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Huarón Mine (Huarón Mining District)

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11.0053° S, 76.4144° W · ± 1 km

Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite and Pyrite from Pasco, Peru, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Minerals found here

BorniteCalciteChalcopyriteEnargitePyrite

On the same specimen

Same specimen Quartz with Chalcopyrite

2 specimen photo(s) from this locality show chalcopyrite with quartz together. The pairing comes from the photographer's file name and label, so the relationship between the two minerals is not specified.

Same specimen Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite

2 specimen photo(s) from this locality show chalcopyrite with sphalerite together. The pairing comes from the photographer's file name and label, so the relationship between the two minerals is not specified.

Same specimen Quartz with Pyrite

1 specimen photo(s) from this locality show pyrite with quartz together. The pairing comes from the photographer's file name and label, so the relationship between the two minerals is not specified.

Same specimen Chalcopyrite with Bornite

1 specimen photo(s) from this locality show bornite with chalcopyrite together. The pairing comes from the photographer's file name and label, so the relationship between the two minerals is not specified.

Same specimen Pyrite with Bornite

1 specimen photo(s) from this locality show bornite with pyrite together. The pairing comes from the photographer's file name and label, so the relationship between the two minerals is not specified.

Bornite at Huarón Mine (Huarón Mining District)

Bornite-coated chalcopyrite crystal among quartz and pyrite crystals from the Huaron district.
Bornite-coated chalcopyrite crystal among quartz and pyrite crystals from the Huaron district.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
Cu₅FeS₄
Morphology
Bornite coating on a chalcopyrite crystal in a bed of quartz and pyrite crystals
Typical size
Coated crystal about 1.5 cm
Associated minerals
Chalcopyritepyritequartz
Surface features
Coating on chalcopyrite
Availability
Unknown
History
Bornite at Huaron is documented here only by a dealer photo label; no second source was opened.

Sources: SRC-679

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Calcite at Huarón Mine (Huarón Mining District)

Sharp, glassy calcite crystals as late gangue in a high-altitude silver-polymetallic vein district.

Sharp glassy calcite crystal on a matrix shard from the Huarón mines.
Sharp glassy calcite crystal on a matrix shard from the Huarón mines.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
CaCO₃
Morphology
Sharp, glassy crystals on matrix
Typical size
Photographed crystal 1.8 cm
Associated minerals
Tennantite-tetrahedritesphaleritegalenachalcopyritepyritequartzrhodochrosite
Availability
Unknown

Sources: SRC-205 SRC-206

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Chalcopyrite at Huarón Mine (Huarón Mining District)

Chalcopyrite crystals up to 2.5 cm set in a nest of quartz points.
Chalcopyrite crystals up to 2.5 cm set in a nest of quartz points.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Iridescent twinned chalcopyrite crystal among quartz crystals, with sphalerite below.
Iridescent twinned chalcopyrite crystal among quartz crystals, with sphalerite below.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Chalcopyrite with sphalerite and tetrahedrite.
Chalcopyrite with sphalerite and tetrahedrite.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
CuFeS₂
Morphology
Crystals, in places twinned, set among quartz crystals
Typical size
Crystals to about 2.5-3 cm in photographed specimens
Color / luster
Brassy with metallic luster, partly iridescent
Associated minerals
Quartzsphaleritetetrahedrite

Sources: SRC-206 SRC-331 SRC-336

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Enargite at Huarón Mine (Huarón Mining District)

Specimen covered with sharp enargite crystals to over 1 cm from the Huaron district.
Specimen covered with sharp enargite crystals to over 1 cm from the Huaron district.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
Cu₃AsS₄
Morphology
Crusts of sharp, well-formed crystals
Typical size
Crystals to just over 1 cm
Color / luster
Black, metallic
Associated minerals
Tennantite-tetrahedritesphaleritegalenachalcopyritepyritequartz
Availability
Scarce
History
Enargite occurs in the central copper core of the Huaron deposit.

Sources: SRC-206 SRC-660

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Pyrite at Huarón Mine (Huarón Mining District)

Pyrite is one of the main gangue minerals of the polymetallic veins and occurs with mirror-bright tennantite.

Large single octahedral pyrite crystal from the Huaron mining district, Peru.
Large single octahedral pyrite crystal from the Huaron mining district, Peru.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Pyrite with quartz from the Huaron mining district, Peru.
Pyrite with quartz from the Huaron mining district, Peru.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Mirror-bright tennantite crystals perched on pyrite, Huaron district, Peru.
Mirror-bright tennantite crystals perched on pyrite, Huaron district, Peru.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
FeS₂
Morphology
Octahedra, massive pyrite in veins
Typical size
Single octahedron to about 12 cm photographed
Associated minerals
Tennantitetetrahedritesphaleritegalenachalcopyritequartzrhodochrositecalcite

Sources: SRC-405 SRC-206

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Geology of the locality

Setting
Polymetallic Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu district of the Miocene belt of the Central Andes; hydrothermal and epithermal mineralization in veins and in replacement bodies (mantos) in sedimentary rocks; calcite occurs as gangue with pyrite, quartz and rhodochrosite.
Type
Sedimentary
Region
Pasco
Country
Peru

Coordinates (11 00 19 S, 76 24 52 W) are for the Huarón mine as given on Wikipedia. District lies about 20 km SSW of Cerro de Pasco at roughly 4500 m elevation.

Sources: SRC-205 SRC-206

Sources

  1. SRC-205 · Website
    File:Calcite-83315.jpg (Wikimedia Commons file page)Lavinsky, R.M. (photographer) · 2010 · Wikimedia Commons
  2. SRC-206 · Website
    Huarón Mining DistrictWikipedia contributors · Wikipedia
  3. SRC-679 · Website
    File:Bornite-Chalcopyrite-Pyrite-180793.jpg (Wikimedia Commons)Robert M. Lavinsky · Wikimedia Commons
  4. SRC-331 · Website
    Huarón mining districtAlbion Fire and Ice · Albion Fire and Ice
  5. SRC-336 · Website
    File:Chalcopyrite-Quartz-215481.jpgRobert M. Lavinsky (photographer) · Wikimedia Commons
  6. SRC-660 · Website
    File:Enargite-26420.jpg (Wikimedia Commons)Robert M. Lavinsky · Wikimedia Commons
  7. SRC-405 · Website
    Pyrite photographs and file descriptions on Wikimedia CommonsRobert M. Lavinsky (photographer; file descriptions) · Wikimedia Commons

Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.