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⇱ Vaesite from El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia

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Vaesite from
El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia

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Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Vaesite
Formula:NiS2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-WDS
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite17
Kruťaite15
Goethite12
Clausthalite7
Pyrite4
Favreauite3
Watkinsonite2
Chalcomenite2
Trogtalite1
Penroseite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vaesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1256373
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1256373:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Origin of the El Dragón Selenium Mineralization, Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia Günter Grundmann...April 2017 Abstract: A re-examination of the El Dragón vein-type Se deposit using polarized light microscopy...composition CuNi2 Se4 ; (c) intermediate members of the vaesite-pyrite solid-solution series; and (d) a mineral...by volcanic-hydrothermal activities around the Porco caldera, formation of the mineralization involved...krut’aite; endmember penroseite; vaesite; genetic sequence; El Dragón; Bolivia 1. Introduction Research on
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Report (issue)
white areas). Sample is from the Buckskin National Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada. Photograph by Peter Vikre...............................................Q26 Mine Waste Characteristics.............................1989). The total U.S. supply was always higher than mine production during this period, with a high of 831...as indicated in fig Q3.) The difference between mine production and total supply was owing to the refineries’...of selenium-rich high-grade ores from the Horne Mine at Noranda, Quebec, Canada; by 1950, Canada’s production
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Report (issue)
.B3 Graph showing dates associated with all the mine sites on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...production, U.S. apparent consumption, and U.S. mine production of antimony from 1900 to 2012............................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine and refinery production and apparent consumption.....................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine production from 1950 to 2011......................F4. Pie chart showing percentage of world cobalt mine production in 2011, by country.................
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