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El Salvador Mine, El Salvador district, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Pseudomalachite
El Salvador Mine, El Salvador district, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Photo: Dick Dionne
Latitude: 26°14'40"S
Longitude: 69°33'27"W
Porphyry copper deposit.
The mine was opened in 1959.

References

- Econ. Geol. (1976) 71, 1533-1548.
- 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.



External Links

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador_mine

Mineral List

Actinolite
Albite
Alunite
Andalusite
Anhydrite
'Apatite'
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Biotite
Bornite
Calcite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Corundum
Covellite
Cuprite
Diaspore
Digenite
Enargite
Goethite
Gypsum
Hematite
var: Specularite
'Hornblende'
Ilmenite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Molybdenite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Natrodufrénite
Olivenite
Pseudomalachite
Pyrite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rutile
'Smectite Group'
Sphalerite
Svanbergite
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Woodhouseite
Zunyite


53 entries listed. 43 valid minerals.

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