| | Report (issue) | OF THE CASTRDVIRHSYNA LEAD-ZINC-SILVER DEPOSITS, PERU By Richard Wheatley Lewis, Jr. U. S. Geologic-1...nomenclature. ABSTRACT The Castrovirroyna mining district lies in the Andean Cordillera of South Central...Supervene silver ores vere first mined. Currently the district produces about 20,000 tons of laad*sinc ore and...and 50OO tons of silver ore annually* The district: Is underlain by Tertiary andesitlc rocks interbedded...striking 8. 55° 2. They are, front east to vest: San Gaanro, Caudslosa, and la Virreyna. A less liaportant | | | Journal (issue) | TSKnerals of i'eru ! Indian miner, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 1869 (Simonin, 1869). J3E(mes and J3E(merals...crystal group, 7 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Marty Zinn collection; Jeff Scovil............................... History of Peru Mining in Peru The Mineral Specimen Business C o l l e c....................... Quiruvilca district, Santiago de Chuco province, department of La Libertad PASTO.......................... Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca province, department of Ancash R a u r a -H u | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | important mining districts; it is currently available from Mexico and, to a lesser extent, Peru. When fresh...However, the development of numerous gold and silver mining districts in the westem states during the latter...Colorado mining districts. Sparse though good crystals were found in the early years of mining in the Jo...Jo Reynolds mine and in smaller though well-formed crystals in the siliceous vein exploited in the Nabob...Nabob mine at Lawson, Clear Creek County. Bastin (1923) reported crystals of pyrargyrite, polybasite, | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | rises to 6,272 meters (20,577 feet), Huascaran in Peru is 6,768 meters (22,205 feet), Tocorpuri on the...from placer deposits and mining and smelting oxidized copper ores in central Peru about 1500 B.C. By the...(tucuna), which implies a rudimentary knowledge of mining and mineralogy. The mineral wealth was an integral...Uchucchacua, Peru; emeralds from Muzo, Colombia; pink fluorite and huge pyrites from Huanzala, Peru; 25-cm...pyrargyrites from Hauncavelica, Peru. The combination of awe-inspiring topography, mining, and mineral specimens | | | Book | MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous | | | Book | Crystals up to 140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law...long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds of silver wires...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...mm (4 5/i6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets | | | Book (edition) | SphaJerite. xx 12 mm, Morococha, Peru, H Gypsum, xx 40 mm, Las Salinas, Peru, H Variscite, xx 5 mm, Iturnbiara...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga | | | Book | Newmont Peru Limited Gerente de Exploraciones Av. Jose Galvez Barrenechea 218, Urb. Corpac Lima-San Isidro...Isidro, Peru Prof. Dr. ESTEBAN CEDILW Facultad de Minas, Metalurgia y Geologia, Universidad de Guanajuato...Guanajuato Ex-Hacienda de San Matias s/n Apartado Postal 347 Guanajuato, Gto. 36020, Mexico Prof. Dr. Lwfs FONTBOTE...place in September 1986 in Cusco, Peru, sponsored by Multiciencias (Peru) and UNESCO. During this seminar...Latorre, Director of the Multiciencias courses in Peru strongly supported the whole organization of the | | | Book | Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law...long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds of silver wires...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...110 mm (47.6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets...of crystallized gold occurred in the Jamestow n mine. California, USA, where a cavity, which yielded | | | Book | Spanish-English, English-Spanish glossary of gem, mineral and mining terms. BY PAUL WILLARD JOHNSON Price $2.00 r...El Antimonio District Cananea District ...... Arizpe District ........... Nacozari District ...... Moctezuma...Moctezuma District ... Hermosillo District ... Alamos District ........ San Bernardo Area Alistos District...SECTION 2 — Highway 45 Sabinal District ............... Los Lamentos District.... Placer de Guadalupe Puerto...Aire District Chihuahua .......................... Santa Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine..... | | | Book | Arizona Mineral & Fossil Show Arizona Mineral & Mining Museum Foundation in Memory of A. L. Flagg Susan..."Polished surfaces and their importance to geology and mining." He eventually becarne a member of the Society...Old Yuma, Rowley, Santa Eulalia, Mapimi, Naica, San Luis Potosi, Los Lamentos, Ojuela and dozens and...pegmatite minerals from the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County. The exhibit was made up of specimens...Inspiration Consolidated Copper mine in Globe-Miami and the Pirna mine at Twin Buttes, both properties | | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | England. Sharon Cisneros: Minerological Research Co., San Jose, California. Andrew M. Clark: Dept. of Mineralogy...British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...Maranhao QR ~— Mato Grosso Norte DF ES GO MA MT San Luis Potosi SLP Mato Grosso Sul MS Sinaloa SIN...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan Co., CO; Bingham and |
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