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Cassiterite from
Carguaicollo Mine, Uyuni Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Plumbojarosite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carguaicollo Mine, Uyuni Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:134163
Long-form Identifier:1:3:134163:8
GUID (UUID V4):34f0e7f1-f70b-4459-bd0c-726571cbfb63
Localities for Cassiterite in this Region
Coroma river placers, Carguaicollo Mine, Uyuni Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Silver veins, Carguaicollo Mine, Uyuni Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
71.3km (44.3 miles) Charito prospect, Tinguipaya Municipality, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
73.9km (45.9 miles) Cerro Tarqui, Yocalla Municipality, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
76.1km (47.3 miles) Galia Itapalluni (Galia Tin Prospect), Cerro Tarqui, Yocalla Municipality, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
78.9km (49.0 miles) Porco, Agua de Castilla, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
89.6km (55.7 miles) El Molino dredge tailings, El Molino, Cerro Huañaquina, Yocalla Municipality, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
91.2km (56.6 miles) Aroifilla alluvials (Aroyfilla placer mine), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
96.7km (60.1 miles) Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
97.3km (60.5 miles) Santa Rita Mine, Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
No. 12: Bolivia ht of Mineral Collecting N 978-0-9790998-5-4 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado...specimen 'being sold with the shrine when he was in Bolivia buying mineral specimens in the 1970s. He took...ophyllite; 5. 2 cm tall Cerro Rico, Potosi, B,atillo province, Potosi Andy Seibel col/action Jejf-SC,m/.plwto...wp11�. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt (ex Marv...640 200 100 600 The Political Divisions of Bolivia (after United Nations Map No. 3875, Peacekeeping
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut......................................in the U.S.A. notesfrom th r EDITORS OLD YUMA MINE Another great mineral locality has now been closed...longfamous Old Yuma mine near Tucson (see R. L. Jones, “Famous mineral localities: the Old Yuma mine,” in vol....period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro...and Mining Company for the sum of $558,000. The mine is now owned outright by the Federal Government
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits of Miocene age in the Eastern Cordillera in Bolivia were studied by ICP/MS and EPMA for major and minor...concentration of trace amounts of indium. Keywords: Bolivia, indium, petrukite, polymetallic, Potosi, sphalerite...Oruro Sn-polymetallic ore belt Arica BOLIVIA Potosi CHILE Lake Uyuni Border Cities Atocha Lakes Tertiary...terrains of Japan (Ishihara et al., 2006) and Bolivia (Ishihara & Murakami, 2008a). The total indium...(Sinclair et al., 2006). Tin-polymetallic deposits in Bolivia (Fig. 1) appear to be one of the major source regions
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cycle .............. The Tertiary petrographic province ............................. The Tertiary me...excellentwork of Myron Davy (I92O), the Bolivian Tin Province has beenthe object of much detailedresearch. Its...a short summary of the present knowledgeof the province. Many questionshave not yet been solved;geologicaland...provenearly Tertiary2 ageare knownin this part of Bolivia. The batholith of apliticgranitewhichI foundin...canism in themiddle andsouthern partsof thetin province pro• Theageof theyoungmagmatie rocksof Peru,especially
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Additional Sn-bearing corrosion products are SnO2 (cassiterite) and two unidentified phases. Residual aggregates...S. Virgin Islands [natural]; typically with cassiterite, cerussite and several lead and tin oxides, hydroxides...anthropogenic evidence was noted. 䡲 María Teresa mine, Huari, Oruro, Bolivia [natural]; replaces herzenbergite, SnS...in his description of teallite at Carguaicollo (Carguaycollo), Bolivia (vol. 1, p. 672). We caution that...that Ramdohr did not mention Carguaicollo as a locality for herzenbergite in his description of that mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Ag-Sn Formation located within Argentina and Bolivia have been investigated mineralogically and geologically...Argentina, respectively. The Geological Survey of Bolivia contributed through help with the logistics. The...the wide-spread occurrence of tin minerals (cassiterite, stannite, kësterite, ferrokësterite, hocartite-pirquitasite)...related to the presence of indium-rich sphalerite, cassiterite, petrukite and sakuraiite. The polymetallic deposits...gold- and silverbearing tellurides. The selenium province at La Rioja is the largest one on earth. The prominent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGISTS VEINS OF F. M. ORURO 1948 No. 6 BOLIVIA. CHACE. PART II. CONTENTS--PART II. PAGE ...quartz latite porphyry can be found in the San Jos• mine even far from veins without disseminated pyrite...and matrix alike. . TIN-SILVER VEINS OF ORURO,BOLIVIA. 437 The pyroxeneand amphibolehave nearly disappeared...rocksadjacentto the Oruro veins,particularlyin the Itos mine. Ahlfeld described some of the rock on the lower...Federieo, Los yacimientos minerales de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia, January 1941. 88 Campbell, Donald F.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metallogenetic Epochs and Provinces of Bolivia The Tin-Province (Part I) The Metallogenetic Provinces...the Altiplano (Part II) F. A~LFELD Cochabamba, Bolivia Partf. An attempt is made to solve the relationships...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
resultsof my investigations. Thecrystalformof cassiterite varieswiththeconditions under whichit is deposited...deposited.I candistinguish the followingtypesin Bolivia: Pegma. titic Form: Mostly simple.ditetragonalpyramids...zonalgrowths; butalsotwinsaftertheZifinwald law (Fabulosa Mine). PneumatolyticForm: Zinnwald twins predominant...crystalsapproach the needletin type. Most of the cassiterite hasbeendeposited in colloidalstateand frequently... DISCUSSION AND COMMUNICATIONS. 547 gene cassiterite,specimensof undoubtedsupergeneorigin were examined
Report (issue)
090(2) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Montserrat, Bolivia. 2.84 (100), 3.41 (60), 1.419 (50), 3.27 (40),...16.44 Total [99.72] 100.00 (1) Santa Rosa mine, Bolivia; recalculated after deduction of Zn 1.08% as...be an important ore mineral. Association: Cassiterite, stannite, franckeite, cylindrite, galena, sphalerite...Montserrat, and the Porvenir mine, Huanuni, Oruro; Mount Cerillos, near Carguaicollo, in the Cordillera de los...Potosı́; the Lipey Huaico mine, Ocuri; the San Alfredo mine, Colquiri; and the Aliada mine, Colquechaca. In the
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Universitesi] at 20:13 05 January 2015 Pseudomorphs from Bolivia JAROSLAV HYRSL Heverova 222 CZ-28000 Kolin Czech...Republic ALFRED PETROV casilla1728 Cochabamba Bolivia Figure 1. Map showing deposits discussed in the...the more unusual members of the mineral kingdom. Bolivia is a country well known to collectors as the only...tungsten mines in the altiplano and eastern Andes of Bolivia. Pseudomorphs of native copper, cuprite, chalcocite...Cochabamba, Bolivia. Both authors are also part-time dealers specializing in minerals from Bolivia. 410 ROCKS
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR BOLIVIA by Keith R. Long1 , Jane S. Ciener2 , Fernando...U.S. Embassy, La Paz, Bolivia. 4 Servicio Geologico de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia INTRODUCTION This bibliography...references useful for a mineral resource assessment of Bolivia. In its present form it is a nearly exhaustive...resources, economic geology and areal geology of Bolivia. References pertaining to mineralogy, geochemistry...(Federico), 1950, Nuevas publicaciones geologicas sobre Bolivia: Mineria Boliviana, v. 7, n. 53, p. 7-8. Earth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL BOLIVIA. F.S. PART II TURNEAURE PART II PAGE Descriptionof...crustsof quartz, followed by bismuthiniteand cassiterite;many high-gradeveins are composed almostentirely...whichthe two minerals MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL BOLIVIA. II 577 were in direct contact. Age relationshipsare...as follows: ad--andorite aln--alunite cs--cassiterite dk--dickite me--marcasite mt--matildite ap--apatite...products,occur locally as earlyvein minerals. Cassiterite was deposited next. It replacesthe wall rock
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
70, 1975, pp. 913-927 PorphyryTin Depositsin Bolivia R. H. SILLITOE,C. HALLS, AND J. N. GRANT Abstract...central and southern parts of the Bolivian tin province has been derived largely from lode systemsassociatedwith...stockwork, disseminated, and breccia-filling cassiterite mineralization. The depositsare designatedas...recognizable at Chorolque and Llallagua. The cassiterite is present as part of sericitic and quartz-t...dikes that intrude the Paleozoic-to- The tin province Tertiarysuccession are considered late Tertiary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Tin and TungstenDepositsof the EasternAndes,Bolivia WM. C. KELLY AND F. S. TUR•E^URE Abstract Nu... were applied to ores of the Eastern Andes of Bolivia in order to evaluatetemperatureas one factor in...indicatedby the fluid inclusionsin quartz and cassiterite. This boiling upgraded salt contents of the early...boiling favored precipitation of quartz and cassiterite and may explain the restricted vertical distribution...individual tin and tungsten depositsthroughout Bolivia. The depositscould differ in age, but there is
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 (article/letter/editorial)
depositsstudiedwere: Sanford Lake, New York; Gap Mine, Lancaster, Pa.; Iron Mountain, Wyo.; Iron Mountain...ed by the limehire. Gersdorffite, niccolite,cassiterite,molybdenite,etc., are mentionedin the literature...compilingthe actual sequenceof thisgroupwere: Etta Mine and IngersollMine, South Dakota;Auburn,Paris,andTopsham...thisclassfollows. Early Oxides Wolframite Cassiterite Magnetite Hematite Ilmenite Sulphides L611ingite...Middletown,Connecticut. Hand specimens from the Etta Mine indicatethat it is an early mineral, probablythe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
have so far only been recognized from Carguaicollo in Bolivia. 'Zinnkies? I I I ' is said to be hexagonal...1. No. 2. No. 12138 12078 ~ ~San Jose, Oruro, Bolivia. 3. 4. 5. 6. No. No. No. No. 1.97 0.86 0-13 1-00...4.04 0-99 7. No. 8. No. 12107 Animas, Ayocha, Bolivia. 9. No. 12079 Wheal Agar, Cornwall. 10. No. 12102~...:K~sterite 12074 Uncia, Potosi, Bolivia. 12077 12077 ~Vila Apaeheta, Bolivia. 12124) F r o m this investigation...in a sample (No. 12077) f r o m Vila Apacheta, Bolivia and in one (No. 12131) from Cholquijirca, Peru
Report (issue)
........................................... I15 Mine Waste Characteristics........................................................................ I19 Mine Closure...........................................indium-bearing tin-polymetallic ore deposits in Bolivia............................ I12 Graph showing worldwide...Abbreviations and Symbols °C degree Celsius AMD acid mine drainage CIGS copper-indium-gallium-diselenide...Yunnan Province, China, and the VMS deposits of the Murchison greenstone belt in Limpopo Province, South
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ikuno, and Tada mines in westernJapan and the Ashio mine in easternJapan belongto the class. The fissurescontainingvein...vein materials at the Akenobe mine are as follows: Ore minerals: cassiterite, wolframite, scheelite,ma...the Ikuno, Tada, and Ash.io mines. At the Ikuno mine, the distribution of the vein materials shows a...At the Akenobe mine similar zoning is recognized. It is inferred that at the Akenobe mine the mineralizing...have flowed into the tension cracks. At the Tada mine native silver and stromeyerite are characteristicallyrecognizedin
Report (volume)
Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia By U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY and SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA With a section on...Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia I by U.S. Geological Survey and Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia; with a section...mineral resources-Bolivia-Cordillera Occidental. 3. Geology-Altiplano. 4. Geology-Bolivia-Cordillera Occidental...Geological Survey (U.S.) II. Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia. Ill. Series. QE75.B9 no. 1975 [TN39.A4] 557.3s--dc20...cooperation between the Servicio Geologico de Bolivia and the U.S. Geological Survey. The geologic research
Book
.................. .42 3.1.6 Pirquitas, Jujuy Province, Argentina ..................................... 58 3.2.7 Maranda J, Murchison belt, Northern Province, South Africa ........... 59 VIII Table of...4.12 Carguaicollu, Oruro, Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia ............................ 89 3.4.13 Bolivar...Occidental, Bolivia ............ 89 3.4.14 Huari-Huari, Potosi, Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia ............Occidental, Bolivia ......... 91 3.4.16 San Vicente, Uyuni, Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia ...........
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ashio, Akenobe), China (Dulong, Dachang), and Bolivia (Potosi, Huari Huari, Bolivar, Porco) (Murakami...(Schwarz-Schampera and Herzig, 2002). The Malku Khota (Bolivia, South America) Ag–Ga–In Project located 200 km...total indium reserves at tin–sulfide deposits in Bolivia (San Lorenzo, Bolivar, GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS...veinlets (stannite–cassiterite–quartz, GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS Vol. 59 No. 1 2017 cassiterite–quartz with...and porphyry granite (Popova et al., 2013). Cassiterite (SnO2), wolframite ((Fe,Mn)WO4), and stannite
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ificad a m in e, C e rro R ico d e P o to si, Bolivia. R esearch C h a rita b le T ru s t sp e c im e...gratifying. One young mineralogist, a former student of mine, said that although he had never met Mike, he had... famous mineral localities: Cerro ;8.ico de £ofosi Bolivia ^ --------------------- Wendell E. Wilson 4631...85750 Alfredo Petrov Casilla 1728 Cochabamba, Bolivia Cerro Rico ( “Rich M ou n tain ”) de Potosi is...(1519-1521) and Pizarro conquered Peru and what is now Bolivia (1531-1535). Tons of silver began to pour from
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Calaveras County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$1,400 Crystal Mine, Angels Camp, Calif. GOLD—1.4 oz. mass, large crystals...dera County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$2,750 Crystal Mine, Angels Camp, Calif. KRISTALLE Wayne and Dona.............. 28 by Peter B. Leavens The Bluebell Mine, Riondel, British Columbia, Canada................Truebe Morphology and Occurrence of Bolivian Cassiterite................................................since then there has been no production. The major mine in the district, the Jumbo, produced 5000 tons of
 
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