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Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

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(Mina Chañarcillo)

Refs.:
- Whitehead, W. L. (1919): The veins of Chanarcillo, Chile. Economic Geology: 14: 1-45.

- 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: 866.

- Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record, 10(4), 197-204.

Old mine of Chañarcillo. A famous silver mining district. Located near Vallenar and Copiapó.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
  		•  Acanthite
    Ag
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [MinRec 10:201]
    Site Photo
    Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
     
  		•  Adamite (TL)
    Zn
     
    2
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)(OH)
    Type Locality: Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
    Reference: [C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris (1866): 62, 692; 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: 866.]
    Site Photo
    Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
    © maurizio dini
  		•  Arsenic
    As
    Reference: [A. Moesta; "Chlor, Brom und Jodverbindungen des Silbers in der natur"; Facultat zu Marburg; Schnellpressendruck von C.L. Pfeil, Marburg, 1869]
  		•  'Atlasite'
    near Cu
     
    15
    		(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    6
    		Cl
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    16
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [. Moesta (1870): \"Thesen welche Nebst siener Habilitationsshrift]
  		•  Bornite
    Cu
     
    5
    		FeS
     
    4
    Reference: [Samples in the I. Domeyko Museum, of La Serena School of Mines]
  		•  Bromargyrite
    AgBr
    Reference: [Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (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.: 14; Mineralogical Record: 10: 202-203.]
    Site Photo
    Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (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.: 14.; American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 609–615, 2009]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Sample in the I. Domeyko Museum, of La Serena School of Mines]
  		•  'Chañarcillite'
    Ag-As-Sb
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Chlorargyrite
    AgCl
    Reference: [Chlorargyrite sample is in the Maurizio Dini collection]
    Site Photo
    Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
    © Steve Hardinger
  		•  Chlorargyrite
    var: Bromian Chlorargyrite
    Ag(Cl,Br)
    Reference: [Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (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.: 13.]
    Site Photo
    Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Chrysocolla
    (Cu,Al)
     
    2
    		H
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Sample in the I. Domeyko Museum, of La Serena School of Mines]
  		•  Cinnabar
    HgS
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Conichalcite
    CaCu[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Sample in the I. Domeyko Museum, of La Serena School of Mines]
  		•  Domeykite
    Cu
     
    3
    		As
    Reference: [Handb.best.Mineral.(1845) p. 562]
  		•  Dyscrasite
    Ag
     
    3
    		Sb
    Reference: [A. Moesta; "Chlor, Brom und Jodverbindungen des Silbers in der natur"; Facultat zu Marburg; Schnellpressendruck von C.L. Pfeil, Marburg, 1869]
  		•  Fettelite
    Ag
     
    24
    		HgAs
     
    5
    		S
     
    20
    Reference: [American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 609–615, 2009]
    Site Photo
    Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
    © maurizio dini
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [A. Moesta; "Chlor, Brom und Jodverbindungen des Silbers in der natur"; Facultat zu Marburg; Schnellpressendruck von C.L. Pfeil, Marburg, 1869]
  		•  Iodargyrite
    AgI
    Reference: [Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (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.: 14.]
    Site Photo
    Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
    © R.D.Green
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [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: 866.]
  		•  Miargyrite
    AgSbS
     
    2
    Reference: [MinRec 10:201]
  		•  Palygorskite
    (Mg,Al)
     
    5
    		(Si,Al)
     
    8
    		O
     
    20
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 609–615, 2009]
  		•  Polybasite
    [(Ag,Cu)
     
    6
    		(Sb,As)
     
    2
    		S
     
    7
    		][Ag
     
    9
    		CuS
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Copiapo Mineralogical Museum (Chile)]
  		•  Proustite
    Ag
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    3
    Reference: [American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 609–615, 2009]
    Site Photo
    Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
     
  		•  'Proustite-Pyrargyrite Series'
    Reference: [A. Moesta; "Chlor, Brom und Jodverbindungen des Silbers in der natur"; Facultat zu Marburg; Schnellpressendruck von C.L. Pfeil, Marburg, 1869]
  		•  Pyrargyrite
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
    © Dan Weinrich
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Samples in the I. Domeyko Museum, of La Serena School of Mines]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Sample in the I. Domeyko Museum, of La Serena School of Mines]
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Reference: [Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (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.: 14, 867; J-F LANOE, 1976 listed. Faculté des Science de Lyon.]
    Site Photo
    Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
    © R.D.Green
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [A. Moesta; "Chlor, Brom und Jodverbindungen des Silbers in der natur"; Facultat zu Marburg; Schnellpressendruck von C.L. Pfeil, Marburg, 1869]
  		•  Stephanite
    Ag
     
    5
    		SbS
     
    4
    Reference: [A. Moesta; "Chlor, Brom und Jodverbindungen des Silbers in der natur"; Facultat zu Marburg; Schnellpressendruck von C.L. Pfeil, Marburg, 1869]
    Site Photo
    Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
    © maurizio dini
  		•  Stibnite
    Sb
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [Copiapo Mineralogical Museum (Chile)]
  		•  Xanthoconite
    Ag
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    3
    Reference: [Dana 7:I:372.]
    Site Photo
    Santa Rosa mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
    © maurizio dini


    34 entries listed. 29 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

    Localities in this Region:
    Chile
     
    • Atacama Region
      • Copiapó Province
        • Chañarcillo

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