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Chalcocite from
Esperanza Mine, Callapa, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Esperanza Mine, Callapa, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1514389
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1514389:5
GUID (UUID V4):cae500e3-527e-4a6f-89c2-7c6397183259
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘSan Miguel Mine, Callapa, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘNoe Mine, Callapa, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘChacarilla mine, Aroma Province, La Paz, Bolivia
45.4km (28.2 miles) ⓘAmericas Unidas Mine, Coro Coro, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia
78.9km (49.0 miles) ⓘMaria Elena mine, La Paz, Bolivia
89.7km (55.7 miles) ⓘJoculluni Mine, Caquiaviri, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia
92.1km (57.2 miles) ⓘSan Pablo Mine (Carmen Mine), Cerro La Joya, La Joya mining district, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
94.0km (58.4 miles) ⓘChoquepiña Mine, Berenguela mining district, JosĂ© Manuel Pando Province, La Paz, Bolivia
98.5km (61.2 miles) ⓘKori Kollu mine (Inti Raymi mine; Kori Kollo mine), Cerro Chuquina, La Joya mining district, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
References
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Report (issue)
S. Geological Survey and Servicio Geologico de Bolivia in cooperation with the Trade Development Program...............xi Site Descriptions Department of La Paz..................................... 1 Department...the U.S. Geological Survey-Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia as part of the Mineral Resource Evaluation of the...of the Servicio Geologico de Bolivia located in their main office in La Paz. All of the data presented...States, and the Servicio Geol6gico de Bolivia in La Paz, Bolivia. This report is an edited version 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
Book
Lower Paleozoic Sediments of the Cordillera Real, Bolivia H.-J. Schneider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 137 The Stratabound Kellhuani Tin Deposits, Bolivia B. Lehmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 147 X Contents El Aguilar Mine: An Ordovician Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Lead-Zinc...Stratabound Iron Ores in the Silurian of Argentina and Bolivia M.-A. Boso and C. R. Monaldi . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 The "La Helvecia" Pb, Zn, and Barite Deposit, Argentina A. Brodtkorb
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
paragenesis from the Nueva Esperanza and Restauradora veins, Capillitas mine, Argentina María Florencia...Nueva Esperanza and Restauradora are two of the twenty-three veins described at Capillitas mine, an epithermal...several deposits. These include two world-class (La Alumbrera and Agua Rica) and some smaller (e.g.,...few epithermal deposits (Farallón Negro, Alto de la Blenda, Cerro Atajo and Capillitas). The main hypogene...editor: J. Zachariåƥ 1. Introduction The Capillitas mine is an intermediate sulfidation epi­ thermal precious-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a sooty coating very similar to that of some chalcocite specimens. In polished section the color is gray...National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire...rare minerals zinkenite, jamesonite, hĂŒbnerite, chalcocite, bismuth, bismuthinite, cassiterite, and molybdenite...tetrahedrite and pyrite specimen from the Anchor mine, Park City, Utah. The specimen was in the stock...examples at the present time are from the Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, where it occurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mining district, Department of Andalgalá, Catamarca Province, Argentina. The Capillitas diatreme is located...is host to large porphyry Cu–Au deposits (Bajo de la Alumbrera, Agua Rica) and genetically related epithermal...that contains putzite is composed of bornite, chalcocite, sphalerite, tennantite, wittichenite, thalcusite... 1 mm, embedded in a matrix of predominantly chalcocite with relics of bornite. The mineral is opaque...is pale rose to pale violet (in contrast with chalcocite), lacks internal reflections and is isotropic
Report (chapter)
concentrations of disseminated and vesicle-filling chalcocite-bornitechalcopyrite in the tops of Jurassic to...plugs) in western Mexico, the western U.S.A. and Bolivia and adjoining northwest Argentina. Their origfn...northwest it impinges on the Sonoran Basin and Range province and in the southeast, south of the Trans-Mexico...Chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite dominate at the lowest mine levels. Gulf of Fonseca area, E1Salvador-Nicaragua-Honduras...those of silver. Altiplano-Puna region, Peru-Bolivia-Chile-Argentina = " ~trt" ~ -I ~-~ Alluvium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
located in the Frontal Cordillera of San Juan Province, Argentina, near the present-day northern limit...localized economically significant supergene chalcocite enrichment. However, probably because of the...sea level in the Frontal Cordillera of San Juan Province, Argentina, ~8 km east of the border with Chile...SILLITOE ET AL. 70° 68°W 69°40’ o PERU S BOLIVIA er u - Chile Tambo Alturas ch Los Azules El...Refugio CHILE belt A R G E N T I N A Lobo-Marte La Pepa Taguas Pascua-Lama dio Filo del Sol M I
Book
Berkshire RG11 2PY, England Van Nostrand Reinhold 480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia...Especies Minerales de Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez’s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of...pa Biren vem, nM cad tomas ies ery ÂŁ5 ao hebe, La iOd aay Am gle Pha yy i;sian, WRT a ss] ae " re...1) produced specimens from such places as the La FĂ© Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in...WIC ' ' (OSE INSET) Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein
Report (issue)
geologicas-mineras sobre cobre en los prospectos de "Los Alisos", "La Caridad" y "El Alacran"- Reconocimiento geologico...L., and Gomez Caballero, A., 1986, Resultados de la evaluacion del deposito de boratos del area Tubutama...hierro de La Perla y La Negra, municipio de Camargo, Chihuahua [Iron deposits of La Perla and La Negra,...Cendejas F., C., and Barcenas R., A., 1978, Geologia de la region cuprifera del Transvaal, municipio de Cumpas... and Ortlieb, L., (eds.), Primero simposio sobre la geologia y potencial minero del estado de Sonora
Book
Berkshire RG 11 2PY, England Yan Nostrand Reinhold 480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia...ÂŁspecies Minerales de Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez's La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of...1) produced specimens from such places as the La Fe Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in...CALl[NTCS ... I MI ( Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein...University of New York, Albany) Figure 4. The mineral province of Sonora. (Modified from Berstein, 1964, back
Report (issue)
ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN CORDILLERA" AGS/UA Mine Tour and Field Trip data for TRIP #10 "Silver Bell...hard-hats ': -- · AGS needs 63 hats (coming from Mission Mine) Field boots required (no sandals, tennis sh6es...pre-field trip overview talks will be presented. MINE TOUR NOTICE PLEASE NOTE When visiting the mines... Safford Peak (3576') is at 10:00, the Old Yuma Mine south of Contzen Pass at about 8:00. Most of this...serves all of southern Arizona, is in fact a gold mine. 2.5 miles later (on higher ground), y ou can see
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...(Federico), 1950, Nuevas publicaciones geologicas sobre Bolivia: Mineria Boliviana, v. 7, n. 53, p. 7-8. Earth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
depth) is underlain by a secondary covellite-chalcocite-bearing zone, which exhibits a variable thickness...which include from west to east the Cordillera de la Costa, the Central Depression, the Domeyko Cordillera...east by the Domeyko Cordillera. The Cordillera de la Costa comprises Mesozoic igneous and sedimentary...Eocene lithologies. In the Central Depression, the La Negra Formation (Middle to Upper Jurassic; Garcı́a...Paradero del Desierto Formation (Cortés 2000). The La Negra Formation is a ~5000 m thick homogeneous succession
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Mantos de La Luna) are hosted in an andesite-dominant volcanic pile of the Jurassic La Negra Formation...Primary copper mineralization is characterized by chalcocite (Cu1.90S) + digenite + bornite ± chalcopyrite...Supergene alteration of these minerals has produced chalcocite (djurleite), covellite, atacamite, chrysocolla...andesite to basaltic andesite of Jurassic age named the La Negra Formation (Garcı́a 1967; Buchelt and Tellez...(volcanogenic) or epigenetic and, in the latter case, which (La Negra Formation or the plutons) was the source of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tocopilla–Taltal) and the central areas (Copiapó, La Serena, Santiago). The former is distributed in the...piles and younger plutonic intrusions, and yields chalcocite (-digenite) and bornite as the principal hypogene...areas: Arica– Iquique, Tocopilla–Taltal, Copiapó, La Serena and Santiago (Fig. 1). Most deposits of the...contrast to those of the central areas (Copiapó, La Serena, Santiago) distributed in the intracontinental...volcanicsedimentary piles (Camaraca, Ofícina Viz and La Negra Formations), except the Mantos Blancos deposit
Book
later Tertiary tectonics in the Basin and Range Province, and work on a number of individual mining districts...SS © SAN MANUEL M 7Jucson PIMAcoMISSION ° ESPERANZA Vie aXe a6 O BISBEE° © CANANEA Map of the...this volume. C > Âą Âą PREFACE The copper province of the Southwest manifests itself in a variety...vein and bed replacements typified in the Magma mine at Superior, Arizona, and the host of small basemetal...initions—Previous Work—General Setting of the Province— Relation of Structure to Sedimentation and Erosion—Igneous
Book (edition)
‱ Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART...County 439 Graham County 440 Greenlee County 441 La Paz County 442 Maricopa County 443 Mohave County 444...uranium and vanadium deposits; "mine fire" minerals at the United Verde mine in Jerome; and Arizona meteorites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
an andesite-dominant volcanic pile of the Jurassic La Negra Formation. Primary mineralization is characterized...Keywords: Coastal Cordillera, Tocopilla-Gatico province, pluton-hosted, vein-type copper deposits, hypersaline...complexes intruding the La Negra formation, and Cenozoic alluvial covers (Fig. 1). The La Negra Formation consists...(Venegas et al., 1991), respectively. Locally, the La Negra Formation underwent lowgrade regional and burial...Palacios, 1977). The plutonic complexes of the province consist of holocrystalline gabbroic to granodioritic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
most representative of this type of deposit. Chalcocite and bornite characterize the main stage of hypogene...Santiago Chile O. Talavera-Mendoza U.A Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, A.P.197...commonly, is associated with the chalcocite–bornite and supergene chalcocite–covellite associations. Analyses...deposits hosted in the Jurassic volcanic sequence of the La Negra Formation (García 1967), referred to either...Report, 2004). These deposits form a metallogenetic province that extends throughout the present Coastal Cordillera
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Paradise Creek Formation (dolomite and siltstone), Esperanza Formation (dolomitic sandstone characterized by...Formation at Mammoth and in the Paradise Creek, Esperanza and ~Tow~svile ~Nt.Isa~ Introduction Copper...(stomatolitic) Esperanza Formation Copper mineralization in the Paradise Valley and Esperanza Disseminated...II-style mineralization occurs 1 km SW of the Mammoth mine (Fig. 3) as pyritic veins and pods within both the...occurs in the Paradise Creek and Esperanza Formations at Pluto and Esperanza, about 1 km W of the Mammoth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cuzco. Avenida de la Cultura, Cuzco, PerĂș ALBERTO ZÁRATE, PEDRO RAMOS...CABALLERO, Minera Anaconda PerĂș S.A. Avenida Paseo de la RepĂșblica 3245, Piso 3, San Isidro, Lima 27, PerĂș...rapidly emerging as an important porphyry copper province. Field work by the authors confirms that mineralization...lack economically significant zones of supergene chalcocite enrichment. This is due primarily to their relatively...Andahuaylas-Yauri batholith may develop appreciable supergene chalcocite enrichment in structurally and lithologically
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
~35 km from NW to SW of Safashahr in the Fars province. The ore textures are dominated by open space...primary chalcocite, bornite, native copper, and chalcopyrite and to some extent secondary chalcocite, digenite...several hundred meters. Ore mineralogy includes chalcocite, bornite, native copper, digenite, djurleite...237 187 178 169 Table 1. (Continued) Rock type La Ce Pr Nd Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb ...sulfide minerals such as chalcopyrite, bornite and chalcocite were quantitatively analyzed using a Cameca SX100-type
Book (edition)
ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART...uranium and vanadium deposits; “mine fire” minerals at the United Verde mine in Jerome; and Arizona meteorites...that the “average” mineral reported is in or near a mine or mineral prospect. The pace of geological and
Report (issue)
copper developments in the Southwest-Christmas, Esperanza, Mineral Park and Battle Mountain- suggests that...universal association of the ore deposits of this province with sharp or localized features of structure...Furthermore, judging from the conditions in this province this opening must connect with the depths of the...pyrometasomatic deposits are associated in this province and in adjoining areas have 'floors'. If such...associated ore deposits will need revision for this province at least. There is already a large body of evidence
 
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