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La Compañia Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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(Mina la Compania, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, Tocopilla, Antofagásta, Chile)

Copper deposit with supergene gold in highly argillized andesite. Located South of Sierra Gorda.

Ref.:
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: 457, 605, 620.




Group 1 - Elements
  		• Gold1.AA.05
    Au
    Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
  		• Greenockite2.CB.45
    CdS
  		• Hawleyite2.CB.05a
    CdS
    Group 3 - Halides
  		• Atacamite3.DA.10a
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|Cl]
  		• Boleite3.DB.15
    KPb
     
    26
    		Ag
     
    9
    		Cu
     
    24
    		(OH)
     
    48
    		Cl
     
    62
  		• Herbertsmithite3.DA.10c
    Cu
     
    3
    		Zn[(OH)
     
    3
    		|Cl]
     
    2
    Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
  		• Amarantite7.DB.30
    Fe
    3+
    2
    		[O|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 7H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Caracolite7.BD.20
    Na
     
    3
    		Pb
     
    2
    		[Cl|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
  		• Copiapite7.DB.35
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    4
    		[OH|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 20H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Coquimbite7.CB.55
    Fe
     
    2
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		·9H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Ferrinatrite (TL)7.CC.35
    Na
     
    3
    		Fe(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Fibroferrite7.DC.15
    Fe
    3+
     
    		[OH|SO
     
    4
    		] · 5H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Jarosite7.BC.10
    KFe
    3+
     
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
  		• Metavoltine7.DF.35
    Na
     
    6
    		K
     
    2
    		FeFe
     
    6
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    12
    		O
     
    2
    		·18H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Sideronatrite7.DF.20
    Na
     
    2
    		Fe(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		OH·3H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Tamarugite7.CC.10
    NaAl(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·6H
     
    2
    		O


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