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Quebrada Blanca Mine, Collahuasi District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

Strengite
Quebrada Blanca Mine, Collahuasi District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile
Latitude: 21°0'S
Longitude: 68°48'W
Mina Quebrada Blanca

An open cast copper porphyric deposit; the mine is located about 200 km east of Iquique, at an elevation of more then 4.500 m. The mine is producing Cu sulphides and sulphates.



References

- Hunt, J.P. (1985): Applied geology at Quebrada Blanca and Collahuasi, Chile, and in the future of U.S. metal mining. Economic Geology 80, 794–800.
- Sillitoe, R.H. (1991): Gold metallogeny of Chile — an introduction. Economic Geology 86, 1187–1205.
- Long, K.R. (1995): Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits. In: Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G. (eds.): Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera. Tucson (Arizona), Geological Society Digest 20, pp. 35–68.
- Moore, R.L., and Masterman, G.J. (2002): The corporate discovery history and geology of the Collahuasi porphyry copper deposits, Chile. In: Cooke, D.R., and Pongratz, J. (eds.): Giant ore deposits: Characteristics, genesis and exploration. CODES Special Publication 4, pp. 23–50.
- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.

Mineral List

Alunite
Alunogen
Anhydrite
Aragonite
Atacamite
Azurite
Baryte
Biotite
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Copper
Covellite
Cuprite
Digenite
Djurleite
Epidote
Fluorapatite
Gerhardtite
Goethite
Gypsum
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hisingerite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
Kröhnkite
Leucophosphite
Libethenite
Likasite
Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Metatorbernite
Meurigite-K
Microcline
Molybdenite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Natrodufrénite
Neotocite
Pseudomalachite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Quartz
Rutile
Sphalerite
'Stilbite'
Strengite
Tenorite
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'


57 entries listed. 49 valid minerals.

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