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Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Detailed Mineral List:
| Acanthite |  | |
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| Formula: | Ag2S | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 10:201] | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 16 other localities in this region. | |
| Photo: © . Acanthite from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | ||
| Actinolite | ||
| Formula: | ☐{Ca2}{(Mg,Fe2+)5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Adamite (TL) |  | |
| Formula: | Zn2(AsO4)(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. | |
| Photo: © maurizio dini. Adamite from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | ||
| 'Albite-Anorthite Series' | ||
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| 'Andorite' | ||
| Formula: | PbAgSb3S6 | |
| Reference: | Gunnar Farber | |
| Arsenic | ||
| Formula: | As | |
| Localities: | Manto de Ossa Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Reventón Colorada Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Flor de María Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| Arsenopyrite | ||
| Formula: | FeAsS | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| 'Asbestos' | ||
| Locality: | Dolores I Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| 'Atlasite' | ||
| Formula: | near Cu15(CO3)6Cl2(OH)16 · H2O | |
| Reference: | No reference listed | |
| Augite | ||
| Formula: | (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6] | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Baryte | ||
| Formula: | BaSO4 | |
| Localities: | Locura mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Margarita Segunda mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Confianza mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Flor de María Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Huanaca mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| 'Biotite' | ||
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Bornite | ||
| Formula: | Cu5FeS4 | |
| Locality: | Loreto Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| Bromargyrite |  | |
| Formula: | 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. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 5 other localities in this region. | |
| Photo: © Rob Lavinsky. Bromargyrite from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | ||
| Bromargyrite var: Iodian Bromargyrite | ||
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Bromargyrite var: Mercuroan Bromargyrite | ||
| Formula: | (Ag,Hg)Br | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204 | |
| Brucite | ||
| Formula: | Mg(OH)2 | |
| Reference: | Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 154-167 | |
| Calcite | ||
| Formula: | CaCO3 | |
| 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 | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 30 other localities in this region. | |
| Chalcocite | ||
| Formula: | Cu2S | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Chalcopyrite | ||
| Formula: | CuFeS2 | |
| Locality: | Loreto Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| 'Chañarcillite' | ||
| Formula: | Ag-As-Sb | |
| Reference: | No reference listed | |
| Chlorargyrite |  | |
| Formula: | AgCl | |
| Localities: | Reported from at least 13 localities in this region. | |
| Photo: © Steve Hardinger. Chlorargyrite from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | ||
| Chlorargyrite var: Bromian Chlorargyrite |  | |
| Formula: | 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. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 8 other localities in this region. | |
| Photo: © Rob Lavinsky. Bromian Chlorargyrite from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | ||
| 'Chlorite Group' | ||
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Chrysocolla | ||
| Formula: | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O (x < 1) | |
| Locality: | Manto de Cobo Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| Cinnabar | ||
| Formula: | HgS | |
| Locality: | Los Frayles, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| Conichalcite | ||
| Formula: | CaCu(AsO4)(OH) | |
| Locality: | Manto de Cobo Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| Copper | ||
| Formula: | Cu | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Cuprite | ||
| Formula: | Cu2O | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Diopside | ||
| Formula: | CaMgSi2O6 | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Dolomite | ||
| Formula: | CaMg(CO3)2 | |
| Locality: | Colorada Mine (Corrida Colorada Mine), Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| Domeykite | ||
| Formula: | Cu3As | |
| Locality: | Dolores I Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| Dyscrasite | ||
| Formula: | Ag3Sb | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Epidote | ||
| Formula: | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) | |
| Reference: | Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 154-167; Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 5 other localities in this region. | |
| Fettelite |  | |
| Formula: | [Ag6As2S7][Ag10HgAs2S8] | |
| Reference: | Bindi, L., Keutsch, F.N., Francis, C.A., Menchetti, S. (2009): Fettelite, [Ag6As2S7][Ag10HgAs2S8] from Chanarcillo, Chile: Crystal structure, pseudosymmetry, twinning, and revised chemical formula. American Mineralogist, 94, 609-615. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 3 other localities in this region. | |
| Photo: Fettelite from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | ||
| Freibergite | ||
| Formula: | Ag6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S13-x | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Galena | ||
| Formula: | PbS | |
| Localities: | Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. | |
| 'Garnet' | ||
| Formula: | X3Z2(SiO4)3 | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 5 other localities in this region. | |
| Goethite | ||
| Formula: | α-Fe3+O(OH) | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Gypsum | ||
| Formula: | CaSO4 · 2H2O | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Hematite | ||
| Formula: | Fe2O3 | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Iodargyrite |  | |
| Formula: | 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. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 10 other localities in this region. | |
| Photo: © R.D.Green. Iodargyrite from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | ||
| 'Limonite' | ||
| Formula: | FeO(OH) · nH2O | |
| 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. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 3 other localities in this region. | |
| Malachite | ||
| Formula: | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Miargyrite | ||
| Formula: | AgSbS2 | |
| Reference: | [MinRec 10:201] | |
| Moschellandsbergite |  | |
| Formula: | Ag2Hg3 | |
| Reference: | Robert B. Cook: "Chañarcillo, Chile"; Minrecord, july-august 1978, pag.201 | |
| Photo: © Maurizio Dini. Moschellandsbergite from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | ||
| 'Mountain Leather' | ||
| Reference: | Henwood, W.J. (1871): Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 154-167 | |
| Muscovite | ||
| Formula: | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Orthoclase | ||
| Formula: | KAlSi3O8 | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Palygorskite | ||
| Formula: | (Mg,Al)5(Si,Al)8O20(OH)2 · 8H2O | |
| Reference: | American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 609–615, 2009 | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Pearceite | ||
| Formula: | [(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7][Ag9CuS4] | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Polybasite | ||
| Formula: | [(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7][Ag9CuS4] | |
| Reference: | Copiapo Mineralogical Museum (Chile) | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 2 other localities in this region. | |
| Proustite |  | |
| Formula: | Ag3AsS3 | |
| Reference: | American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 609–615, 2009 | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 3 other localities in this region. | |
| Photo: Proustite from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | ||
| 'Proustite-Pyrargyrite Series' | ||
| Localities: | Reported from at least 12 localities in this region. | |
| Pyrargyrite |  | |
| Formula: | Ag3SbS3 | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record, 10(4), 197-204. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Photo: © Dan Weinrich. Pyrargyrite from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | ||
| Pyrite | ||
| Formula: | FeS2 | |
| Localities: | Loreto Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Chacabuco mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile San Francisquito Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| Pyrolusite | ||
| Formula: | MnO2 | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Quartz | ||
| Formula: | SiO2 | |
| Localities: | Manto de Cobo Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Chacabuco mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Colorada Mine (Corrida Colorada Mine), Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| Siderite | ||
| Formula: | FeCO3 | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Silver |  | |
| Formula: | 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. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 28 other localities in this region. | |
| Photo: © R.D.Green. Silver from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | ||
| Sphalerite | ||
| Formula: | ZnS | |
| Localities: | San Blas Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Rothschild Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Constancia Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Delirio Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Loreto Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| Stephanite |  | |
| Formula: | Ag5SbS4 | |
| Localities: | Reventón Colorada Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile San Feliz mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| Photo: © maurizio dini. Stephanite from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | ||
| Stibnite | ||
| Formula: | Sb2S3 | |
| Reference: | Copiapo Mineralogical Museum (Chile) | |
| 'Tocornalite' | ||
| Formula: | (Ag,Hg)I | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| 'Tourmaline' | ||
| Formula: | A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Wollastonite | ||
| Formula: | CaSiO3 | |
| Reference: | Cook, R B. (1979): Famous mineral localities; Chanarcillo, Chile. Mineralogical Record. 10, 197-204. | |
| Xanthoconite |  | |
| Formula: | Ag3AsS3 | |
| Localities: | Dolores I Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Santa Rosa Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
| Photo: © maurizio dini. Xanthoconite from Santa Rosa Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | ||
67 entries listed. 51 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).
References
Allison, R.E. (1859): Geologische Skizze von Chile. Berg- und Hüttenmännische Zeitung 18(50), 458-460.
Moesta, F.A. (1870): Ueber das Vorkommen der Chlor-, Brom- und Jodverbindungen des Silbers in der Natur - Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Geologischen und Bergbaulichen Verhältnisse von Nordchile. Verlag von Oscar Eberhardt's Universitätsbuchhandlung (Marburg), 47 pp.
Henwood, W.J. (1871): Observations on Metalliferous Deposits: On the Mining District of Chañarcillo in Chili. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 69-153.
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.
Moesta, F.A. (1870): Ueber das Vorkommen der Chlor-, Brom- und Jodverbindungen des Silbers in der Natur - Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Geologischen und Bergbaulichen Verhältnisse von Nordchile. Verlag von Oscar Eberhardt's Universitätsbuchhandlung (Marburg), 47 pp.
Henwood, W.J. (1871): Observations on Metalliferous Deposits: On the Mining District of Chañarcillo in Chili. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 8(1), 69-153.
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.
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