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Braden Mine (Teniente Mine), El Teniente, Rancagua, Cachapoal Province, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region, Chile

The El Teniente mine works on a porphyry copper deposit, ca. 50km E of Rancagua. Core or plug of an extinct volcano. Known for its very large gypsum crystals, including one measuring l0ft.x3 in (3 meters x 8 cm.)



References:
- 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: 1010.
- 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.





Map Reference: 34°5'19"S , 70°27'45"W

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Mineral List:
Actinolite
Alunite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
'Apatite'
Azurite
Baryte
Biotite
Bornite
Bournonite
Brochantite
Calcite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Copper
Covellite
Cuprite
Dickite
Digenite
Enargite
Epidote
Galena
Goethite
Gypsum
Hematite
var: Specularite
Illite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Limonite
Lindgrenite
Magnetite
Malachite
Molybdenite
Montmorillonite
Olivenite
Orpiment
Osarizawaite
Pyrite
Pyrophyllite
Realgar
Rhodochrosite
Roxbyite
Rutile
Scheelite
'Sericite'
'Smectite Group'
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Sulphur
Tennantite
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
'Tourmaline'
Wulfenite


58 entries listed. 50 valid minerals.

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