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Sphalerite from
Berta Mine, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Berta Mine, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1409322
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1409322:9
GUID (UUID V4):bab71dd4-7b93-4c01-a20d-df0489174adb
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
39.8km (24.7 miles) San Samuel Mine ("San Manuel Mine"), Carrera Pinto, Cachiyuyo de Llampos mining district, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
47.8km (29.7 miles) Caballo Muerto prospect, Caballo Muerto mining district, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
48.6km (30.2 miles) Dulcinea de Llampos Mine, Cachiyuyo de Llampos mining district, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
55.4km (34.4 miles) La Coipa mine, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
69.9km (43.4 miles) Potrerillos Mine, Potrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
72.2km (44.8 miles) Capitana Mine, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
72.6km (45.1 miles) El Salvador Mine, El Salvador mining district, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
74.6km (46.3 miles) Jerónimo Mine, Potrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
92.2km (57.3 miles) Dos Adrianas Mine, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
92.8km (57.6 miles) Candelaria Copper mining complex, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mantoverde Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold District, III Región, Chile: The Role of Regionally Derived, Nonmagmatic Fluids...CASTILLO** Anglo American Chile Ltda, Avenida Pedro de Valdivia 291, Santiago, Chile Abstract Located in...in the Cordillera de la Costa of northern Chile, the mines of the Mantoverde district exploit supergene...subsidiary segments of the plate boundary-parallel Atacama fault system. They are hosted by Middle to Upper...regional scapolitization in the area between the Atacama fault system and the marginal basin. Chalcopyrite
Catalog/List
"'· f·,,or.-i ti.s cd: send a 1 ist of th,;'! mine"i",;• L, that price for ~ach piece There is no... C191 AJOITE fairly (New Cornelia well covered~ Mine,Ajo,Pima greenish (Belstone light County blue...A) Cl92 ANDRADITE location. brown crystals on Mine near Okehampton Cl93 ARSENOPYRITE Arsenopyrite...location pieces, about a third covered (Bedford Consols Mine near Tavistock, Devon) B) for micros lx 1/2 ins...brassy masses matrix. (Ramsley Mine Devon) lxl fl good covering (Ramsley Mine lx2 f3 C201 COLUMBITE pure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
successive extensional episodes: the case of the Berta F–(Pb–Zn) vein system (NE Spain) Esteve Cardellach...b,1 b a Facultat de Ciències, Departament de Geologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra...Spain Departament de Cristallografia, Mineralogia i Dipòsits Minerals, Universitat de Barcelona, Martı́...inclusion, stable and radiogenic isotopes) study of the Berta F – (Pb – Zn) vein system has identified the source...existence of two separate hydrothermal events at the mine scale, which reflect distinct periods of regional
Report (issue)
Clinoatacamite, 5.6 cm, from the Lily mine near Pisco, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru. Trinity Minerals...clinoatacamite in the Lily mine, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru. In 1998 this copper mine began giving up...and he landed the two superb miniatures of Lily mine clinoatacamite now offered on his site (trinityminerals...in arsenic from the 1991 find in the Tellerhäuser mine near Pöhla, western Erzgebirge, Upper Saxony, Germany...these specimens “Pöhla mine” but in fact the Tellerhäuser is another small mine southeast of the town
Catalog/List
rece~tly bEen reidcntified Mina Pedro de Valdivia as Chile) Cumengeite. lem f3.60 C261 AGARDITE...ARSENIOSIDERITE orange brown crusts on Hidalgoite (Gold Hill Mine Tooele County Utah USA) lxl f2.5O lx2 f5.OO 2x2...purple-brown crystalline masses (Colebrook Hill Mine,Roseberry, Tasmania) lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 2x2 f6.OO...BOKITE black to dark brown masses (Monumnt No 2 Mine Apache County 1/2 x 1/2 f3.5O lxl f5 C266 DEFERNITE...C269 CHABAZITE good covering location. (Ramsley Mine lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 of glassy micros Devon) 2x2 f6
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cardellach b aDepartament de Cristal.lografia, Mineralogia i Dipbsits Minerals, Universitat de Barcelona, Marti...Barcelona, Spain ~Departament de Geologia, Facultat de Ciencies, Universitat Autbnoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra...(Triassic to Early Jurassic) in all cases except the Berta mine which may be as young as Miocene. 1. Introduction...) a mineral assemblage dominated by barite + sphalerite + quartz + fluorite + carbonate; (2) formation...Canals, Departament de Cristal.lografia, Mineralogia i Dip6sits Minerals, Universitat de Barcelona, Marti
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Departament de Cristal·lografia, Mineralogia i Dipòsits Minerals, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona...Franquès s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain 21 AMPHOS , Pg. de Rubí 29-31, 08197 Valldoreix, Barcelona, Spain School...and another vein system from the same region, the Berta fluorite vein, have been studied with microthermometry...fluorite vein systems from NE Spain (Rigròs and Berta), which recorded this regional fluid event during...geochemical study of the fluids trapped in the Rigròs and Berta vein systems, which includes microthermometry, crush-leach
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Broken Hill domain of the southern Curnamona province, Australia (Fig. 1). It is † Corresponding author:...Corporation - A lode, B lode, and C lode, 13 = North mine, 14 = Potosi, 15 = Round Hill, 16 = Flying Doctor...and gahnite-rich rocks in the southern Curnamona province, and their genetic relationship to Broken Hill-type...to lower amphibolite facies to the north of the mine area (Phillips, 1980; Frost et al., 2005; Forbes...siliceous and calcitic ores consist mostly of sphalerite and galena, with lesser amounts of pyrrhotite
Catalog/List
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany Crystals to 9mm 98x47x:26mm £32 3 SPHALERITE Baxter...Pakistan Crystals to 17mm. 67x50x45mm £38 6 GALENA, SPHALERITE & PYRITE S1lvermines,Co Tipperary, Ireland Crystals...39x23x:22mm. £36 £48 £48 £48 12 FLUORITE Pedrera Berta. Papiol, Barcelona, Spam Octahedral crystals to...67x55x49mm. £38 £34 15 CHALCOPYRITE Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA Iridescent blue/purple...2 5mm 83x57x36mm £48 16 FLUORITE & QUARTZ Tres de la Colllada, Asturias, Spam. Crystals to 24mm 92x75x39mm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zaruma-Portovelo Deposit (Ecuador) Edgar Berrezueta 1, *, Berta Ordóñez-Casado 1 , Wilson Bonilla 2 , Richard Banda...Puglla 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 * Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, C/Matemático Pedrayes, 25, Oviedo 33005,...Ecuador; wilsonbonilla2@yahoo.com.ar Universidad de Guayaquil, Av. Raúl Gómez Lince s/n y Av. Juan Tanca...Ecuador; richyband@hotmail.com Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. España, C/Ríos Rosas, 21, Madrid 28003, Spain;...color images. Minerals under study were gold, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, pyrite, pyrrhotite, bornite
Catalog/List
blue xtls. GRF. Ml. £4.00 4 MALACHITE, Killie Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA. Very rich with fibrous edges...xtls. GRF. Ml. £5.00 10 SMITHSONITE, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Pale blue botryoidal...GRF. SMI. £5.00 11 UVSW. ALLOPHANE, Hawks Wood Mine, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. SW green. Ml. £5.00 12...quartz/mica matrix. GRF. C. £5.00 14 SPHALERITE, Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, nr Alston, Cumbria. Glistening...pyrite. GD. C. £6.00 18 NATIVE COPPER, White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA. Heavy pure copper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fromN.Mexico...... 491 Bandy, M. C. Castanite from Chile. . . 534 Bannister, F. A.. . . .250,455 Baringer...35 Camsellite 509 Castanite from Chuquicamata, Chile.(Bandy) 534 Cebollite,newopticaldata.. .349,356...'ahey). 173 Chalcopyrite and pyrite inclusions in sphalerite. (Shenon). 514 Chrome ores, x-ray exnmination...iron meteorites Ferrotremolite, oxyhornblende from Chile and Texas.. ' . ' 357 and tourmaline. (Vlinchell)...Australia. (Alder...... man)... Meteorites, iron, from Chile (Palache' Texas. and .. ..... Gonyer). Meteorite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
potentialsource of ore solutions. (2) Simple mineralogy;sphalerite,galena, dolo- 60'00' mite, calcite. (3) Low...viewpoint Cambrianand Upper Devonianrocksappearto de- studyof someof thesedeposits and sulfur isotope...the Banff-Field area. The detailed location of the de- The amount of information available on the geol-...one of, pyrite, 3.66 6.55 .3 .27 .014 .025 11 sphalerite,and galena. Becausemuch information 3.21 5.75...galena (Coleman, 1959). Colemanreports present in sphalerite might be expected to remain galenascontainingas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hemimorphite is the c'ommon product of the oxidation of sphalerite when siliceous solutions are availablel smithsonite...studied. A specimen from the 7th level of the Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos (USNM #95897), is a solid mass of...the willemite stage. A seventh specimenfrom the Berta Mine, LaCeja District of Chihuahua (USNM #95917),...Harry Berman. These came from Portugal, the Mina de PrequiEa,Sobral da Adiga. They are very different...Gainesfurnished specimensfrom a third locality, the Augusta Mine, near Evergreen,Colorado. The Hillsboro crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Departamento de Tecnicas Geoldgicas del CIEMA T, 28040 Madrid, and *Departamento de Geologia de la Universidad...Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain (Received 2 June 1991; revised 2 February 1992) A B S T...in the barite ore deposits of Vide de Alba and San Bias (Province of Zamora). These ore deposits are...of the barite ore deposits of Vide de Alba and San Bias (Province of Zamora), which were studied by Moro...deposits of Vide de Alba and San Bias are situated on the middle-western zone of the province of Zamora. The
Report (issue)
Brian Stefanec explores a pocket at the Elmwood mine. Photo Mark Kielbasa Switzerland BY HANS ANTON...MICHAEL GRAY 54 Elmwood-Gordonsville-Cumberland Mine Complex Of Eastern Tennessee BY ARVID PASTO 56...goblets, and animal glass mined in Thuringia." In De Re Metallica figures carved from glassy, multicolor...specifically mentioned fluorite, although in his 1546 De Natura Fossilium, he mentioned the use of "fluores"...The mineral appeared in the Dictionnaire universe! de commerce (1723) by Jacques Savary des Bruslons, although
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[Mainly]-Jurassic Kabatas 0 42°E kilometers 100 Berta Yuksekoba Guzelyayla Gumushane Balcili Durusu Esendal...porphyries with breccia zones. Yuksekoba, Durusu, Berta, Inanmis, and Kabatas are other porphyry prospects...reported unmineralized pebble dikes in the Pontides. Berta is a newly discovered porphyry Cu-Au/epithermal...limestone and marble contact, called the Manganese mine zone (previously mined for Mn); and 3) the Marble...resources have not Notes: D = development, M = mine, P = prospect Granodiorite, granite and granite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reequilibration has not occurred. Some minerals (a.g, sphalerite, pyrite, arsenopyrite, iron oxides, and many...banding due to variations of iron content in sphalerite) probably reflects a delicate adjustment of precipitate...equilibrium. (3) Certain growth zones observed in sphalerite may be recognized to have precipitated from appreciably...Constituants Phosohatesdes Minerais de Fer Oolithiques de France Les minerais de fer oolithiques sont constitu6s...n6anmoins possible de d6terminer dans de nombreaux minerais Ie min6ral responsable de Ia teneur en phosphore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
oxymica associated with sugilite from the Wessels Mine, South Africa: Crystal chemistry and 40Ar-39Ar dating—Edwin...Geodynamic modelling of the Century deposit, Mt Isa Province, Queensland—A. Ord, B.E. Hobbs, Y. Zhang, G.C...L. Otero and F. Macias 59 BULLETIN DE LA SOCIÉTÉ GÉOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE Vol. 173, No. 5, 2002 Trapping...Trapping and mobilization of arsenic and lead in former mine tailings. Environmental conditions effects—A. Courtin-Nomade...pyritic sludge from the Aznalcóllar mine (SW Spain)—C. Domènech, J. de Pablo, and C. Ayora 339 Sludge weathering
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TIC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona Tech, Av. de les Bases de Manresa 61–63, 08242 Manresa...(O.T.) Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada, Universitat de Barcelona, Carrer Martí...salvadormartinez@ub.edu (S.M.) Departament de Mecànica de Fluids, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona Tech,...Spain Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal...been reported as at least 5 to 7 billion tons of mine tailings per year [6], and up to 14 billion Minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chemistry in hematite and goethite from the Apex Mine, Utah, and some new data on germanium in aqueous...revisedform December 5, 1986) Abstract-At the Apex Mine in southwest Utah, fine-gin&d hematite contains...geologic materials, including coal, iron meteorites, sphalerite, copper-, silver-, and arsenic-rich sulfides...particular, the modes of germanium incorporation in sphalerite and in some iron oxides and hydroxides (currently...~nu-W~u volcano, Indonesia. Apex Mine, WashingtonCounty, Utah. At the Apex Mine in southwest Utah, germanium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Al- berta to west-central Montana, northern Idaho, and n...this zone are composedprincipallyof pyrrhotite, sphalerite, and galena;however, near the economiclimits...asthe enclosing,beddedsedimentaryrocks.Under- sphalerite,and galena (Shaw and Hodgson,1980). neaththewesternportionof...temperature, sincethe solubilities of galena,sphalerite,andpyrrhotiteall significantly increasein the...formational and were vented onto the sea floor. The fluids de- because such brines are much more effective than
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Northern Portugal – Metallogenic Implications C. Marques de Sá, F. Noronha, E. Cardellach, I. Bobos PII: DOI:...July 2019 Please cite this article as: C. Marques de Sá, F. Noronha, E. Cardellach, I. Bobos, Fluid Inclusion...Implications de Geologia e Pós-Graduação em Geociências da Universidade O (a)Departamento F Marques de Sá,...Federal de Sergipe UFS-DGEOL-PGAB, Brazil de Ciências da Terra – Polo Porto, DGAOT, Faculdade de Ciências...Ciências, O (b)Instituto de Geologia, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain E- (c)Departament PR
Book (volume)
Ricardo Castroviejo E.T.S. de Ingenieros de Minas y Energía Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Madrid, Spain...6330 Cham, Switzerland Dedico este libro, fruto de un esfuerzo compartido, a Antonia, mi amiga, esposa...Engineering (collected successively by Profs. I. Roso de Luna, T. Febrel, F. Vázquez and J. Samper), and those...Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas y Energía, ETSIME, of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM....Nevada. To Prof. Hartmut Beurlen, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, UFPE, Recife (Brazil), I owe the Nb,
Catalog/List
* Plancheite, * : Diamond cry!>tal Kasal province * cancels No 63 Roasaite * scction, Zaire...crystals on dar~ matrix. (not radioactive) (Leonie Mine, huerbach, Oberpfal Genany) Sto 10mmf3 l/2in;; ES...Silicate pinkish massiv~ with black Allanite (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhytt2n Vastm~~l2nd,Sw2deri) Cu/2 Se 039...(Ti Nb 0 rich black nasses in matrix (Karnasurt Mine, Revda, Kola Peninsula, Russia) lxl E2.50 lx2 ins...PO/~ • yellowish plates on mauvEUssingit~ (UmDa Mine, Reuda, Kola Peninsula • Russia) (6a pure plate
 
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