. Econ. Geol., 60, 8, 407~476, Lancaster 1965. RADELLI...broad sense that the expression "metallogenic province" is used in this paper. When all deposits of various... In this regard, the expression "metallogenie province" is used in a rather restricted sense. Even so...influence of political and geographic factors. Thus, Peru, Bolivia and Chile enjoy a long established mining...M~3LLER-KAHLE for Ecuador, and C. B. PETEltSEN for Peru. While acknowledging their cooperation I would also
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paleoclimatic setting The El Tesoro Central copper mine is located in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile...(COCHILCO; www.cochilco.cl), the A 70ºW 69ºW Calama Peru Calama Basin Central Depression CMD Coastal Cordillera...exposed in and around the El Tesoro Central open-pit mine. The Tesoro gravels (~ 600 m thick) broadly comprise...in the El Tesoro Central open-pit mine was studied along the mine ramps, which are oblique to the dip...and sedimentology The El Tesoro Central open-pit mine exposes an approximately 240-m-thick, ~ 10° to 20°
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vein/veinlet sulfides including pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite and galena with minor arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite...carbonate alterations. Rb-Sr isotopic dating of sphalerite and pyrrhotite yields an isochron age of 337...hydrothermal pyrite was partially replaced by sphalerite and galena (Li et al., 2016a). Owning to geochemical...U-Pb ages of diorite and quartz diorite stocks, sphalerite and pyrrhotite Rb-Sr isochron age and S-Pb isotopic...paragenetic sequences The primary ores mainly comprise sphalerite, galena, pyrite and pyrrhotite with minor amounts
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with variable amounts of chalcopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite, galena, and cassiterite. The paragenetic sequence...geochronology of the Coroccohuayco porphyry-skarn deposit, Peru: A rapid product of the Incaic Orogeny. Economic...relationships in coro- 2699 nitic metagabbro, Grenville Province, Ontario: implications for geochronology. Contributions...of Lianyang granite composite, west Guangdong province. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 21, 1645–1656. Gaspar...Longevity of porphyry copper formation at Quellaveco, Peru. Economic Geology, 105, 1157–1162. Slama
 
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