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Cassiterite from
Pirquitas Mine, Mina Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Suredaite1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Suredaite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pirquitas Mine, Mina Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:723058
Long-form Identifier:1:3:723058:5
GUID (UUID V4):aecff2a8-76d2-4597-b9bf-6be07968302c
Localities for Cassiterite in this Region
Cortaderas Zone, Pirquitas Mine, Mina Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
Oploca Vein System, San Miguel Open pit, Pirquitas Mine, Mina Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
Veta Norte vein, Pirquitas Mine, Mina Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘOploca Vein System, San Miguel Open pit, Pirquitas Mine, Mina Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘVeta Norte vein, Pirquitas Mine, Mina Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘCortaderas Zone, Pirquitas Mine, Mina Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘQuebrada de Puca, Cusi Cusi, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘCerro Salle prospect, Cusi Cusi, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
50.5km (31.4 miles) ⓘPan de Azucar Mine, Rinconada, Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
63.6km (39.5 miles) ⓘNevados de Poquis (Nevados de Pocuis) alluvial streams, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
93.9km (58.3 miles) ⓘMorokho mine (Himalaya mine; Veta Rica), Cerro Morokho (Cerro Moruco), Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits of the Ag-Sn Formation located within Argentina and Bolivia have been investigated mineralogically...the National Research Councils of Austria and Argentina, respectively. The Geological Survey of Bolivia...be distinguished. Starting with Argentina, the deposits of Pirquitas and El Quevar (Ag-Sn) as well as...at Pirquitas (Ag-Sn-Zn-Pb) is dictated by the wide-spread occurrence of tin minerals (cassiterite, stannite...related to the presence of indium-rich sphalerite, cassiterite, petrukite and sakuraiite. The polymetallic deposits
Report (issue)
10.829(6) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Pirquitas deposit, Argentina. 3.267 (100), 1.976 (80), 1.735 (80)...24.29 Total 100.03 99.6 100.00 (1) Pirquitas deposit, Argentina; by electron microprobe, corresponding...classic Bolivian tin and silver deposits (Pirquitas deposit, Argentina). Association: Hocartite, pyrite, marcasite...rhodostannite, cassiterite (Pirquitas deposit, Argentina). Distribution: From the Pirquitas deposit, Rinconada...Rinconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina [TL]. At the Toyoha mine, Hokkaido, Japan. Name: For the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sn-Ag-(Zn) vein-type mineralization at the Pirquitas deposit, NW Argentina: Fluid inclusion and noble gas isotopic...Bolivian tin belt Pirquitas Epithermal Ag-Sn deposits Fluid inclusions Noble gas The Pirquitas Sn-Ag-(Zn) deposit...deposit in northwestern Argentina is thought to be an analogue to the Miocene polymetallic epithermal...origin and evolution of ore-forming ïŹ‚uids at Pirquitas. This paper reports on a microthermometric study...mineralization event II deposited the richest Ag ores at Pirquitas. Colloform sphalerite and pyrargyrite deposited
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a new mineral species, from the Pirquitas Ag-Sn deposit, NW-Argentina: mineralogy and crystal structure...Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria 4 Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, London...of Buenos Aires, Paso 258-9A, 1640 Martinez, Argentina 6 Bayerisches Geoinstitut, UniversitÀt Bayreuth...mineral species from the Pirquitas Ag-Sn deposit (Province Jujuy, NW-Argentina). It was observed in symmetrically...sphalerite, arsenopyrite, pyrite-marcasite, cassiterite, cylindrite, franckeite, hocartite, rhodostannite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EPITHERMAL Ag-Zn-Pb-Sn-RICH CORTADERAS ZONE, PIRQUITAS MINE, ARGENTINA EVAN T. SLATER§, ANDREW M. MCDONALD, ...Ag-Zn-Sn-rich Cortaderas Zone (CZ) at the Pirquitas mine, Jujuy, Argentina, were studied using optical petrographic...hosting signiïŹcant base-metal mineralization. The Pirquitas mine, which is known to host signiïŹcant Ag-Zn-Sn-Pb...Ag-Zn-Sn-Pb § mineralization, is located in Jujuy, Argentina, and is considered to represent the southernmost...geology and mineralization that occur at the Pirquitas Corresponding author e-mail address: esslater@gmail
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
franckeite-type new mineral species from Jujuy Province, NW Argentina W. H. PAAR1,*, Y. MOËLO2, N. N. MOZGOVA3...PUTZ1, R. J. SUREDA8 AND M. K. DE BRODTKORB9 1 Department of Materials Engineering and Physics (Division...Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Salta, 4400 Salta, Argentina 9 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientı́ficas...de Buenos Aires, Paso 258-9Âș, 1640 Martinez, Argentina [Received 11 August 2008; Accepted 13 January...large Ag-Sn-Zn polymetallic Pirquitas deposit, Jujuy Province, NW-Argentina. The new mineral species is
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Pirquitas Ag-Sn deposit, Province Jujuy, northwestern Argentina. 4.128 (100), 1.9335...23.14 100.11 (1) Pirquitas Ag-Sn deposit, Province Jujuy, northwestern Argentina; average electron microprobe...Sphalerite, arsenopyrite, pyrite-marcasite, cassiterite, cylindrite, franckeite, hocartite, rhodostannite...From the Pirquitas Ag-Sn deposit, 135 km west of Abra Pampa, Province Jujuy, northwestern Argentina. Name:...head of the Department of Mineralogy and Economic Geology, University of Salta, Argentina. Type Material:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metallogenetic Epochs and Provinces of Bolivia The Tin-Province (Part I) The Metallogenetic Provinces of the Altiplano...formation of ore deposits using the Bolivian tin-province as an example. In the eastern Cordillera we are...tin-silver mineralization is discussed. Within the tin-province three metallogenic epochs are recognized, with...down-faulted and consequently preserved. The polymetallic province of the Altiplano contains subvolcanic ore deposits...activity. Transitions to the deposits of the tin-province exist in the north (Laurani and La Joya) and in
Report (issue)
Zn0.32 )ÎŁ=0.99 Sn1.04 S4.00 . (2) Himmelsfürst mine, Germany; by electron microprobe, corresponding...typically in hydrothrmal tin-bearing Association: Cassiterite, cylindrite, franckeite, suredaite, stannite...and Chocaya. In the Pirquitas deposit, Riconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina. At Fournial, Cantal...Cantal, France [TL]. From the Himmelsfürst mine, Erbisdorf, near Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. In the Chat-Karagai...Huangshaping Pb–Zn deposit, Giuyang, Hunan Province, China. From the Toyoha mine, Hokkaido, Japan. In the USA, at
Report (issue)
polybasite, freibergite, stannite, stannoidite, cassiterite, arsenopyrite, jordanite, marcasite, pyrrhotite...Guadaloupe mine, Chocaya, Potosı́. From the Pirquitas deposit, Riconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina...of Revelstoke, British Columbia. At the Campbell mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, and the Leadville...district, Lake Co., Colorado, USA. In the Himmelsfürst mine, Erbisdorf, near Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. From...and the Ashio mine, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. At Shuiji, Jianyang Co., Fujian Province, China. From the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Esperanza and Restauradora veins, Capillitas mine, Argentina María Florencia MÁRQUEZ-ZAVALÍA1,2*, Anna VYMAZALOVÁ3...s/n, Parque San Martin, CC330, (5500) Mendoza, Argentina; mzavalia@mendoza-conicet.gov.ar Mineralogía y...Cuyo, Centro Universitario (5502) Mendoza, Argentina Department of Rock Geochemistry, Czech Geological Survey...Capillitas mine, an epithermal precious- and base-metal vein deposit located in northern Argentina. Capillitas...epithermal, Farallón Negro Volcanic Complex, Argentina Received: 20 January 2020; accepted: 3 May 2020;
Report (issue)
Cylindrite, teallite, plagionite, zinkenite, cassiterite, wurtzite, pyrrhotite, marcasite, arsenopyrite...galena, pyrite, sphalerite, siderite (Bolivia); cassiterite, galena, stannite, teallite, cylindrite (Russia)...Rico, PotosĂ­. At the Pirquitas mine, Jujuy Province, Argentina. In the Thompson mine, Darwin district, Inyo...tin mine, Oita Prefecture, Japan. At the Renison Bell mine, Tasmania, and the Wallah Wallah mine, Rye
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MARCH-APRIL, 1971 The Bolivian Tin-Silver No. 2 Province F. S. TURNEAURE Abstract The tin-silver provinceof...tungstenores show four stagesof vein growth: quartz-cassiterite (-wolframite),base-metal sulfides,alterationof...the salineore fluid took placeduringthe quartz-cassiterite stage. The ore depositsof the provinceare believedto...shownin Figure ‱ ‱ARGENTINA 2. Akhoughthe deepfaultsprobablyinfluencedthe F' ‱Pirquitas paleogeography of...determinations of interbeddedvol- THE BOLIVIAN TIN-SILVER PROVINCE ‱ .‱, 660 (j‱.L__ok_ .e‱ ,. 'Tiffcoco.‱:'L‱
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Environmental Impact of Mine Exploitation: An Early Predictive Methodology Based on...minerals can generate contaminated waters as acid mine drainage (AMD) and contaminated neutral drainage...geotechnics, metallurgy or environment department, at different stages in the mine development process. Moreover...of the mine life cycle and environmental problems could occur during production or once the mine has come...detection of the problems at the beginning of the mine development phase, improving waste management and
Report (issue)
United States of America 1990 930-J U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MANUEL LUJAN, Jr., Secretary...Geology and Geophysics; W. David Sinclair, Canadian Department of Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR), Geological...Survey of Canada; and Ian Crocker, South African Department of Mineral and Energy Mfairs, Geological Survey...- - - - - - - - 16 9. Proportions of total world mine production of tin accounted for by countries having...Countries having greater than 2,000 metric tons of tin mine production in any one of the selected years 1940-8
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dr. Jacques Lepersonne, honorary head of the Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Musde royal de I'Afrique...rhodostannite and cassiterite in the Pirquitas deposit, Jujuy province, Rinconada department, Argentina' The name...yellow needles.It is optically (Mn2*) from the Ochiai Mine, YamanashiPrefecture,Japan. biaxial,negative,ns...quartz, johannsenite and rhodochrositeat the Ochiai Mine, about 3.5 km west of Barazawa, Kohsai-cho, Nakakoma-gun
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(AIST) and 2CCT Mendoza-CONICET, IANIGLA, Mendoza, Argentina Abstract Tin-polymetallic base metal deposits...for Animas deposit, and 1,160 ppm and 3.7 for Pirquitas deposit. Those of zinc concentrates are as follows:...strata Tertiary granitoids Mesozoic granitoids ARGENTINA Fig. 1 Locality of the Bolivian tin-polymetallic...indium-bearing sphalerites (up to 2.0% In), stannite, cassiterite, franckeite, cylindrite and incaite, besides...deposit mines. The recently opened San Cristobal mine is outstanding in size, containing 3.2 million tons
Book
SCHWARZ-SCHAMPERA PROFESSOR DR. PETER M. HERZIG Department of Economic Geology and Leibniz Laboratory for...Sincere thanks are due to our colleagues at the Department of Economic Geology for providing support, ideas........................ .42 3.1.6 Pirquitas, Jujuy Province, Argentina .................................. 58 3.2.7 Maranda J, Murchison belt, Northern Province, South Africa ........... 59 VIII Table of.................. 100 3.5.3 Kirki (St. Phillippe) Mine, Thrace, Greece ...............................
Report (issue)
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Preliminary Grade and Volume Model of Alluvial...(Climax, Colorado), and silver production (San Antonio mine, Mexico). More than one-sixth of the tin consumed...Geology Sn placers develop because Sn, commonly cassiterite, is resistant to weathering, and has a high specific...develop when cassiterite-rich bedrocks are chemically weathered with little transport. Cassiterite, along with...stream bottom gravel as alluvial placers. Some cassiterite can be trapped in bedrock including natural riffles
Report (issue)
Future Supply Professional Paper 1802–S U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Periodic...gov/images/periodictable.pdf. Cover. Left, cassiterite crystals. Photograph copyright © Dakota Matrix...Minerals; used with permission. Right, wood tin cassiterite. Photograph copyright © R. Weller, Cochise College;...Paper 1802–S U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior RYAN.............................................. S16 Mine Waste Characteristics..........................
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...recovered from the dumps of this small mine. Local collectors reworked the mine dumps many times in search of...about 325 meters southwest of the Bishop manganese mine. The locality was early on referred to as a “copper...spatially distinct from the nearby Bishop manganese mine. The dumps do not contain significant manganese
Journal (issue)
district and was found on the dump of the Pomeroy Mine. The Pomeroy is located at the northern end of the...11 W. (this location is labeled as the Del Monte Mine on the Bannack topographic map). From the descriptions...Shenon (1931 ), the mine labeled as the Del Monte is actually the Pomeroy Mine. The mine was discovered in...‱‱ .. Fig. 1 Calcian duftite from the Pomeroy Mine, Excalibur Minerals SEM image. Hydraulic Rock Trimmeir...of the publisher. 3 barite plates, from Julcani Mine. Huancavelica Departm~nt; also groups of small,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
meters (22,835 feet), marks the boundary between Argentina and Chile. Incredibly deep valleys and impassable...characterized by a complex mineralogy dominated by cassiterite and a wide variety of silver, copper, lead, zinc...photo. Figure 11. Orpiment, 4.8 cm high, Huallapon mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash, Peru. Gene Meieran specimen...the silver industry. Old mines were rediscovered, mine tailings could be reworked, and ore was found everywhere...75 percent of the world’s market. The most famous mine of the Bolivian tin era was the Siglo XX at Llallagua
Report (volume)
PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1969 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WALTER J. HICKEL, Secretary ...__________________________________________ _ Argentina---------------------------------------------------Brazil...present shorelines. Most tin is smelted from cassiterite ( Sn02) contained in placer concentrates, and...concentrates that contain a high proportion of tin in cassiterite, many other valu:tble metals are recovered during...generally associated with granitic rocks and contain cassiterite (Sn0 2 ) as well as other uncommon, valuable
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Le Voyer, Celia Dalou, and Max Döbeli 616–626 Cassiterite crystallization experiments in alkali carbonate...Tappehsorkh Zn-Pb (± Ag-Ba) deposit, South Esfahan, Iran— Mina Boveiri Konari, Ebrahim Rastad, Jan M. Peter, Flavien...deposits from the Andean frontal cordillera of Argentina—MarĂ­a Gabriela Torres, Nora Rubinstein, Gregory...world’s largest Fouta Djallon—Mandingo bauxite province (West Africa): Part I. Background—V.I. Mamedov...Pb-Ag (Zn) deposit, Malayer-Esfahan metallogenic province, western Iran—Mohammad Maanijou, Ebrahim Tale
 
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