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Coquimbite from
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Coquimbite
Formula:AlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Coquimbite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:101666
Long-form Identifier:1:3:101666:6
GUID (UUID V4):61e54b62-43de-47db-8cf8-7cf608f396f1
Nearest other occurrences of Coquimbite
16.5km (10.2 miles) ⓘQuetĂ©na Mine (QuetĂ©na Prospect), Toki Cu deposit (Toki Cluster), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
48.1km (29.9 miles) ⓘAlcaparrosa Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
79.4km (49.3 miles) ⓘLa Vendida Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
85.5km (53.1 miles) ⓘLa Compañia Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY OF THREE SULPHATE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN CHILE* Moss' Menr C. BaNov, HaraardUniaersity,Combri'd'ge...of Chuquicamata, euerena, and Alcaparrosa, three sulphate deposits near calama, in Northern chile. The...of these minerals are known only from northern chile and twelve are known only from these three deposits...study of the mineralogy of Chuquicamata, euetena and. Alcaparrosa in Northern chile forms the basis of this...this paper. The writer worked for five years at Chuquicamata and had ample opportunity to study the deposits
Report (issue)
99.51 100.00 (1) La Campania, Chile. (2) Sierra Gorda [district], Chile; corresponds to K1.98 Na6.02 3+...Association: Voltaite, botryogen, ferrinatrite, coquimbite, copiapite, sideronatrite, metasideronatrite...Campi Flegrei, near Naples, Campania; in the Cetine mine, 20 km southwest of Siena, Tuscany; from the Grotto...Cochise Co., Arizona. In Chile, in Antofagasta, at Quetena, west of Calama; Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos...southwest of Calama, and at Chuquicamata. In Argentina, from the Santa Bárbara sulfur mine, El Palmar district
Report (issue)
‱ Fe3+ 2 (SO4 )3 9H2 O Coquimbite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal...85 Total 99.79 100.00 (1) Tierra Amarilla, Chile. (2) Fe2 (SO4 )3 ‱ 9H2 O. Polymorphism & Series:...localities in Chile: from Tierra Amarilla, southeast of Copiapó, Atacama; at Quetena, west of Calama, from Chuquicamata...Chuquicamata, and at Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama, Antofagasta. In the USA,...at Bisbee, Cochise Co., and from the United Verde mine, Jerome, Yavapai Co.; near Borate, San Bernardino
Report (issue)
27.254(8) Z = 16 X-ray Powder Pattern: Konomai mine, Hokkaido, Japan. 3.54 (10), 3.41 (9), 5.57 (7)...alunogen, metavoltine, römerite, hexahydrite, coquimbite, copiapite, rhomboclase, krausite, jarosite,...Italy. Large crystals in the Rio Tinto mine, Huelva Province, Spain. In Slovakia, at Smolnı́k (Szomolnok)...Kremnica (Kremnitz), Czech Republic. At the Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar, Harz Mountains, Germany. In the Rozdol...At Saghand, Yazd district, Iran. In Chile, at Chuquicamata, Quetena, west of Calama, and Alcaparrosa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
‱EOLO‱ISTS JUNE-JULY, 1944 OXIDATION No. AT CHUQUICAMATA, 4 CHILE. O. W. JARRELL. CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction........... 255 General Geological Features at Chuquicamata .................... 258 Location and Physiography...Mineralization ........... The Groundwater at Chuquicamata .............................. The Relation...oxidation at Chuquicamata. Following is a description of the general geological features at Chuquicamata which...zone of partial oxidation which over much of the mine separatesthe sulphideand oxidized orebodies. Finally
Report (issue)
complex form development, may be sceptered on coquimbite; also granular, massive. Twinning: On {0001}... (2) 42.74 Total 99.86 ‱ (1) Tierra Amarilla, Chile. (2) Fe2 (SO4 )3 9H2 O. 100.00 SO3 Al2 O3 Fe2...Polymorphism & Series: 28.41 28.85 Dimorphous with coquimbite. Occurrence: A rare mineral formed in the oxidized...especially in arid regions. Association: voltaite. Coquimbite, römerite, szomolnokite, quenstedtite, ferricopiapite...Distribution: In Chile, from Tierra Amarilla, southeast of Copiapó, Atacama; at Chuquicamata, Alcaparrosa
Report (issue)
c = 8.69(1) Z=6 X-ray Powder Pattern: Cetine mine, Italy. 7.78 (100), 2.909 (87), 3.430 (66), 2.938...11.57 Total 100.07 100.00 (1) Sierra Gorda, Chile; total originally given as 100.11%. (2) Na3 Fe(SO4...Metavoltine, copiapite, coquimbite, sideronatrite, tamarugite, quenstedtite, römerite (Chile); gypsum, sideronatrite...rostite (Cetine mine, Italy). Distribution: From various localities in the Atacama Desert, Chile, as at Mina...Bayos, southwest of Calama, from Quetena, west of Calama, and at Chuquicamata, Antofagasta. From Vesuvius
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...Melanterite, amarantite, hohmannite, krausite, coquimbite, parabutlerite, butlerite, copiapite, epsomite...material from: in Chile, at Tierra Amarilla, near Coquimbó, Atacama; from Quetena, west of Calama, and at Chuquicamata...Chuquicamata, Antofagasta. Thick beds in the Santa Elena mine, Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa, San Juan Province, Argentina...Co., and in the Redington mine, Knoxville, Napa Co.; from the Shattuck mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona;
Report (issue)
65(2)◩ X-ray Powder Pattern: Sierra Gorda [district], Chile. 11.25 (FFF), 8.69 (FFF), 3.57 (FF), 3.05...35.81 28.28 Total 100.23 100.00 (1) Paposa, Chile. (2) Fe2 O(SO4 )2 7H2 O. ‱ Occurrence: A secondary...copiapite, coquimbite, sideronatrite. Distribution: In Chile, in Antofagasta, from the Union mine, Reventon...Reventon district, near Paposo, at the Compania mine, east of Sierra Gorda; from Quetena, west of Calama, Alcaparrosa...Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama, and at Chuquicamata; at Tierra Amarilla, southeast of Copiapó
Report (issue)
c = 7.11–7.14 X-ray Powder Pattern: Quetena, Chile. 8.86 (FFF), 2.998 (F), 6.29 (mF), 5.11 (mF), 5...28 9.64 32.53 Total 99.51 100.00 (1) Redington mine, California, USA. (2) MgFe(SO4 )2 (OH) ‱ 7H2 O....Association: Copiapite, amarantite, hohmannite, coquimbite, voltaite, pickeringite, epsomite, gypsum, chalcanthite...Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar, Harz Mountains, Germany. In Chile, in Antofagasta, at Chuquicamata, Quetena...west of Calama, and Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama. From the Santa Elena mine, Quebrada
Report (issue)
95.2(1)◩ X-ray Powder Pattern: Cerro Pintados, Chile. 4.223 (100), 4.207 (80), 3.647 (59), 3.964 (32)...30.87 Total [100.33] 100.00 (1) Cerro Pintados, Chile; original total 100.36% (2) NaAl(SO4 )2 ‱ 6H2 O...gas and wall rock. Association: Pickeringite, coquimbite, quenstedtite, sideronatrite, mendozite, kröhnkite...Distribution: In Chile, from Cerro Pintados, 80 km southeast of Iquique, Tarapacá; in Antofagasta, at the Compania...Compania mine, eight km south of Sierra Gorda; from Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama;
Journal (issue)
Arlesheim, Switzerland Articles Collector’s diary: Chuquicamata and the Nitrate Pampa ........................in Redfield, Iowa, to begin the long journey to Chile. The diary o f his three-month expedition in search...Smithsonian makes interesting reading. O Traveling to Chile in 1935 was a major undertaking, beginning with...—minerals that he would most likely encounter in Chile —and to obtain his passport and Chilean visa. From...Tocopilla, Chile. The voyage took from July 27 to August 10. The entire collecting trip in Chile lasted from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fingerprinted. Examples would include quenstedtite, coquimbite, kornelite, and lausenite, which have indistinguishable...minerals (Burns 1987), which includes such phases as coquimbite, * E-mail: mdyar@mtholyoke.eud ‡ Present address:...1 Rhomboclase Alcaparra, Chile ML-S85 29.1.1.1 Rhomboclase Alcaparra, Chile ML-S89 29.1.1.1 Rhomboclase...Bay, Alcaparrosa, Chile ML-S84 29.4.4.1 Ferrinatrite Sierra Gorda, Cahacoles, Chile R6214 29.4.4.1 Ferrinatrite...Antofagaste, Chile VZO105/106 29.4.6.1 Metavoltine Mina Alcaparrosa, Calama, Atacama Desert, Chile G2677 29
Journal (issue)
Feature articles Kammererite from the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey .............................J. F. Poullen Famous Mineral Localities: Chuquicamata, Chile ........... 321 by Robert B. Cook Departments...Record Inc. COVER: KAMMERERITE from the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey. The crystals, from the collection...(Columbiana, Alabama). The owner o f the fine Old Yuma mine vanadinite pictured on page 195 is Ray DeMark; Ray...y 270 W est n e a r A n im al W o n d erlan d . T el. 501-767-4800 Hot Springs, Arkansas The M ineralogical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
kroehnkite, Chuquicamata, Chile 3. X-ray diffraction data for ferrinatrite, La Campania, Antofagasta, Chile...pisanite, Chuquicamata, Chile 13. X-ray diffraction data for chalcanthite, Coquimbo, Chile 14. X-ray...sideronatrite, Chile 27. X-ray diffraction data for natrochalcite, Chuquicamata, Chile 28. X-ray diffraction...X-ray diffraction data for copiapite, Rammelsberg Mine, Harz, Germany 32. X-ray diffraction data for fibroferrite...johannite, Happy Jack Mine, Utah 36. X-ray diffraction data for zippeite, Happy Jack Mine, Utah 37. X-ray diffraction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND NEWS CASTANITE FROM CHUQUICAMATA,CHILE Manr C. BaNnv, Chuquicamata,Chile. A very complete description...mineral species, came from Sierra Gorda, near Chuquicamata. As stated by Professor Rogers in the introduction...2SOa.7HzO). A study of the sulphate minerals at Chuquicamata is being made and it is believed that the following...CasraNrre Practically all of the oxide minerals at Chuquicamata have been formed under arid conditions and from...elevation of the ground water in the vicinity of the mine varies greatly, both becauseof the nature of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and water contamination in surrounding areas. In mine wastes, molybdenum is liberated from sulfide mineral...Mo-metabolising bacteria have been isolated from mine wastes. However, laboratory and in-situ experiments...may be involved in the cycling of Mo in and from mine wastes, with good potential for bioremediation....remediation actions. Keywords: molybdenum; mining; mine waste; tailings; molybdenite; molybdate; powellite...porphyry and other types of Cu-bearing ores [1]. Global mine production of Mo is on the order of just over 200
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bonding in coquimbite, nominally Fe2(SO4)3·9H2O, and the relationship between coquimbite and paracoquimbite...(previously undetermined), in the structure of coquimbite (P31c, a=10.924(2)/10.882(2) Å, c=17.086(3) /...accurate hydrogen positions. The O–H distances in coquimbite at 50 K vary between 0.98 and 1.01 Å. In addition...are rings of six “free” H2O molecules in the coquimbite structure. These rings can be visualized as flattened...293 to 100 K. A review of the available data on coquimbite and its “dimorph” paracoquimbite indicates that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
online 4 April 2018 Structure reïŹnements of coquimbite and paracoquimbite from the Hongshan Cu–Au deposit...giester@univie.ac.at Abstract: The crystal structures of coquimbite and paracoquimbite from the Hongshan Cu–Au deposit...hydrogen atoms.   The unit-cell parameters of coquimbite are a = 10.9644(15), c = 17.090(3) A, and V =...36(SO4)3·9H2O. . Among the three cation positions of coquimbite, the isolated octahedral one is dominantly occupied...Fe(2). Based on the structure data available for coquimbite in the literature, the ideal formula should be
Report (issue)
Ancient PerĂș A translation of MinerĂ­a y Metalurgia en el Antiguo PerĂș ArqueolĂłgicas 12 Publications of the...Petersen G., Georg, 1898–1985. [MinerĂ­a y metalurgia en el antiguo PerĂș. English] Mining and metallurgy in ancient.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book (volume)
Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...Locality: Salar de Carcote deposit, El Loa province, Antofagasta, Chile. Description: Colourless crystal...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta province, Argentina (type locality). Description: Colourless...Bandylite 27 CuB(OH)4F Locality: Palestina, Atacama, Chile. Description: Blue crystals from the association...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:
Book (volume)
100. Found at several mines in the Huantajaya district, calcite, embolite, cerargyrite, bromyrite, iodyrite...unstable and AgCl exsolves on standing.^^ Tarapacd, Chile, associated with Sylvite 7 Ref. 1. 015 Goldschmidt...various sulfates in the nitrate deposits of Tarapaca, Chile, and similarly in Peru. In the United States sylvite...amounts at many places in Chile, as at Caracoles in Antofagasta, the Huantajaya district in Tarapaca, and especially...Obtained in notable amounts in the Broken Hill district. New South Wales (bromian pt.). In the United
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Z:7z-hasbeen determined by analogy to the structure of coquimbite, and found to difier only in its stacking sequence...extensive study of the sulphate deposits of Northern Chile, verified Ungemach's conclusion that ferric sulphate...indeed exists in two forms. The structure of coquimbite was reported in paper I of this series(Fang and...paracoquimbite. The polytypic relationship between coquimbite and paracoquimbite will be discussed elsewhere...paracoquimbite were obtained from a sample labelled as coquimbite, supplied to us by the U. S. National Museum
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Formation and Their Role in Acid Mine Drainage Formation at the Pan de AzĂșcar Mine Tailings (Zn-Pb-Ag), NW Argentina...EIRL), Casilla 28, San Pedro de la Paz 4130000, Chile; E-Mail: bernhard.dold@gmail.com LaboratĂłrio de...iron-sulfate minerals control the composition of acid mine waters formed by the oxidation of sulfide in tailings...tailings impoundments at the (Zn-Pb-Ag) Pan de AzĂșcar mine located in the Pozuelos Lagoon Basin (semi-arid...outcrops. The most abundant compounds in the acid mine drainage (AMD) are SO42−, Fe2+, Fe3+, Minerals
 
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