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Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Latitude: 22°17'22"S
Longitude: 68°54'4"W
Longitude: 68°54'4"W
Chuquicamata is now amalgamated with the operating Radomiro Tomić mine to the north (but still on the same mineralised system), the developing Alejandro Hales mine just to the south (formerly Mansa Mina, a slightly impolite description) and the recently discovered 'Toki cluster' of copper porphyries to form the Codelco Norte division of Codelco.
Located 15 km north of Calama, II Region, Chile.
Mineral List
138 entries listed. 130 valid minerals. 18 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).
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References
- Palache, C. (1935) American Mineralogist: 20, 484-491.
- Hurlbut, C.S., Jr. (1942) Sampleite, a new mineral from Chuquicamata, Chile. American Mineralogist: 27: 586-589.
- Jarrell, O. W. (1944): Oxidation at Chuquicamata, Chile. Economic Geology, 39, 251-86.
- 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. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 302, 310, 316, 457, 841, 861, 863, 946, 1095.
- Cook, R.B. (1978). "Famous mineral localities: Chuquicamata, Chile." Mineralogical Record, 9(5), 321-333.
- 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.
-Ossandón C., G., Fréraut C., R., Gustafson, L.B., Lindsay, D.D., and Zentilli, M. (2001): Geology of the Chuquicamata Mine: A Progress Report. Economic Geology, Vol. 96, pp. 249-270.
Peacock, M. A. & Bandy, M. C. (1938): Ungemachite and clino-ungemachite: new minerals from Chile. American Mineralogist 23, 314-328.
- Hurlbut, C.S., Jr. (1942) Sampleite, a new mineral from Chuquicamata, Chile. American Mineralogist: 27: 586-589.
- Jarrell, O. W. (1944): Oxidation at Chuquicamata, Chile. Economic Geology, 39, 251-86.
- 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. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 302, 310, 316, 457, 841, 861, 863, 946, 1095.
- Cook, R.B. (1978). "Famous mineral localities: Chuquicamata, Chile." Mineralogical Record, 9(5), 321-333.
- 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.
-Ossandón C., G., Fréraut C., R., Gustafson, L.B., Lindsay, D.D., and Zentilli, M. (2001): Geology of the Chuquicamata Mine: A Progress Report. Economic Geology, Vol. 96, pp. 249-270.
Peacock, M. A. & Bandy, M. C. (1938): Ungemachite and clino-ungemachite: new minerals from Chile. American Mineralogist 23, 314-328.
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