Begoña mine, Chilcani District, Morochata, Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba, Boliviai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Begoña mine | Mine |
| Chilcani District | District |
| Morochata | - not defined - |
| Ayopaya Province | Province |
| Cochabamba | Department |
| Bolivia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
17° South , 66° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~24km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
221945
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:221945:8
GUID (UUID V4):
35ccba99-7e87-4307-b890-c5cc937b9a8d
The Begoña mine, like others in the district, was worked underground for several decades in the early 20th century for lead, zinc and minor silver content. Unlike the other district mines though, there was a surprise in the early 1990s: small gold nuggets were found accidentally by a local campesino in a gully cutting through the mine property (presumably derived from quartz veins in Ordovician sediments one or two kilometres higher up the mountain). When next the mine owner visited his lead workings he was shocked to find about 200 people digging holes and building rudimentary sluice boxes - a mini gold rush.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS References: |
| ⓘ Goethite Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH) References: |
| ⓘ Gold Formula: Au References: |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 References: |
| ⓘ Jamesonite Formula: Pb4FeSb6S14 References: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS References: |
| ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| ⓘ | Jamesonite | 2.HB.15 | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
| Sb | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | ⓘ Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 |
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