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Bitumen from
Chocaya mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Petroleum var: Bitumen
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bitumen data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chocaya mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district (Animas-Chocaya mining district), Atocha Municipality, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:985655
Long-form Identifier:1:3:985655:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Greenish-blue hexagonal crystals from the Bou-Skour copper mine, Jebel Sarho, Ourzazate, Morocco, have the composition...occurring as an intergrowth with djurleite at the Ani mine, Akita, Japan, in prismatic or platy crystals closely...Congr., India, pt. r, 46. An insoluble, infusible bitumen yielding aromatic hydrocarbons on pyrolysis. Not...Internat. Geol. Congr., India, pt. I, 47. An olefinic bitumen, named for Professor J. D. Bernal. Beteektinite...graftonite, as red-brown crystals from San Luis Province, Argentina, at Los Aleros, Amanda, and San Salvador
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in that district of the Lagos Province. These beds are extensively impregnated with bitumen. The suggested...comprises some 1,800 square miles of the Eastern Province of Southern Nigeria, adjacent to the Kameruns...might truly include the schists of the entire district. Typical specimens of the granites, pegmatites...Crystalline Rocks of the Kukuruku Hills (Central Province of Southern Nigeria)." By John Parkinson, B.A...of the crystalline rocks found in the Central Province of Southern Nigeria, between the Station of Ifon
Journal (issue)
Bronze Screens, from 10 to 350 mesh; the finest mining screen cloth ever made and theexclusive product...- : New York City Buying—ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL—Section Vol. 102, No. 24 The S-A Page...Increasing demands concen- trator, smelter and mine owners to handle huge quantities of low grade ore...Bldg 310 Stair Boston, Cable Address Mass. District Managers Detroit, Mich. Bldg E. J. Banfield,...Dooly Block Salt Lake City, Utah J. W. Gates, District Manager ‘“The free—no Agent Toronto, Ont
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Calaveras County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$1,400 Crystal Mine, Angels Camp, Calif. GOLD—1.4 oz. mass, large crystals...dera County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$2,750 Crystal Mine, Angels Camp, Calif. KRISTALLE Wayne and Dona.............. 28 by Peter B. Leavens The Bluebell Mine, Riondel, British Columbia, Canada................38 by Wendell E. Wilson and John S. White, Jr. Mining Claims for the Mineral Collector.................Nev. 89503 Introduction The Copper Mountain mining district, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, was active
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Geologic Criteria for Large-Scale Tin Prospecting in Bolivia, by F. R. Koeberlin Tabling Tungsten Ores Without...by Walter X. Osborn PER COPY Engineering and Mining Journal Vol.123, No.7 Kdit *A *G carrier—the...Indicative Twine Patents ; Mill 292 | Y " for Mining = » Consultation Import Duties on 294 Metals...Engineers Blocks 295 Mining News *Geologic Criteria for Large-Scale Prospecting in Bolivia Treadwell-Yukon...Treadwell-Yukon at Sudbury New Park Utah Hoist California Mining Notes Washington News Letters From Toronto, London
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bitumenreich sind, sowie solchen, die keine Spur von Bitumen enthalten; bei diesen hat also die Erklärung, daß...wurden aus den Seifen von Eldorado Creek, Klondike-District, Yukon, gewonnen. Gediegen P l a t i n ; im Sande...groben Granitgange in Cameron Township, Nipissing-District, Ontario. P y r a r g y r i t , S t e p h a n...County, Nova Scotia. A r g y r o p y r i t von Foster Mine, Cobalt, Ontario. Ref.: Η. L. B o w m a n . 23....große Stufe von 22 k Gewicht von der Grube Itos Atocha, Oruro, zeigt rauhe Andoritkrystalle ( 1 — 2 cm)
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way through University of Idaho by gold placer mining during vacations (see news section) WUE : O Journal... STREET, WORKS PHILADELPHIA Engineering and Mining Journal— V ol.132,No.2 , puto anime Engineering...Feature 56 ST ee eee eee ee R. W. Smith 58 Mining and Processing Cement Material...................| R Allentown Oo Penna.,US.A Engineering and Mining Journal A. W. ALLEN, Editor July 27, 1931 Men...Men and Money Make Mines, Even Gold Mines OLD (5 MINING has been the subject of than its usual share
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A McGraw-Hill Publication: Engineering and Mining Journal — Vol.129, No.12 E. H. Associate Editors...Inc. ee ee Morro Velho Pioneers in Conditioning Mine Air . . . . The Futile Waste in Friction and Unreason...............020006- soca H. A. KURSELL Deepest Mine in Americas Adopts Air Conditioning. .............THIS A.B.C. Ty ISSUE Y., York, N. Y. YORK District Office, 285 Madison Ave. WASHINGTON, National...the CP-6 has been adopted by many of the largest mining companies on the North American continent after
Report (issue)
cristalizadas que fas naciones vecinas de Chile, Bolivia y Brasil; y tambien por el estado de abandono en...minerales, si se les compara, por ejemplo, con Los de Bolivia. Sin embargo, en la PEDERICO AHLPELD Y VICTORIO... plata, plomo, zinc, oro y cobre, contiene en Bolivia varios dep6sitos de gran importancia econ6mica...formaci6n argento-estannffera tan difundida en Bolivia, esta probablemente relacionado con u n "neck"...primario y el yacimiento pertenece al tipo Corocoro (Bolivia) . 2. PLATA Ag lsometrlco, hexaquisoctaedrico
Journal (issue)
Price D TP MINING JOURNAL e "et anMineral” Industries Apt il 3, 1020 McGraw Hill @mpany LATIN-AMERICAN...Industr‘y of Bolivia NewMining Fields in EasternnNicaragua Economic Geology of Brazil The Mining News ‘The...Engineers inPublicLife Mining ining ane Journal Worls 2 ENGINEERING AND ne AAA MINING JOURNAL Vol....Managing Volume Editor Ds A Weekly Journal of the Mining and Mineral Industries METALS NON-METALS PETROLEUM...also has swung into full maturity for the West. Mining companies must henceforth look forward to liquidation
Book (edition)
Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite, I 00 mm, Huanzala, Bolivia, H Page 3: Liddicoatite, polished, 70 mm, Anjanabonoina...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
---- |----:-( |- % A DICTIONARY OF SPANISH MINING TERMIS MININAND METALURCICALPUBLICATIONS Geology...R.s. . PROF. GRENVILLE COLE Open Air Studies. Mining Geology . . PROF. JAMES PARK, F. G.S. Prospecting...and Stone Mining. . FOSTER AND BROUGH Elements of Mining . . SIR C. LE NEVE FOSTER . Coal Mining . H. W...W. HUGHES, F. G.s. Practical Coal Mining . G. L. KERR, M.INST. M. E. . Elementary 39 ?» Elect. Colliery...Practice . D. BURNs . . Mine-Surveying . . BENNETT. H. BROUGH, A. R.s.M. Mine Air, Investigation of. FOSTER
Book
Alphitite Cementstone Clay ironstone Malmstone Bitumen Calcrete Alum Shale Chalk Ironstone Bituminous...ia (Joachimstal). Germany- Saxony (Him melfurst Mine near Freiberg). Mexico— Chihuahua. With argentite...Greece—Laurium. Chile— Chanarcillo. Mexico—Durango (Ojuela Mine). Usually lining cavities in limonite. ADAMSITE...Switzerland—Adular Moun¬ tains. Peru—Valencia Silver Mine. AEGIRINE NaFe(Si206) Sodium iron silicate. Mono¬...loosely associated one with the other. Occurrence: district). Japan—Tajima (Akenobe AKERITE AIKINITE or
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ROCKS Malmstone Sideritic limestone ROCKS Bitumen Bituminous coal Boghead coal Coal Lignite Landscape...ia Saxony (Him (Joachimstal). Germany melfurst Mine near Freiberg). Chihuahua. With argentite. Mexico—...France— Chafiarcillo. Mexico—Durango (Ojuela Mine). Usually lining cavities in limonite. ADAMSITE...Switzerland—Adular Mountains. Peru—Valencia Silver Mine. AEGIRINE NaFe(Si,O,) Sodium iron silicate. Mono...loosely associated one with the other. Occurrence: district). Japan—Tajima AKERITE AIKINITE or BELONITE
Book (edition)
production, and prices often so low as to make mining unprofitable; and the end of that period has not...to record production since 1930. Just now gold mining appears to be the only metal industry which is...sulpliide waters —Interpretation of water analyses— Mine waters— Chloride waters—“Carbonate waters— Sulphate...veins in basic lavas General features The Kennecott mine, Alaska— ( ’opper sulphide veins in intrusive basic...Colorado— General features— Telluride Rico district—Lake City district— Creede —Summary— Arizona rhyolite
Book
1910, 1911, part ii, p. 836.) Trade-name for a bitumen allied to elaterite. 6th List iEgirine-augite....1909, 1911, part ii, p. 733.) Trade-name for a bitumen very similar to elaterite. 6th List Afghanite....CO3)4.0-6H2O, from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The powder diagram...Greenish-blue hexagonal crystals from the Bou-Skour copper mine, Jebel Sarhro,* Ouazazate,* Morocco, have the composition...product of blockite (q.v.), from Colquechaca, Bolivia. Perhaps identical with cobaltomenite. Named after
Journal (volume)
ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY MEMBER, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS VOLUME XXV Supplementing Volumes I...Editor, Engineering and Mining Journal, New York, N. Y. H. Instructor in Mining, South Bethlehem, Pa....(with Y. E. Bogard) Vice President, Wah Chang Mining and Smelt¬ ing Co. Ltd., 233 Broadway, New York...Consulting Mining Engineer, 1411 Merchants Natl. Bank Bldg., San Francisco, Cal. Professor of Mining, Massachusetts...Assistant State Geologist, Albany, N. Y. Editor, The Mining Journal, 15 George St., The Mansion House, London
Book (edition)
waters-Summary- Interpretation of ·water analyses-Mine waters-Chloride waters- Carbonate waters-Sulphate...veins in basic lavas-General features-The l(ennecott mine, Alaska-Copper sulphide veins in intrusive basic...·veins-1\tlincral association- Origin-Mine \vatcrs-Rock alteration-Mining and srnelting operations-The copper...features-Telluride district-Silverton district-Rico district-Lake City district-Creede district-Summary-Casapalca...barite-Pyritic galena-quartz veins- The silver-tin veins of Bolivia- The silver-lead replacement deposits in limestone-General
Book (edition)
• t --•- """"" ' The Lornex copper-molybdenum mine and plant, Highland Valley, British Columbia. (By...measurements have been retained in specific cases such as mine levels when measured in feet, values of gold and...inhabited continent. Also, to those exploration and mining geologists, and the personnel of foreign geological...L. Jensen Salt Lake City, Utah CONTENTS "The mining industry is infinitely worse off today than it...the politicians' failure to recognize that the mining industry is a highly risky business." James Boyd
Journal (volume)
M .... ... .. . The Mining Magazine V PUBLISHED AT SALISBURY HOUSE. LONDON, UNDEX TO VOLUME XXVII...receives Institution's Medal 122 Present Values in Mining (m.d.) .... Berry, E. S 130 383 375 256 98 *27...*27 "2. Bingo Gold Mines Bisichi Tin Report Bitumen at Bombay, Occurrence of . . . .C. S. Blackvvater...at 127 Report Briseis Tin and General Mining 226 Britannia Mining and Smelting 125 Report .^. British Broken...(^) ; the letters (w.a'.) under the heading "Mining Digest." refer to notices of articles Report
Book (edition)
ECONOMIC MINERAL DEPOSITS The Lornex copper-molybdenum mine and plant, Highland Valley, British Columbia. (By...where used. retained in spe- cific cases such as mine levels when measured feet, values of gold and silver...inhabited continent. Also, to those exploration and mining geologists, and the personnel of foreign geological...L. Jensen Salt Lake City, Utah CONTENTS “The mining industry is infinitely worse off today than it...the politicians’ failure to recognize that the mining industry is a highly risky business.” James Boyd
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
present of mining and metallurgy of lead . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7.2. Past and present of mining and metallurgy...hampering our access to mineral deposits, such as mining depth controlled among others by the geothermal...Hewett in 1927 who was able to demonstrate that in mining countries exploitation, export and import of metals...passed its climax. At the very end the domestic mining industry can no longer cater for the needs and...looked up in various publications such as the “World Mining Data”, a yearbook issued by Weber and Zsak (2007)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
present of mining and metallurgy of lead . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7.2. Past and present of mining and metallurgy...hampering our access to mineral deposits, such as mining depth controlled among others by the geothermal...Hewett in 1927 who was able to demonstrate that in mining countries exploitation, export and import of metals...passed its climax. At the very end the domestic mining industry can no longer cater for the needs and...looked up in various publications such as the “World Mining Data”, a yearbook issued by Weber and Zsak (2007)
Journal (issue)
circulated Of THE ENGINEERING AND 534,500 copies MINING JOURNAL. NE 65) 0 as we ae tale 9,000 a SR ee ae...statistics chiefly on the reports of pro- ducers, State mine inspectors, and special correspondents. It will...948,196,490 actual codperation The sellers of mining and supplies complained Yet the developed mines...ton of exceeded. mon talk during 1909 that the mining in- NES Se ree RUC SHUI « i'n 0 6a eis oreo 59...and Steel Industry i (uicketiver in 1008. i606 Mining in tne United States JOURNAL ot ~! AND SILVER
Journal (issue)
Ont. ANTI-FRICTION BELT CONVEYOR Engineering and Mining Journal— V 0l.125, No.3 ANNUAL REVIEW NUMBER...last half century by Engineering and Mining Journal and Mining and Scientific Press, in their service...a wide variation in status is noticeable. One mining industry reports a stabilized and healthy condition—following...producer and consumer; the condition of another mining industry indicates a lack of that control which...worst of the deal. A ee obvious neering and Mining Journal, taken as a whole, might well serve as
 
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