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Cassiterite from
Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Crandallite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz92 photos of Cassiterite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Monazite-(Ce)51 photos of Cassiterite associated with Monazite-(Ce) at this locality.
Wavellite22 photos of Cassiterite associated with Wavellite at this locality.
Pyrite9 photos of Cassiterite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Ferberite6 photos of Cassiterite associated with Ferberite at this locality.
Fluorapatite5 photos of Cassiterite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Vauxite4 photos of Cassiterite associated with Vauxite at this locality.
Greenockite4 photos of Cassiterite associated with Greenockite at this locality.
Siderite4 photos of Cassiterite associated with Siderite at this locality.
Monazite1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Monazite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (15 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:42755
Long-form Identifier:1:3:42755:3
GUID (UUID V4):f522674b-cbc8-4cb7-9161-7cd60bd68928
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
3.1km (1.9 miles) Dolores Atrás adit, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia
8.8km (5.5 miles) Vilacota mine, Uncía, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia
13.7km (8.5 miles) Vila Apacheta, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia
14.9km (9.2 miles) Cruz de Saya mine, Chayanta, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia
25.9km (16.1 miles) Antequera Mine (Tihua Mines), Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
27.0km (16.8 miles) Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
27.2km (16.9 miles) Bolivar Mine (Antequera Mine), Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
29.2km (18.1 miles) Ichocollo Mine (Monserrat Mine), Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
29.5km (18.3 miles) Cerro Pozokoni, Huanuni, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia
29.7km (18.4 miles) Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
paravauxite from the Siglo Veinte Mine, 2+ Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia [Fe(Fe2+ 0...worldwide (e.g. Siglo Veinte Mine, Bolivia; Foote mine, North Carolina; Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire;...Germany; Bendada pegmatite, Portugal; Leveäniemi mine, Sweden). It is associated commonly with vauxite...occur at the Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality...characterization of a paravauxite from the Siglo Veinte Mine, Bolivia, is carried out. This present paper contributes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia O ne of...Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. The main...dolomite, fluorapatite, pyrite, fluorite, barite, cassiterite, and ferberite (Phillips and Griffen 1981). The...& MINERALS Figure 2. Siderite with quartz, from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The...Very fine examples of siderite were collected from Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, where large cleavage
Journal (issue)
Llallagua ineralogical Record March-April 2006 ❖ Volume 37 Number 2 ❖ $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875...Two Articles Famous mineral localities: Llallagua, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...spray, perhaps the finest known, 2 cm, from Llallagua, Bolivia. Mark Chance Bandy collection; current owner...practical experience at the Gottesehre (“God’s Honor”) mine, a small fluorite mining operation in Urberg, near...E-Mail: stuwil@aol.com Rhodochrosite, Uchucchaqua mine, Lima Dept. Peru 2 inches. Wilensky photo. Clara
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...Plldi.wp11�. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt (ex...640 200 100 600 The Political Divisions of Bolivia (after United Nations Map No. 3875, Peacekeeping
Journal (issue)
Siberian platform.” MinDat listed the Goldstrike Mine in Eureka County, Nevada, as producing native cadmium...that refine these ores as opposed to countries that mine the ore! In some cases, these countries are the...the Bolivia mines so I am sticking with greenockite. My specimen came from the tin (cassiterite) mines...specifically the Siglo XX Mine (Siglo Veinte Mine), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosi Department...Department, Bolivia. An interesting tidbit or two about toxic cadmium: cigarette smoke contains cadmium as
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)
monazite: An example from the Llallagua tin-porphyry deposit, Bolivia U. Kempe a,*, B. Lehmann b, D....40–103 ppm U) from the world-class Llallagua tin porphyry deposit in Bolivia defines a mineralization age of...study on Th-poor hydrothermal monazite from Llallagua, Bolivia Significant difficulties may occur when applying...the major tin mineralization centres in central Bolivia have rhyodacitic to dacitic composition and display...hydrothermal monazite from mineralised breccia at Llallagua which is the largest tin deposit known in this
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Fine Minerals selection, barite from the Meikle Mine complex from the Great Basin Minerals selection...Australia, tel., 03-9314-9612) had several spessartine Mine ral News 2 crystals from Broken Hill, New South...had a good selection of the most incredible Acif Mine. Mibladen. Morocco vanadinites. These were all the...listed as: San Pedro Mine, Santa Fe Co ., New Mex ico . Ray DeMark Japan and Bolivia The 24 localities...Japan include considerable duplicati o n. The Kiura Mine is in the far S.E. corner of Oita, but c lose to
Book
consequences for the environment and for labor, as mine operators and refiners resorted to extreme forms...secure workers. The author uses Potosí, in the mountains of present-day Bolivia, as a case study. The richest...richest single colonial-era silver mine, Potosí experienced a secondgeneration boom as a rich source of tin...978-0-8263-5107-4 (electronic) 1. Silver mines and mining—BoliviaPotosí—History. 2. Mines and mineral resources—Latin...Lure of Gold, the Wealth of Silver 1 Chapter 2 Potosí and Colonial Latin American Mining 15 Chapter
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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
Catalog/List
directly from the miners at the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee, when the mine was actively producing twenty years...Auction 3 52001 HEMATITE Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy If there was ever a specimen that...SZENICSITE with POWELLITE Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile Terry Szenics...mineral came from one pocket in the Jardinera No. 1 Mine. That find was roughly one cubic meter in volume...MANGANOCALCITE Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru It is difficult to believe
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Report (issue)
elbaite crystals with lepidolite from the Golconda Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil by Eberhard Equit, 1993...circa 1910 view of the old mine portal on the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA....An 11 cm tall elbaite group from the Pederneira Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The bottom of the group...Graeber Right: this dravite from the Mikhaylovskoye Mine in the Transbaikal Region of Russia is 4.5 cm tall...[Fe}+Al] Al6 Si6O 1 s (BO3 ) 3 (OH)3 (OH) Cruzeiro Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil; Dobra Voda in western Moravia
Book (volume)
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Catalog/List
museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...Auction 2 53001 CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority...Caledonite and a dash of azure blue Linarite. The mine is now collapsed and only a memory for the lucky... 53002 CHALCOCITE Lucky Friday Pocket, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA This is one
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Great's spinel Chrysoberyl Hematite Taaffeite Cassiterite Cuprite Maharaja’s Patiala necklace Indian jewels...the Superpit is Australia’s largest open pit gold mine and is one of the largest open pit mines in the...Green Dresden Green | Probably from the Kollur Mine in India, this 41-carat natural green diamond is...Discovered in an fewer than 0.5 parts per million Indian mine in the 18th century, (ppm), but areas of the Hope...“balas rubies,” taking their name from a famous mine in present-day Afghanistan. Russian envoy Nikolai
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Book (edition)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3.1 Cassiterite SnO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....minerals, Mn minerals, scheelite, powellite, cassiterite and chlorargyrite. Much more often luminescent...877.6 2 1000 1050 1100 Exc. 785 nm Hunan Province 3+ Nd -I 885.8 850.5 Intensity (a.u.) c...Intensity (a.u.) 600 800 893 881 550 c 10 Amparo mine, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico 903 3+ Nd 10 919 918...λex=780 nm 6 Intensity (a.u.) λex=532 nm Eagle mine, Gillman, Colorado, USA 15 Black Rock, Lawrence
 
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