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Cassiterite from
Milluni mine, Los Andes Province, La Paz, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz13 photos of Cassiterite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Stannite12 photos of Cassiterite associated with Stannite at this locality.
Pyrite5 photos of Cassiterite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Silver-bearing Tetrahedrite4 photos of Cassiterite associated with Silver-bearing Tetrahedrite at this locality.
Arsenopyrite4 photos of Cassiterite associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Milluni mine, Los Andes Province, La Paz, Bolivia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:898004
Long-form Identifier:1:3:898004:5
GUID (UUID V4):95f21fd0-1eae-4305-9bae-785b1290325a
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Fabulosa Mine, Larecaja Province, La Paz, Bolivia
4.0km (2.5 miles) Mt Chacaltaya, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia
5.5km (3.4 miles) Carmen Mine, Pucarani, Los Andes Province, La Paz, Bolivia
6.8km (4.3 miles) Kala Uya mine, Mt Chacaltaya, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia
8.7km (5.4 miles) Kellhuani mine, La Paz, Bolivia
9.4km (5.8 miles) Victoria mine, Mt Chacaltaya, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia
33.3km (20.7 miles) Andina Mine, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia
39.0km (24.3 miles) Liliana Mine, Yanacachi District, Sud Yungas Province, La Paz, Bolivia
41.3km (25.6 miles) Chojlla Mine, Yanacachi District, Sud Yungas Province, La Paz, Bolivia
47.4km (29.5 miles) Enramada Mine, Yanacachi District, Sud Yungas Province, La Paz, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
S. TURNEAURE OF GEOLOGISTS AND No. 7 ANDES OF BOLIVIA. REAL. K. K. WELKER. CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction...more recent years, the Eastern Andean range of Bolivia includesore depositsin great variety. It is of...granitic intrusives. This well-definedmetallogenetic province,characterized primarily by tin and tungsten,affordsan...Turneaure, F. S.: The tin depbsits of Llallagua, Bolivia, Ecoa. GEo,,., vol. 30, pp. 14-60, 170-190, 1935...Gibson,Russell: Tin depositsof Ca•'guaicollo. Bolivia, Am. Journ. Sci., vol. 243A (Daly Volume), pp.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Formation of the strata-bound Kellhuani tin deposits, Bolivia* B. Lehmann Mission g&ologiqueallemande, B.P. 480... Stoll 1976, Routhier 1980). The Bolivian tin province has been made a model for this concept. It has...Paleozoic chain of the Bolivian segment of the eastern Andes, thereby producing the ultimate tin source for the...in Lower Paleozoic quartzitic rocks of northern Bolivia have been interpreted as paleoplacers (Fleischer...situated about 20 km north of La Paz in the Cordillera Real of northwestern Bolivia (Fig. 1). The Cordillera
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... 3 U.S. Embassy, La Paz, Bolivia. 4 Servicio Geologico de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia INTRODUCTION This...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...areas of the eastern foothills of the Bolivian Andes. These have not been included. The references included
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...of isotopic ogy and ore depositsof the Bolivian Andes. These (K/Ar) age determinationsof intrusive bodiesin
Journal (issue)
o n .) ^ |P h o to by Ha^ld and Erica Van Pelt, Los Angl Note: Please call ahead for our travel schedule...Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino Royal Ontario Museum...A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Harold and Erica Van Pelt Los Angeles, CA in e r a l o g ic a l R ecord November-December...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
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...(presumably without the shrine) to a European in La Paz, Bolivui. Rolf Wein bought the specimen on July...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE TIN DEPOSITS OF CHACALTAYA, WALDEMAR No. 3 BOLIVIA. LINDGREN. Introduction.mThus far fluorite has...has not been recorded from the cassiterite veinsof Bolivia. The accounthere givendescribes a districtin...beengraduallyaccumulatingthat at leastoneof thetypesof the cassiterite veinsof Boliviaconforms very closelyto the deposits...LINDGREN. Boliviantin depositswill probablymake La Paz his first station. Well knownand easilyaccessible...slopes of the snow-covered peak of Huayna Potosi,at Milluni, about fifteenmilesnorth of the capitol. Theseveinsoccurin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ascentering aboutthelatter,better-known type. The cassiterite, quartz,pyriteassociation wasclassed as an outlying...abundant tourmaline in certain of the northern cassiterite veins and on the strengthof this occurrenceof...Bolivian tin ores during somemonths spent in the Andes several years ago. Specimens examinedat that time...and its southeastward extension from north, of La Paz to the southeastern part of the departmentof Potosi...core and the elevationof the Cordillera Real of Bolivia mustbe of approximatelythe sameage. This may seemstartling
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Tin and TungstenDepositsof the EasternAndes,Bolivia WM. C. KELLY AND F. S. TUR•E^URE Abstract Nu...Numerousgeothermometers were applied to ores of the Eastern Andes of Bolivia in order to evaluatetemperatureas one factor...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
Book
at a level of 150,000-250,000 t Sn/year, with a mine output in 1989 of 210,000 t Sn (MCS 1990). This...areas with which the author is most familiar with (Bolivia, SE Asia, Europe). This inductive approach condenses...any simple and broad-scale picture ("Apr6s tout, la raison est bien I'esclave des passions"; Feyerabend................................ Solubility of Cassiterite in Silicic Melts ................................... H y d r o t h e r m a l Solubility of Cassiterite ............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silicicto basic,but in the oresas well. For example,at La Joya (Fig. •), enargite-tennantite veinsoccurwith...•lntimony I?ei•zs.--Most of the antimonydepositsof Bolivia belongto this group. They havebeenformedat depthsranging...quartz with stibnitecrystals. A vein at the Tarumita mine near Caracollo north of Oruro contains smallpocketsof...of scheelite with ankeriteand dolomite,and in the La Bombaminescheelite occurs F•. 2. Map of the Huanuni...extensive,the primary ore where found consistsof cassiterite with pyrrhotite,pyrite,blacksphalerite,chalcopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Hf in cassiterite. Chem. Geol., 40: 1--12. Analytical data on Zr and Hf in cassiterite samples from...geochemical indicator of the mode o f formation of the cassiterite in cases when this is not clear from the geologic...from oxidic parageneses in pegmatite veins. Cassiterite from sulfide parageneses seems to be free of...Hf fractionation. SAMPLING Samples from many cassiterite deposits in various tin provinces in America...South Africa Zaaiplaats, South Africa Huai Luang mine, Thailand Tac District, Thailand Tac District, Thailand
Report (issue)
t1nderground mining, milling and c.oncent1cttion . A la::r·ge amount of oonc.entrates have in the past been...ller quwtities being obtained from Argentina, Bolivia, and Nev\-T Sout.h \~Tales. By 1911, wolfram mining...ined l1ntil 191.6, when the {Jnit.e d States and Bolivia too.k tl1e lead. Othei1· producing countries in...••• ••• United States ••• Argentina (exports) Bolivia (exports) ... ' Peru ••• ••• Ohina~i: ••• •••...these· districts, wolfram gene1·al1y acco1npanies cassiterite, but it also occt1rs alone, embedded in quai
Thesis/Dissertation
of Non-Metallic Mineral Deposits in the La Paz Region, Bolivia Department of Civil, Environmental and...of Non-Metallic Mineral Deposits in the La Paz Region, Bolivia Ariana Zeballos Ore Geology Geological...of 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
Report (volume)
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...biotite or biotite-muscovite granite or, as in Bolivia, with shal-low-seated volcanic rocks such as quartz...generally associated with granitic rocks and contain cassiterite (Sn0 2 ) as well as other uncommon, valuable...tin. Some pegmatites are very large, contain cassiterite throughout, and constitute major reserves of
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
Journal (issue)
N 25 25 26 28 -. Banka 29 Billiton 34 Bolivia 36 Burmah 45 California 48 Canada Cape Colony...continued search to find what had been written upon Bolivia and the lesser known localities. No monographic...bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Miinchen. Actes de la Societe scientifique du Abhandlungen Chili, Santiago...Soc American Mining Review (now Mining Review), Los Angeles. Proceedings of the American Philosophical...Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Annales de la Socie"te ge"ologique de Ann. Voy Annales des Voyages
Book
~of_t_h~~-S~o~c~_· ~ . Stratabound Ore Deposits in the Andes Edited by L. Font bote, G. C. Amstutz, M. Cardozo...Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Stratabound ore deposits in the Andes I edited by L. Fontbote ... [et a!.]. p. em. - (Special...references. ISBN 978-3-642-88284-5 1. Ore deposits - Andes. 2. Mineralogy, Determinative. 3. Geology, Stratigraphic...present volume Stratabound Ore Deposits in the Andes has its roots in an international seminar on stratabound...research done on stratabound ore deposits in the Andes required a synthesis. Researchers in industry and
Report (issue)
Union of South Africa : Transvaal .•. ••• ••• Cape Province ••• ••• • •• Natal •• • ••• South-West Africa...Congo Mexico ... ••• ••• United States ... ••• Bolivia ... •• • China • • • • •• French Indo-China .....There is only one important ore of tin, namely, cassiterite, the oxide (SnO2). The sulphid·e ore of tin,...(Cu2S. FeS. SnS2), has, however, been mi11ed in Bolivia, Tasmania and New .South Wales. Oassi.terite is...consequent 1-esista,n ce to weathering agents. Cassiterite may be recognized by its density, hardness, and
Report (issue)
East Africa, South-\.vest Africa 91 A1nerica: Bolivia, Other South American States, Mexico, United States...a small amount. The chief foreign sources are Bolivia, the Dutch East Indies, Siam and China. The chief...£359 17s. 9d. respectively. THE ORES OF TIN Cassiterite or tinstone is practically the only important...on a smaller scale. Stream tin is water-worn cassiterite. It is found in alluvial deposits. while float...frequently applied to concentrated tin ore. Cassiterite occurs in lodes that are connected with granite
Book
The Western Tasmanian Tin Province with Special Reference to the Renison Mine IAIN 22 even ham (With).... 2.. South America The Tin Ore Deposits of Bolivia A. Villalpando B. (With 7 Figures) ......6..:...235 265 On the Ore-Forming Mechanism of Some Cassiterite-Sulphide Deposits in South China Ye Jun, Zhou...6.3.1 Spectroscopic Analysis and Genesis of Cassiterite Peng Mingsheng, Lu Wenhua, and Zou Zhengguang...Their Paragenetic Association in the Changpo Cassiterite-Sulphide Deposit, Zhuang Autonomous Region of
Book
Mineralization in the Nigerian Younger Granite Province . . . 51 P. Bowden Tourmalinization in Cornwall...Tin-tantalum-niobium Pegmatites in the Masuku Area, Southern Province, Zambia ......... . . . .............. . .......Mineralization and Fluid Inclusion Study of the Yod Nam Tim Mine, Southern Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Boliviana Mayor de San Andres, Casilla 6548, La Paz, Bolivia VILLALPANDO F.M. VOKES Geologisk Jnstitutt...field trip to the classical Cornubian tin mining province of southwest England. The excursion, superbly
Journal (issue)
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
Book
of the Manganese Deposits of the Northern Cape Province (South Africa). P.G. Sohnge. With 1 Figure. ....to a New Genetical Concept on the Bolivian Tin Province. H.-J. Schneider and B. Lehmann. With 7 Figures...Genesis of the King Island (Tasmania) Scheelite Mine. U. BurCHAT = Par rere ctl eo AU eA «Aes, fy AU...of the Vicinity of the Almadén Mercury Deposit (Province of Ciudad Real, 396 Origin of Amphibolite and...and Associated Magnetite Ore from the Pocheon Iron Mine (Korea). Chil-Sup So. With 7 Figures... .. Geochemistry
 
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