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Covellite from
Rincón mine, Cerro Blanco mining district, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rincón mine, Cerro Blanco mining district, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:569172
Long-form Identifier:1:3:569172:2
GUID (UUID V4):e5af7d8e-b648-4364-b0a8-0afea590f435
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pieces. Also occurs at Pala and Rincón, California; in the Petaca district of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico;...Harney Peak region of South Dakota; the Reagan mining district, Kern range, White Pine County, Nevada. SULFUR...Nevis ville, Union County, Georgia. It has been mine on San Augustin Peak, Organ mounmined from a pegmatite...chalcocite of mine near Penland and the McKinney secondary origin in the School Section mine near Little...quarry near Southford, all Park No. 2 mine and the McKinney mine in Connecticut. At the latter locality
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the last stage, a supergene replacement formed covellite, bornite and goethite. Te-Bi minerals do not appear...Most of them are currently exploited by artisanal mining, including San Luis Alta, Filomena, Santa Rosa...and are younger. The veins can be observed in the mine shafts, trending veins are the longest; they are...and are younger. The veins can be observed in the mine shafts, but they around 45–60 and contains abundant...alization, native and silver,the chlorargyrite, covellite bornite. is carried eralization, native silver
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Layering and Precious Metals Mineralization in the Rincón del Tigre Complex, Eastern Bolivia M. D. PRENDERGAST†...technically successful, platinum exploration of the Rincón del Tigre Complex—a ca. 4.6-km-thick layered sill—have...fluid dynamics of the Rincón del Tigre magma chamber. Introduction THE RINCÓN DEL TIGRE Complex, a large...Litherland et al., 1986). Mineral exploration at Rincón del Tigre between 1991 and 1993 led to the discovery...this paper presents a revised description of the Rincón del Tigre layered sequence and a detailed account
Book
---- |----:-( |- % A DICTIONARY OF SPANISH MINING TERMIS MININAND METALURCICALPUBLICATIONS Geology...Studies. Mining Geology . . Prospecting for Minerals . Ore and Stone Mining. . Elements of Mining . . Coal...Coal Mining . Practical Coal Mining . Elementary 39 Elect. Colliery Practice . Mine-Surveying . . Mine...Mine Air, Investigation of. Mining Law . . Blasting and Explosives . Testing Explosives . Shaft Sinking...Sinking . 39 - e - - - º - Mining - - . - *3 - - - 7º . - - $10.00 - H. W. HUGHES, F
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fe-Ti-P-V-PGE-Au mineralisation, West Musgrave Province, Western Australia Bartosz T. Karykowski 1,2 &...intrusion forms part of the Giles Complex, Musgrave Province, Western Australia. It is predominantly mafic...affects the sorting process. Keywords Musgrave Province . Giles Complex . Layered intrusion . Platinum-group.... Magnetite layers Introduction The Musgrave Province is a focal point of Mesoproterozoic mafic-ultramafic...layered mafic-ultramafic rocks in the Musgrave Province intersected by drill cores in the Jameson Range
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Subgroup which includes the Candeleros, Huincul and Cerro Lisandro formations (De Ferrariis, 1968; Ramos,...Bonito anticline, near the Loma la Lata (LL) and Rincón del Mangrullo (RM) hydrocarbon PT fields (Fig...Ducloux, 1946; Ramos, 1981) and the base of the Cerro Lisandro Formation (35 m thick; Early Turonian,...of this section (Fig. 3B). PT The Huincul and Cerro Lisandro formations dip 4 to 6° to the northeast...Huincul Formation, close to the contact with the Cerro Lisandro Formation (Fig. 3A, B). These sandstones
Book (edition)
granular y cristales tabulares gruesos. Color blanco grisáceo, raya gris, brillo metálico. Clivaje {0001}...o complejas. Propiedades ópticas: opaco, color blanco, R1-R2=74,5-78,0% (540nm), pleocroismo y anisotropía...Propiedades físicas: granos redondeados. Color blanco grisáceo, se empaña a castaño, brillo metálico...Fuertemente magnético. Propiedades ópticas: opaco, color blanco, R=63,1 (540 nm), isótropo. Análisis químicos:...Neuquén (6). Se aloja en el yeso de la Fm. Auquilco. Cerro Partido, Neuquén (6). Se aloja en el yeso de la
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Intrusion in Greenland (e.g., Nielsen et al. 2015), the Rincón del Tigre Complex in Bolivia (Prendergast 2000)...altered and include chalcocite (Fig. 4g) and covellite. Rare sulfarsenides belonging to the cobaltite-gersdorffite...the Freetown Intrusion (Bowles et al. 2013), and Rincón del Tigre (Prendergast 2000). It has been suggested...average of 1.3 wt% (Galvão et al. 1986) and in Rincón del Tigre ranges up to over 1 wt% (Prendergast...breccias in India^ (project website: iptri.in). Mining authorities OMC and IMFA are acknowledged for their
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Francisco J. González, A. Filipa A. Marques and Blanca Rincón-Tomás Received: 19 October 2021 Accepted: 8 November...valley is a U-shaped valley that lies in the Gilgit district (Figure 2a). Geologically, the Kargah valley and...metavolcanic rock (greenschist), (greenschist), covellite covellite rim rim is is visible visible around around...Ccp, chalcopyrite; chalcopyrite; Cv, Cv, covellite; covellite; Gal, galena; Fe, native iron; Qz, quartz...chalcopyrite replaced by covellite; (c) massive chalcopyrite is replaced by covellite-bearing limonite veinlets;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stable isotopes; acid rock drainage; pyrite leaching; mine waste; tailings 1. Introduction Acid rock drainage...problems at active and closed coal and metalliferous mining sites [1]. ARD forms naturally when sulfidic material...increase of contact surface areas at mine sites due to the excavation of mine workings and production of waste...large-scale ARD that is generated within the mining area is called acid mine drainage (AMD). Oxidative dissolution...solution phase and to be transported outside the mining site boundaries by surface and groundwater systems
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
present of mining and metallurgy of lead . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7.2. Past and present of mining and metallurgy...hampering our access to mineral deposits, such as mining depth controlled among others by the geothermal...Hewett in 1927 who was able to demonstrate that in mining countries exploitation, export and import of metals...passed its climax. At the very end the domestic mining industry can no longer cater for the needs and...looked up in various publications such as the “World Mining Data”, a yearbook issued by Weber and Zsak (2007)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
present of mining and metallurgy of lead . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7.2. Past and present of mining and metallurgy...hampering our access to mineral deposits, such as mining depth controlled among others by the geothermal...Hewett in 1927 who was able to demonstrate that in mining countries exploitation, export and import of metals...passed its climax. At the very end the domestic mining industry can no longer cater for the needs and...looked up in various publications such as the “World Mining Data”, a yearbook issued by Weber and Zsak (2007)
Report (issue)
North American plate margin in México. It is this province that is the subject of the paper by Ferrari et...for the first time, a comprehensive view of the province, including its structural and stratigraphic characteristics...of the magmatic and tectonic evolution of the province as well as a discussion of the age-old debate...The Mesa Central (Mexican Plateau) is a geologic province whose stratigraphy and structure are very different...propose the crustal structure of this geologic province, taking into account the tectonics of the oceanic
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started in 1968 and the current mining depth...ore-bearing intrusions in the Emeishan large igneous province ......................................... 975...superdomain: a new metallotect within the Superior Province ................................................two orebodies in the Jinchuan intrusion, Gansu province, NW China . . ....................... 1032 ...mineralisation at Mineral de Talca, Coastal Range, Chile: the role of felsic intrusives ...............
Report (issue)
potential environmental and health issues caused by the mining and processing of many mineral commodities may...the environmental considerations related to the mining of nonfuel mineral resources, including the modern...Chapter B. Environmental Considerations Related to Mining of Nonfuel Minerals By Robert R. Seal II, Nadine....B3 Graph showing dates associated with all the mine sites on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...production, U.S. apparent consumption, and U.S. mine production of antimony from 1900 to 2012.......
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
belonging to 24 the Giles Complex, Musgrave Province, Western Australia. The hosting layered intrusions... 57 58 Keywords: 5 words only 59 Musgrave Province, Giles Complex, Layered intrusion, PGE deposits...Council and the traditional owners of the Musgrave province and we 80 thank them for this and for sharing...83 84 1. Introduction 85 The west Musgrave Province of central Australia hosts one of the most important...and Prospect Overview 129 The West Musgrave Province is a Mesoproterozoic orogenic belt close to the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Schwertmannite has only been identified in acid mine drainage and its formation requires low pH (< 5)...the Namaqua Province of NNB, suggesting assimilation of crustal material of this province for the lower...q@gmail.com The Chah Sorb deposit, located in Yazd Province, Centeral Iran, is hosted mainly by Upper Jurassic...the data are underway for samples from the Cantung mine, as well as two barren intrusions in the study area...of Ag in sulfides from Cu deposits in northern Chile: Implications for ore genesis, exploration, and
Book
Continental Sub-Plate Chocó Arc Caribbean Large Igneous Province Central Tectonic Realm circa, approximately centimeter...Cretaceous Pacific Realm belong to a similar volcanic province. The Sinú terrane is located outboard of San Jacinto...Sabanalarga, Buga) are of Pacific provenance, as is the Cerro Matoso ultramafic complex which forms part of the... Fig. 1.53 The Upper Cretaceous peridotites at Cerro Matoso. (Compiled after Lopez (1986) and Gleeson...Koll G (2004) The mineralogy and geochemistry of Cerro Matoso, S.A. Ni-laterite deposit, Montelibano, Colombia
Report (issue)
gov/images/periodictable.pdf. Cover. Stillwater Mine in south-central Montana, looking southeast. The...Platinum-Group-Element Mining and Mineral-Processing Methods......................................N39 Mine Waste Characteristics...............................................N42 Mine Closure...........................................Siberian flood basalt province in Russia, which is the largest flood basalt province in the world.........sulfide ore exposed in a stope in the Oktyabr’sk Mine in the Talnakh area, Russia....................
Book
Examples from the Central Italy Volcanic Lake District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. Mazza, S. Taviani...in Indonesia (Sriwana et al. 2000), and Poás and Rincón de la Vieja lakes in Costa Rica (Tassi et al. 2005...Albano and Nemi crater lakes in the volcanic 17 district of Alban Hills (Rome, Italy). J Volcanol Geotherm...examples from the Central Italy Volcanic Lake District. In: Rouwet D, Christenson BW, Tassi F, Vandemeulebrouck...Nilahue, a new maar type volcano at Rininahue, Chile. Congreso Geologico Internacional, Seccion I—Vulcanologia
Book
Refining the Classification Using McCreedy West Mine and Podolsky Project Case Studies 163-180 C.E.G...Corson, R.D. West 391-407 19. Exploration and Mining Perspective of the Main Sulfide Zone of the Great...Dyke, Zimbabwe - Case Study of the Hartley Platinum Mine A.H. Wilson, R.T. Brown 409-429 20. The Platinova...REFINING THE CLASSIFICATION: USING McCREEDY WEST MINE, AND PODOLSKY PROJECT CASE STUDIES C.E.G. Farrow...DISCUSSION AND SUMMARY 404 19. EXPLORATION AND MINING OF THE MAIN SULPHIDE ZONE OF THE GREAT DYKE, ZIMBABWE
Report (issue)
INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY AND PETROLEUM COPYRIGHT © 2002 CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY...Elements. Edited by L.J. Cabri. Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Special Volume 54, p...PGE mineralization in the North Atlantic Igneous Province (NAIP). Of course, in the real world, it is impossible...relationships at the currently operating Lac de Iles mine (Ontario), the Marathon deposit in the Coldwell...(Ontario), and the formerly producing Salt Chuck mine (Alaska). They, thus, cover a range of deposit types
Book
geomorphology, pedology 10. Structural/petroleum/mining geology, geodynamics, marine geology The dynamic...Zhen-Dong Cui (AJGS Editor): China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China Ali Karrech...Kamal Abdelrahman The South West Atakor Volcanic District (Hoggar-Algeria): Petrography and Mineralogy from...Cryptomelane in Altered Rhyolite from Tazrouk Volcanic District, Latea, Hoggar, Algeria . . . . . . . . . . ....in BIF Mines: An Approach Referring to the Bonito Mine, Northeastern Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 
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