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Cassiterite from
Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cylindrite2 photos of Cassiterite associated with Cylindrite at this locality.
Franckeite1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Franckeite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:168987
Long-form Identifier:1:3:168987:7
GUID (UUID V4):65486e41-d6da-4dbd-8af2-7b722249c5bd
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
5.8km (3.6 miles) Trinacria Mine, Callapampa, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
8.5km (5.3 miles) Candelaria Mine, Callapampa, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
11.5km (7.2 miles) Ichocollo Mine (Monserrat Mine), Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
15.7km (9.7 miles) Avicaya Mines (Totoral Mines), Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
16.8km (10.5 miles) Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
16.8km (10.5 miles) Bolivar Mine (Antequera Mine), Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
16.8km (10.5 miles) Antequera Mine (Tihua Mines), Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
17.9km (11.1 miles) Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia
19.3km (12.0 miles) Cerro Pozokoni, Huanuni, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia
27.2km (16.9 miles) Vila Apacheta, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
5.856(16) c = 17.338(5). X-ray Powder Pattern: Bolivia. 3.44 (100), 2.91 (100), 2.86 (100), 2.82 (100)...100.19 100.53 (1) Chocaya, Bolivia. (2) Poopó, Bolivia. (3) San Jose, Bolivia; electron microprobe analysis;...family. Occurrence: In hydrothermal Ag-Sn deposits (Bolivia); in a limestone contact metamorphic deposit (Kalkar...Cylindrite, teallite, plagionite, zinkenite, cassiterite, wurtzite, pyrrhotite, marcasite, arsenopyrite... galena, pyrite, sphalerite, siderite (Bolivia); cassiterite, galena, stannite, teallite, cylindrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to tin’s overwhelmingly dominant ore mineral, cassiterite (covered previously in this column [Cook 1997])...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
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...Colorado 60° 10 B R A S I L 14 PAZ /LAApolo 0 CRUZ 0 San.Jose deChiqultos Robor6 0 SantaAna0 PARAGUAY
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)
at Pingüino. Tin minerals (ferrokësterite and cassiterite) in the Ps1 assemblage are the second carriers...Keywords: indium, sulfides, epithermal, sphalerite, cassiterite, ferrokësterite, greenockite, Deseado Massif...Introduction The Deseado Massif, located in the province of Santa Cruz in southern Argentinian Patagonia, is characterized... 40 km to the northwest of the Cerro Vanguardia mine (Fig. 1a). Pingüino is characterized by the presence...ferrokësterite– kësterite [Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS4] and cassiterite (Plimer et al. 1991, Schwarz-Schampera & Herzig
Book (edition)
Sulfur, native Bismite yes Zincite lamellar Cassiterite pseudohexagonal stellate or reticulate forms... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...(red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach);...(greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL B Same sample
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
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)
Tin-Silver No. 2 Province F. S. TURNEAURE Abstract The tin-silver provinceof Bolivia includesthe Cordillera...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...mineralization betweenthe tin-silverprovinceof Bolivia, the copperprovinceof Chile and the belt of polymetallicores...The tin-silver provinceof the Eastern Andes of Bolivia has only a generalconnotation,as the belt Geology
Journal (issue)
Trebisky and S. B. Keith The Minerals of the Zinc Hill Mine, Inyo County, California..........................Henderson The Mineralogy of the Department of Oruro, Bolivia..............................................c o rc l W \ Beryl. The Hiddenite and Emerald mine, near Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina...made his mark in a tourmaline find at the B.B. #7 mine in north Norway, Maine, and came to fame as the...specimens and gem materials in­ clude the Harvard mine for purple apatite, Plumbago mountain for rose quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits of thisrangeintoa singlemetallogenic province,in spite of the occurrenceof distinct cassiteriteand...veintypes,in whichthereis a transitionfrom the cassiterite to the complexsulphideveins. This differedfrom...districts,but all of them were outsideof the Quimsa Cruz range and the area to the north in which granite...this time saw the principal depositsof the Quimsa Cruz range and some newly developedoccurrenceseast of... In the descriptionof the depositsof the Quimsa Cruz range, it is stated that "the ores are of the normal
Catalog/List
Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl £5 1x2 £10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 239...silvery areas in matrix with Tellurite. (La Bambolla Mine Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico) lxl £10 14 x 54 ins £5...CO/3 0 Quite rich yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
central Andean tin belt in the Eastern Cordillera of Bolivia (Fig. 1). The tin belt extends from southern Peru...Argentina and is the easternmost metallogenic province of the central Andes (Ahlfeld, 1967; Turneaure...Rice, 1997), which makes Llallagua the largest tin mine of the western world. The bulk geochemical tin enrichment...producer of the world and became an important tin mine in the early twentieth century. The cumulated Ag...are two major epochs of tin mineralization in Bolivia. Tin-tungsten mineralization in association with
Journal (issue)
January 1998 ISSN: 1355-4565 Turquoise from Hubei Province, China Qi Lijian, FGA, DGA, Yan Weixuan, FGA,...The turquoise deposit in Yunyang district, Hubei Province, China, is characterized by its large scale, complex...secondary leaching Introduction unyang in Hubei Province, located in the eastern section of the Qinling...Neolithic Age, located in Yongjing County, Gansu Province, China. This indicates a mining history of about...crossed polars, x60. x60. Turquoise from Hubei Province, China 3 3 Table I: Chemical compositions of
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...gysinite-(Nd) and other rare minerals from [the Santa Lucia and Sa Duchessa mines,] Sardinia [Italy] (by...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 SCHEELITE CAMP BIRD MINE, OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO I n keeping with the theme...best known as an ore mineral associated with cassiterite, wolframite, topaz, and fluorite in high-temperature...scheelite specimens have been pro­ duced. The Boriana mine in Mohave County, Arizona, has fur­ nished orange...work in the east section of the famous Camp Bird mine near Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A complete description...in memory of Ronal E. Bentley (1948-1995). Cohen mine in Cochise County. Good specimens containing generally
Catalog/List
- -----· Kai-Kar Quarry, Santa Cruz County, California, CREEDITE Hall Mine,Tonopah.Nyc County,Ncvada...PICKERINGITE JosefMine, Dubnik,Slovakia 761 Bambolla Mine. Moctezuma. Mexico EMMONSITE 104 Creamy coloured...Minas Gcrais I 1022 ■ PYROLUSITE lmini Mine, Quarazatc Province Morocco 157 Good coverage of lustrous...lx2 £12 ----·-··-· -------------------------Jocao Mine, Galilcia, Minas Gerias,Brazil 862 ■■TUNISITE Condorcct...---· ·- ---·Monok Hunga1y Llallagua, Potosi dept Bolivia 151 ■■ HYALITE 416 ■ VAUXITE y Glassy botryoidal-blcby
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the low sulfidation epithermal metallogenetical province of the Deseado Massif, Patagonia, Argentina, represents...associated with Sn-minerals (ferrokesterite and cassiterite). The hydrothermal alteration associated with...the low sulfidation epithermal metallogenetical province of the Deseado Massif (Fig. 1), Pingüino represents...ferrokesterite-kesterite (Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS4) and cassiterite (Plimer et al. 1991; Shwarz-Schampera and Herzig...deposits from Japan (Toyoha, IkunoAkenobe, etc.) and Bolivia (Bolivar, Huari-Huari etc.). This style of mineralization
Thesis/Dissertation
Non-Metallic Mineral Deposits in the La Paz Region, Bolivia Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural...Non-Metallic Mineral Deposits in the La Paz Region, Bolivia Ariana Zeballos Ore Geology Geological, Geochemical...Non-Metallic Mineral Deposits in the La Paz Region, Bolivia Ariana Zeballos Luleå University of Technology...a promising source of economic development in Bolivia where the mining industry’s main focus is on metalliferous...deposits. The industrial mineral resources in Bolivia are of large quantity, even though they remain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
weighs over a hundred pounds and is from the Delta Mine near Hanksville, Utah. You may see it in the center... Among them are meta-autunite from the Daybreak Mine, Washington, a new find at that time; sabugalite...group of pyrargyrite crystals from Colquechaca, Bolivia, as well as a finely crystallized group of stibnite...group of axinite crystals from the Kurochi-Obira Mine of Kyushu, Japan, was also acquired through the...75 carats and 6.10 carats respectively, from Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico, and an excellent kornerupine
Catalog/List
----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban...________ __ _!LU9! .~~~ -E N1 163 GALENA Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthcad. Cumbria Cube-octahedral grey crystals
Catalog/List
pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4...guite rich black masses in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...CO/3 0 Quite rich yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins...MINERAL !I dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7
Catalog/List
cleavage Yakutia.Russia MnS lxl £9 ½x½ £3 IX½ Rawhide Mine. Mohave 255 ALA!\IOSITE Rich white cruslS on matrix...botryoidal with possible New East Wheat Russell mine, ½x½ 501 ALLOPHANE £4 -·-· . . ALSiO £2.SO B~~.~~~~t~...grey masses '1.\ith possible Alstonite Fallowfield mine, Ix½ £4 13 ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 micros. Hexham,Northumberland...Rich orange masses in quartz, under Flu.x Canyon,Santa Cruz lx2£10 ½x½ £2 lxl £4 . K.AI _SO/4 OH ·- - . ...--·· -·Pure grey metallic mass San Jose Mine, Oruro. Bolivia 6x6mm £3 217 A1'DORITE . PbAgSb_S _ ___
Report (issue)
85(0.20)◦ Z = 2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Poopó, Bolivia. 3.85 (100), 2.885 (100), 3.9 (90), 3.06 (65),...33 Total 99.97 100.8 100.15 100.00 (1) Poopó, Bolivia; average of two analyses; corresponds to Pb3.17...jamesonite, boulangerite, cassiterite, galena, pyrite, sphalerite. Distribution: In Bolivia, with fine examples...examples from Poopó, in the Santa Cruz [TL] and Trinacria mines; at the Porvenir and Maria Francisca mines...Colquechaca; and from the Purisima vein, all in Oruro; also from Llallagua, Potosı́. In the Smirnovsk
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magmatic-hydrothermal systems of the Bolivian tin province. The average boron content in melt inclusions...and porphyry deposits of the Andean tin belt of Bolivia and southernmost Peru. Both metal provinces represent...granite/porphyry systems (San Rafael, San JoseÂ/ Oruro, Llallagua, Cerro Rico de Potosi, Chorolque) (Grant...framework of the central Andes The Andean tin belt of Bolivia, SE Peru and northernmost Argentina (Fig. 1), usually...Paleozoic clastic rocks of the Eastern Cordillera of Bolivia, in tourmaline-quartz-sericite and chlorite The
 
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