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La Compañia Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

(Mina la Compania, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, Tocopilla, Antofagásta, Chile)

Copper deposit with supergene gold in highly argillized andesite. Located South of Sierra Gorda.

Ref.:
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 457, 605, 620.





Mineral List:
Amarantite
Atacamite
Boleite
Caracolite
Copiapite
Coquimbite
Ferrinatrite (TL)
Fibroferrite
Gold
Greenockite
Hawleyite
Herbertsmithite
Jarosite
Metavoltine
Sideronatrite
Tamarugite


16 entries listed. 16 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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