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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
16° 19' 29'' South , 68° 9' 3'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mine (Inactive) - last checked 2022
Deposit first discovered:
Before 1940
Mindat Locality ID:
190764
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:190764:6
acefd6cd-031e-42c5-a94d-42b3f618eb99
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
La Fabulosa Mine; Milluni mine
Tin mine located at 4,600 meters elevation. Cassiterite and stannite were worked from pegmatites at the contact between granite batholith and metasediments. Greisen also present.
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz
Chemical Elements
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.
21 valid minerals.
ⓘ Andalusite Formula: Al2(SiO4)OReferences: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz)
ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsSReferences: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz) Cook, Robert B. (1977) Morphology and Occurrence of Bolivian Cassiterite. The Mineralogical Record , 8 (1) 52-57
ⓘ Bismuth Formula: BiReferences: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz)
ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2References: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz) Cook, Robert B. (1977) Morphology and Occurrence of Bolivian Cassiterite. The Mineralogical Record , 8 (1) 52-57
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2References: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz) Cook, Robert B. (1977) Morphology and Occurrence of Bolivian Cassiterite. The Mineralogical Record , 8 (1) 52-57
ⓘ 'Feldspar Group' References: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz)
ⓘ 'Garnet Group' Formula: X 3Z 2(SiO4)3 References: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz)
ⓘ Hübnerite Formula: MnWO4References: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz)
ⓘ Jahnsite-(MnMnMn) Formula: {Mn2+}{Mn2+}{Mn2+2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2 · 8H2OReferences: Joy Desor analyses by EDS and Raman, December 2019.
ⓘ Lazulite Formula: MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2References: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz) Cook, Robert B. (1977) Morphology and Occurrence of Bolivian Cassiterite. The Mineralogical Record , 8 (1) 52-57
ⓘ Libethenite Formula: Cu2(PO4)(OH)References: Joy Desor analyses by EDS and Raman, December 2019.
ⓘ Molybdenite Formula: MoS2References: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz) Cook, Robert B. (1977) Morphology and Occurrence of Bolivian Cassiterite. The Mineralogical Record , 8 (1) 52-57
ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2References: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz)
ⓘ Phosphophyllite Formula: Zn2Fe(PO4)2 · 4H2OReferences: Zach Berghorst Collection
ⓘ Phosphosiderite Formula: FePO4 · 2H2OReferences: Joy Desor analyses by EDS and Raman, December 2019.
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2References: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz) Cook, Robert B. (1977) Morphology and Occurrence of Bolivian Cassiterite. The Mineralogical Record , 8 (1) 52-57
ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xSReferences: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz) Cook, Robert B. (1977) Morphology and Occurrence of Bolivian Cassiterite. The Mineralogical Record , 8 (1) 52-57
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2References: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz)
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnSReferences: Federico Ahlfeld and Jorge Muñoz Reyes (1955) Las Especies Minerales de Bolivia. (Banco Minero de Bolivia, 180 pp) Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz) Cook, Robert B. (1977) Morphology and Occurrence of Bolivian Cassiterite. The Mineralogical Record , 8 (1) 52-57
ⓘ Stannite Formula: Cu2FeSnS4References: Federico Ahlfeld and Jorge Muñoz Reyes (1955) Las Especies Minerales de Bolivia. (Banco Minero de Bolivia, 180 pp) Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz) Cook, Robert B. (1977) Morphology and Occurrence of Bolivian Cassiterite. The Mineralogical Record , 8 (1) 52-57
ⓘ 'Tourmaline' Formula: A D 3G 6 (T 6O18)(BO3)3X 3Z References: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz)
ⓘ Triphylite Formula: LiFe2+PO4References: Cook, Robert B. (1977) Morphology and Occurrence of Bolivian Cassiterite. The Mineralogical Record , 8 (1) 52-57
ⓘ Triplite Formula: Mn2+2(PO4)FReferences: Federico Ahlfeld and Alejandro Schneider-Scherbina (1964) Los Yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia. (Ministerio de Minas y Petroleo, La Paz) Cook, Robert B. (1977) Morphology and Occurrence of Bolivian Cassiterite. The Mineralogical Record , 8 (1) 52-57
ⓘ Vivianite Formula: Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2OReferences: Federico Ahlfeld and Jorge Muñoz Reyes (1955) Las Especies Minerales de Bolivia. (Banco Minero de Bolivia, 180 pp) Cook, Robert B. (1977) Morphology and Occurrence of Bolivian Cassiterite. The Mineralogical Record , 8 (1) 52-57
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