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Epsomite from
Santa Elena Mine, Quebrada Alcaparrosa, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Epsomite
Formula:MgSO4 · 7H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Sarmientite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epsomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Santa Elena Mine, Quebrada Alcaparrosa, Calingasta, Calingasta Department, San Juan Province, Argentina
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:120269
Long-form Identifier:1:3:120269:4
GUID (UUID V4):cce56b24-4286-46ab-a774-70e120ef2f02
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
97◦ 390 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Santa Elena mine, Argentina. 9.29 (100), 4.64 (90), 4.26 (80), 3...35.19 21.84 Total 100.66 100.00 (1) Santa Elena mine, Argentina. (2) Fe2 (AsO4 )(SO4 )(OH) • 5H2 O. Occurrence:...slavı́kite, epsomite, gypsum. Distribution: From the Santa Elena mine, Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa, between...between San Juan and Calingasta, San Juan Province, Argentina. Name: To honor Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888)...(1811-1888), former President of Argentina. Type Material: n.d. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vélez Sarsfield 1611, (X5016GCA) Córdoba, Argentina Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona...Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, (5000) Córdoba, Argentina [Received 13 September 2013; Accepted 19 January...2O, from the type locality (Santa Elena mine, San Juan Province, Argentina), was solved and refined from...extracted between 1941 and 1974 (Angelelli, 1984). The mine is currently inactive. This deposit is hosted by...interleaved with Ordovician shales and limolites (Alcaparrosa Formation); diabase dykes cut the sedimentary
Report (issue)
71 Total 100.45 100.00 (1) Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa, Argentina. (2) NaMg2 Fe5 (SO4 )7 (OH)6 • 33H2...pickeringite, fibroferrite, copiapite, melanterite, epsomite, jarosite, Distribution: In the Czech Republic...Servette mine, Saint Marcel, Val d’Aosta, Piedmont, Italy. From the Santa Elena mine, Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa...Alcaparrosa, San Juan Province, Argentina. At Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA. Name: In honor
Report (issue)
28 9.64 32.53 Total 99.51 100.00 (1) Redington mine, California, USA. (2) MgFe(SO4 )2 (OH) • 7H2 O....pickeringite, epsomite, gypsum, chalcanthite. Distribution: From Falun, Sweden. At the Rammelsberg mine, near... and Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama. From the Santa Elena mine, Quebrada de La...La Alcaparrosa, San Juan Province, Argentina. In the USA, from the Redington mine, Knoxville, and at the...the Palisades mine, near Calistoga, Napa Co., California; abundant as a post-mining product at Bisbee
Report (issue)
c = 7.656 Z = 18 X-ray Powder Pattern: Cetine mine, Italy. 12.10 (100), 4.57 (53), 6.98 (42), 4.07...coquimbite, parabutlerite, butlerite, copiapite, epsomite, gypsum, pyrite. Distribution: Worldwide localities...Thick beds in the Santa Elena mine, Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa, San Juan Province, Argentina. In the USA,...Calico Hills, San Bernardino Co., at Island Mountain, Trinity Co., and in the Redington mine, Knoxville...from the Shattuck mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona; in Nevada, at the Cordero mine, Poalit district
Book (edition)
COMPENDIO de LAS ESPECIES MINERALES DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA Compilado y parcialmente actualizado por Milka...edición Roberto Miró ASOCIACIÓN MINERALÓGICA ARGENTINA FUNDACIÓN EMPREMIN 2015 PRÓLOGO Los tomos 1...(2007) de LAS ESPECIES MINERALES DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA se encuentran agotados y a pedido de numerosos...COMPENDIO DE LAS ESPECIES MINERALES DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA Con respecto a la versión anterior se han agregado...“Observaciones mineralógicas de la República Argentina”, referente a unas 30 especies pertenecientes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
iron sulfate deposits (alcaparossa) of the "Santa Elena" mine, Dept. of Barreal, where a vein of pyrite...copiapite, botryogen. szomolnokite, gypsum, and epsomite. Drscussrou: X-ray comparison with the opticaliy...sulfatos de hierro de La Alcaparossa (Prov. de San Juan) . Boletin de Obras Sanitarias d.e la Nacion,
Report (volume)
Cultural Cooperation "' with the American Republics Department of State GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE AMERICAN...preferred by miners. Small concentrators in the Quebrada HondaVesuvio and the Pachapaqui districts treat...mining machinery. INTRODUCTION The Andean mineral province, a major metallogenic area of the world, comprising...including Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile and Argentina. Metals present in quantity are copper, lead,...Publicas, and the Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. The contribution of the United
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to high-lime gel, afwillite, and killalaite. Department of Geology, Ulster Museum Belfast BT 9 5AB R...Texas 79834, U.S.A. The cave is developed in the Santa Elena limestone, which is a massive, thickly bedded...and Dietrich, I965). The eastern exposure of Santa Elena limestone is 60-70 m thick and contains about...[3"92 (Ioo), 2.86 (9o), 2"7o (9o)]. G y p s u m , epsomite, mirabilite, and halite have all been reported...deposits in the stratigraphic units a b o v e the Santa Elena Limestone. Bat guano was reportedly mined from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lane3, Janice L. Bishop4 and Stanley A. Mertzman5 Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley...Hadley, Massachusetts 01075, U.S.A. 2 Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts...Center, Mountain View, California, 94043, U.S.A. 5 Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall...E-mail: mdyar@mtholyoke.eud ‡ Present address: Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence...Rhode Island 02912, U.S.A. § Present address: Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of
Book (volume)
crystals from Humboldt County. From Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California. In the Permian basin...the localities. Also obtained at Cerro Negro, Argentina, at Potosi and other localities in Bolivia, and...Rand district and in the Calico and Barstow mines, San Bernardino County, California. A mass of cerargyrite...Silver City district, Owyhee County, Idaho, Poorman mine, where masses weighing many pounds were especially...native silver, iodyrite, calcite. In Mexico in the San Onofre and Plateros An iodian variety districts,
Book
Pefloles, Compania Minera Fresnillo, and Compaii.ia Santa Rosalia, who aJlowed me to photograph, gather samples...specimens from such places as the La Fe Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the state of Baja California...places as Mapimi in the state of Durango; Naica and Santa Eulalia in the state of Chihuahua; and Zacatecas...CALl[NTCS ... I MI ( Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein...University of New York, Albany) Figure 4. The mineral province of Sonora. (Modified from Berstein, 1964, back
Book
Pefioles, Compafiia Minera Fresnillo, and Compania Santa Rosalia, who allowed me to photograph, gather samples...specimens from such places as the La Fé Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the state of Baja California...places as Mapimi in the state of Durango; Naica and Santa Eulalia in the state of Chihuahua; and Zacatecas...WIC ' ' (OSE INSET) Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein...Mexicali Show & Nensengdo Figure 4. The mineral province of Sonora. (Mod ors ified from Berstein, 1964
Book (edition)
Bernard (Czcch Republic). W.D. Birch (Australia), Elena Bonaccorsi (Italy), Ernst A.J. Burke (Netherlands)...(ltaly). Tony Steede (Canada). Ricardo Jose Sureda (Argentina). Ghcorgc Udubasa (Romania). Giovanna Veualini... tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the San Rafael swell about 47...FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza, Argentina. l'UM.\11972. 276-280...AgardJte-(Ce), CeCu.(AsO4)i(OH).-3H1O, hex., Clara mine, central Black Forest, Gennany,A1ifSS(2004),17-23
Book (edition)
H Rhodocbrosite, polished, 50 mm, Capillitas, Argentina, H Back cO\·erphoto: Wolframite. 45 mm. Yaogangxian...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION
Book
Minerals soluble in water, such as rock salt, epsomite and others, have a characteristic taste, being...Moschellandsberg (FRG), Almaden (Spain), Monte Amiata (Italy), Juan Cavelica (Peru), (USA) • Application : chemistry...Allchar deposit (Yugoslavia), Mercur - Utah (USA), Juan Cavelica (Peru); large crystals (up to 60 cm and...Caucasus - crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine - Nevada (USA) •Application: ore (extraction of...Zavodinsk - compact masses up to 200 kg (USSR), San Sebastian (Mexico), Coquimbo (Chile), Red Cloud (Colorado)
Journal (issue)
I N E R A L Cover: Gold. 195 mm. Mocking Bird Mine, Mariposa Co., California, USA. Daniel Trinchillo...photographers: Jeff Scovil / Elo"isaArtola I Joan Astor/ Juan Carlos Valencia/ Emili Callen. Translators and proofreaders:...Mingueza, Xavier Ortiz and Joan Vinyoles whole mine. although the passages are more dangerous due to...from level 3. INTRODUCTION Les Ferreres mine (Las Ferreras mine. Les Ferreres mines. Rocabruna mines) is...municipality (Ripolles. Girona province Catalonia). The galleries of the mine are di,·ided into five le,·els
Book
illustrated Encyclopedi of the World’s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...0620 01371 12 16 3 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2022 with...Translation by Zdenka Naglova Photographs by Du§San Slivka Line Drawings by Frantisek Rej| Graphic design...Minerals soluble in water, such as rock salt, epsomite and others, have a characteristic taste, being... (Spain), rare; Idria Monte Amiata (Italy), Juan Cavelica (Peru), (USA) e Application: chemistry
Book (edition)
ROBERT RAPP, JR. Associate Professor of Mineralogy Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota...Minneapolis. Minnesota JULIUS WEBER Associate, Department of Mineralogy American Museum of Natural History...History, New York, New York Research Associate, Department of Mineralogy Royal Ontario Museum.Toronto. Canada...Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely
Book (edition)
vanadinite, Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...beeen foe We @ Wadeetin relvvagigld .xteliliey? santa rowan leks ) Get « ryi St pewory sine toting bee...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...ye ty a ara id (ean ® “1 le hI AAP : oo A Mine seh Ranier “i i : lever vei ekealps ; cet
Book (edition)
vanadinite, Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County; at the Double...MODE OF OCCURRENCE: Found in waste piles in a coal mine in the L'vov-Volynskii basin, USSR. It is found
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K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...Achavalite, FeSe, @ Hex. Metallic. Cacheuta, Argentina. H=?, Djjj= 6.53, Dc= 6.716, HB 09a. Olsacher...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=
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Keweenaw area of north Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico....areas including Kimberley, Pretoria (the Premier mine is in this area), and Jagersfontein in the Orange...Localities. Lead is found in Sweden at the Harstig mine, Pajsberg; from the gold placers of the Ural Mountains...several localities in Chile, and from the Mohawk mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan; also from Lake Superior...chalcocite. Localities. Fine crystals from the Calabona mine, Alghero, Sardinia; other localities are Chile,
Book (edition)
Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were probably mined...manuscript. The senior author wishes to thank the Department of Geosciences and the University of Arizona...photographers: Julius Weber, Associate in the Department of Mineralogy of the American Museum of Natural...Deposits The Bisbee District The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger Lee Le 2A 3. Uranium and Vanadium Deposits...The Cameron Area 24 24 Ld 4. “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine 29 5. Arizona Meteorites ol
Journal (issue)
Compton (2016-2018) George K. Hickox, Jr. (2012-2018) Juan Fernandez-Buelga (2016-2017) David E. Ellis (2012-2018)...SHOWS TABULAR BLUE BERYL ON TOURMALINE DEO DARRAH MINE, NEAR PATTA GUZAR, BADAKSHAN, AFGHANISTAN 6CM TOM...addition, the largest of the three mines, the Wiesergut mine, has produced the world's finest specimens of crystallized...only rarely are these mine names mentioned on mineral labels. The Wiesergut mine, an underground operation...crystallized strontianite have been collected. The mine lies only 1.7 km south of the village of Oberdorf
 
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