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Potrerillos Mine, Potrerillos, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Chalcophyllite
Potrerillos Mine, Potrerillos, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Photo: 2003 John H. Betts
Latitude: 26°29'54"S
Longitude: 69°23'58"W
Mineralized porphyry stock, intruding a Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous sedimentary carbonate sequence. The stock is surrounded by a 150 m wide halo, in which metamorphic and metasomatic assemblages and minor skarns are developed.

References

- Maksaev, V., Townley, B., Palacios, C., and Camus, F. (2007): Metallic ore deposits. In: Moreno, T., and Gibbons, W. (editors): The Geology of Chile. The Geological Society (London), pp. 414.
- 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
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Antimony
Arsenopyrite
Arthurite
Azurite
Biotite
Bismuth
Bornite
Brochantite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chrysocolla
Clinozoisite
Covellite
Cuprite
Diaspore
Dickite
Diopside
Enstatite
Epidote
Galena
'Garnet'
Gold
Gypsum
Hematite
var: Specularite

Illite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Magnetite
Malachite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Pyrite
Pyrophyllite
Rutile
Silver
Sphalerite
Stibnite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tremolite
Wollastonite
Woodhouseite
Zoisite
Zunyite


48 entries listed. 42 valid minerals.

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