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Chalcopyrite from
Hercules Mine, Ticapampa District, Recuay Province, Ancash, Peru


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hercules Mine, Ticapampa District, Recuay Province, Ancash, Peru
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:65147
Long-form Identifier:1:3:65147:9
GUID (UUID V4):72b5abb3-7737-4f57-b0ee-a2484847de1a
References
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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............................... 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............... Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca province, department of Ancash R a u r a -H u a n z a l a
Book
block I experienced recently when visiting a gold mine in virtually unmetamorphosed ground. A fault cuts..."common sense" observations described from the gold mine with the chert and the organic matter. Another potent...Alterations of Conglomeratic Uranium Ores, Pronto Mine, Ontario, Canada E.Wm. Heinrich (With 1 Figure)...Observations on Ore Rhythmites of the Trzebionka Mine, Upper Silesian-Cracow Region, Poland L. Fontbote...Alteration and Mineralization in the Tri-State District of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, U.S.A. R.D
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P')76m Purser, W I' C 198T- , • Metal-mining in Peru, put and present 1by1 W. F . C. Purser. New York...NIOUro.. Peru. . l. Tltle- TN~9.P8T. . -· ' • 18,50 '18-182'81 Metal-Mining in Peru, Past and...social, and political development. Metal-Mining in Peru, Past and Present -a :'O > m C) m ::D ,, Ch...importance of the mines of Peru. Part~ of the book sketches the background of Peru and its mining history...into five chapters for the five mining areas of Peru. Part III is concerned with the economic significance
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EconomicGeology Vol. 82, 1987, pp. 1239-1258 District-ScaleAlteration Associatedwith MassiveSulfideDepositsin...mineralizedareasof the Mount Read Volcanics defines a district-wide zonation which is subconformable with massive...systematically with alterationassemblages throughoutthe province. ChloriteMg to Fe ratiosappearto havebeenpreserved...mostsyngeneticdepositsandsedimentarylensesin the Rosebery-Hercules area may lie on a singlehosthorizonand suggests...presentthere are operatingminesat Mount Lye!l, Rosebery,Hercules,and Que River (Reid and Meares,1981). The Hellyer
Report (issue)
Ore Deposits of the Coeur d'Alene District Shoshone County, Idaho GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...PAPER 445 Ore Deposits of the Coeur d'Alene District Shoshone County, Idaho By VERNE C. FRYKLUND, ]R....section on THE BLEACHED ROCK IN THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT By PAUL L. WEIS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...comprehensive study of the Coeur d'Alene mining district, Idaho UI\ITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...Sphalerite stage _____________ ____ __ _ Tetrahedrite-chalcopyrite stage ______ _ Galena stage __ ___ __ _______________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrite, and carbonate with minor amounts of chalcopyrite, sphalerite and galena, Stage 2B veins with...between 8-11 NaCI equiv, wt% in all Stage 2 veins. Chalcopyrite-bearing primary fluid inclusions have been recognised...intrude the Mt Read Volcanic belt in the Rosebery-Hercules area at the south (Adams et al., 1985). The Mt...deposits in western Tasmania, the Mount Lyell, Hercules and Rosebery deposits. The Hellyer and Que River...deposit contains pyrite, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite with minor tetrahedrite, with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cambrian VHMS deposits in the RoseberyHercules district, western Tasmania: implications for gold mineralisation...Sphalerite from VHMS deposits in the Rosebery district varies widely in colour, grain size and texture...the Hercules deposit has a range of 2.0-10.0 mole% FeS, whereas sphalerite from the South Hercules deposit...sphalerite and gold grades at Rosebery, Hercules and South Hercules displays complex patterns that reflect...der kambrischen VHMS Lagerstgitte im Roseberry-Hercules Distrikt, West-Tasmanien: Hinweise fiir Goldmineralisation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
related to synorogenic metamorphism and late chalcopyrite-bearing quartz veins (Q2) cutting the schist...the Ashanti gold district in Ghana (Schmidt et al., 1997), the Red Lake gold district in Canada (Chi et...the Altai Mountain ranges of northern Xinjiang province, which consists of several tectonic terranes (Windley...The main ore minerals are galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite (Fig. 3); and the gangue...with several relic “black smoker” chimneys in the mine area (Yan et al., 2001). Metamorphism of the ores
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1992, pp. 931-952 The PreciousMetal-Rich South Hercules Mineralization, Western Tasmania: A PossibleSubsea-Floor...The mineralization and alteration at the South Hercules deposithasbeendividedintotwomajorfacies:the ...aschloridecomplexes. Introduction lies i km south of the main Hercules ore lenses. Drill- Tm• Cambrian Mount Read Volcanicsbelt...c massivesulfideorebodiesincludingMountLyell, Hercules,Rosebery,Que River, and Hellyer (Large, 1992)...5'30 E iLLLYE R ROSEBE • -IERCULE • SOUTH • HERCULES Henry MOUNT LYELL • QUATERNARY • Glacial till
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sphalerite and galena, and of selenium between chalcopyrite and galena. For successful application of the...within a metallogenic province by studying the trace elements in chalcopyrite and sphalerite. It may...particularly enriched in molybdenite and is common in chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite and pyrite. It locally occurs...selenium. Both igneous and sedimentary rocks of this province are high in selenium (CoIm~AN and DELEVAUX 1957)...stratiform zinc-lead-copper deposits of Rosebery and Hercules. Although a close genetic relationship between
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MassiveSulfideLensesby Replacementof Folds: The Hercules Pb-Zn Mine, Tasmania DOMINGO G. A. M. AERDEN* Geology...quartz-• chlorite-• pyriteII -• (sphalerite-galena-chalcopyrite). Pb isotopeagedataare consistent with the derivationof...theRoseconsists of Cu-Pb-Znmassive sulfidedepositsthatare bery mine (Aerden, 1991, 1992) supports a syntecgenerallyregardedas...controlled by foliation boudinage,andsuggests The Hercules depositoccursin a narrow, finegrainedmetasedimentary...roadcuttingsandseveralsmallopencutsand tween the Hercules ore and the host rock. These relacone-shaped surfacepits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
connotations (Franklin et al., 1981). Around the Thalanga mine, however, the term exhalite has been widely applied...Host sequence: The stratigraphic footwall in the mine area consists of a 1,200-m-thick pile of massive...minor component of the hanging-wall sequence in the mine area but increase in proportion westward. Also present...generally negatively correlated with ore in the mine area, but sulfide lenses at East Thalanga and Far...mainly of pyrite, pyrite-chalcopyrite, and sphalerite-pyrite-galena-chalcopyrite assemblages with <20 percent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(19-31%0),andat MountLyell,high-grade bornite-chalcopyrite-chalcocite assemblages (- 10.5 to +3.5%0). ...several smaller deposits,e.g.,the MountFarrell lodes,Hercules,Que 1307 1308 SOLOMON,EASTOE,WALSHE,AND GREEN...andIndustrialResearch(New Zealand)andthe Baas zone),the Rosebery-Hercules BeckingLaboratory(Canberra)by B. W. Robinson Henty...MurchisonGorge are also on Rosebery;Burton(1975a) on Hercules;Webster intrudedby granite,datedat 524 m.y. by...rocks of the dertakenon Mount Lyell, Rosebery,Hercules, and Mount Farrell (Solomonet al., 1969), Mount
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
massivesulfidedeposits,in particularthoseof the Rosebery,Hercules,andHellyer deposits in westernTasmania.This similarity...Read Volcanicsof westernTaschans, Newfoundland district, and the Bathurst, mania? The Cambrian Mount Read...Read Volcanics contain New Brunswick,district is illustrated as a simple histogram.The distribution has...standard deviation of 18.8. sulfide deposits(Rosebery,Hercules, Que River, Lydon (1985) showedthat the lead-poor...Electrolytic Zinc Companygeologistsin the Zeehan district suggests a possiblethird episodeof syngeneticIrish-style
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rosebery and Mt. Lyell in the Mt. Read mineral province of western Tasmania. At Rosebery, part of the...the massive pyrite--sphalerite--galena--chalcopyrite--quartz--phyllosilicatelens has been replaced, volume-for-volume...volume-for-volume, by a pyrite--pyrrhotite--chalcopyrite--magnetite--phlogopite--tourmaline--quartz assemblage...granites nearby), appear to extend beneath the Rosebery mine. Lead and zinc dissolved from the Cambrian sulphide...felsic volcanics host large disseminated pyrite--chalcopyrite--quartz-phyllosilicate lenses and minor stratabound
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz,calcite,K-feldspar, chlorite,hematite,chalcopyrite, pyrite,(c),sericite,quartz, chlorite,calcite...Sequence • Central Belt, granite I HELLYER RIVER MINE economicdepositsoccurin the Mt. ReadVolcanics ...convective circulation of Cam- Murchison Granite HERCULES• 1979). The MurchisonRiver, eastof Rosebery,exposesthe... Farrell mines, and the easterly,the Murchison mine(Fig.3). Individualore shoots aresteeplydipping,1...Slatesoverlie and act ashost to ore at Roseberyand Hercules and also overlie disseminated mineralization and
Report (issue)
western Harquahala Mountains Calcite mine stop Lunch* at Calcite mine Northern Granite Wash Mountains stop...stop (western Buckskin Mountains) BCC mine stop Lunch* at BCC mine Clara Peak stop Lincoln Ranch Basin...and southeast directed. The structurally lowest Hercules thrust, which is exposed in the western Harquahala...along the Hercules thrust or related, subsidiary thrusts. Mineralization along the Hercules thrust zone...syn-thrusting (Calcite mine) or is younger and was localized along the thrust zone (Yuma mine). The second day
Report (issue)
58. Zinc ore has been raised frorn the Nenthead Mine near Alston, in Cumberland, for a number of years...the product has been all exported to Belgium, the mine being worked prior to the war by the Vieille Montagne...cent. of the total output, and for some time this mine has produced more zinc ore tl1an any other in the...and sandstones, and dip steeply to the north. The mine is equipped with a concentrating plant capable of...about 200 tons of ore in 12 hours. · At Nentsbury Mine, also near Alston, zinc-blende and galena are found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Current Current mine Pastproducer Pastproducer Pastproducer Pastproducer...Creek Current mine 26.1 Zn-Pb-Cutype Woodlawn CaptainsFlat Currawong Rosebery Hercules Que River Hellyer...RiverSouth mine Pastproducer Development Current mine Pastproducer Current Current Current mine mine mine...subeconomic occurrences are reportedin the Halls Creek province,WesternAustralia(Marston,1979). Within the Paleozoic...westernTasmania,host to Hellyer, Que River, Rosebery,Hercules,and the AUSTRALIAHVHMS DEPOSITS:FEATURE,STYLES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The dominant ore at Mount Lyell (mainly pyrite-chalcopyrite) has an average 8a*S value of -k 7.0O/oo, the...Lyell), the zinc-lead-copper ores at Rosebery and Hercules, and the silver-lead-zinc ores at Tullah (Mount...volcanic rocks, particularly near the Rosebery and Hercules mines, show eutaxitic texture and are probably...tin-bearing granite stocks. Geology of the Mount Lyell Mine The Mount Lyell deposits lie in a longitudinal zone...2, 3). This contact is overturned in much of the mine area so that the volcanic rocks structurally overlie
Report (issue)
. 8 7 S. America : Bolivia ; Chile ; Colombia ; Peru . 1 2 6 WORLD MAP OF SILVER DEPOSITS . REFERENCES....., Brazil . . . Colombia • • • Ecuador . . . . Peru . . . . Guianaand Uruguay . . Venezuela. . . . Europe...both gold and silver. T h u s , in the Kongsberg district the proportion of silver to gold is given a s...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
Report (issue)
deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent... Pyrrhotite appears to be been reported in just a single mine in the East Belt of the Sierra Nevada foothills...86 percent of the districts in Nova Scotia. Chalcopyrite was "very minor" in the Mother Lode (Knopf,...Victoria (Junner, 1921). Hotz (1971) reports that chalcopyrite was uncommon in deposits of this type in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are only available in the Paleoarchean Panorama district where coeval seawater-dominated and magmatic–hydrothermal...appear to have been physically separated. This district, which is characterised by chloritic and sericitic...and atypical deposits from the same district or geological province. Based on the general review and the...and some veins, with VHMS deposits in the same district. Geological relationships In a number of districts...Lyell deposit were similar to magnetite-pyrite±chalcopyrite±apatite assemblages developed in chloritically
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
consists ofthreeprimary zones: a lowermost pyrite-chalcopyrite zone,overlain bya sphalerite-galena + pyritezone...zones arealsopresent: (1)amagnetite-biotite + chalcopyrite zone,(2) a pyrrhotite-pyrite zone,and(3) a tourmaline-quartz...ROSEBERY Heemskirk• ERcULES Granite•+• SOUTH '•HERCULES _420s MOUNT Geology of the Rosebery Deposit...macro-andmicrostructural studies,Aerden a pyrite-chalcopyrite zoneat the stratigraphic base,through (1991)considered...present:(1) a mag- (seebelow). netite-biotiteñ chalcopyrite zone, (2) a pyrrhotite-pyrite Massive pyrrhotite-pyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
studies have been proven to be a useful tool in mine-scale exploration (e.g. d18O as an alteration marker;...composed of quartz + pyrite + chlorite, with minor chalcopyrite and other trace sulphides. Footwall volcanic...IGME 1982). AL Aljustrel; AT Aguas Teñidas (old mine); ATE Aguas Teñidas Este; AZ Aznalcóllar; CF Confesionarios;...pyrite, with variable amounts of sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and galena. Other minor minerals are tetrahedrite–tennantite...tendency towards cataclasis, whereas sphalerite, chalcopyrite and galena show a variety of textures indicative
 
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