 | | 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...research-antofagastite, bandylite, leightonite, ungemachite, and lindgrenite have been described elsewhere;...study of the mineralogy of Chuquicamata, euetena and. Alcaparrosa in Northern chile forms the basis of this |  | | Report (issue) | | 002(4) c = 7.102(8) X-ray Powder Pattern: Chuquicamata, Chile. 3.680 (100), 8.05 (90), 6.682 (70), 2.749...21 12.98 Total 99.73 100.00 100.00 (1) Chuquicamata, Chile; (OH)1− calculated for charge balance, corresponding...environments. Association: Sideronatrite, metavoltine, ungemachite, ferrinatrite, alunogen, natrojarosite, pickeringite...Distribution: From Chuquicamata and the Sierra Gorda district, southwest of Calama, Antofagasta, Chile. In the USA...Monument, Wayne Co., Utah; from the Yazzie No. 101 mine, near Cameron, Coconino Co., Arizona; large radiating |  | | 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) | | •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) | | K3 Na8 Fe3+ (SO4 )6 (NO3 )2 • 6H2 O Ungemachite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal...= 24.989(6) Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Chuquicamata, Chile. (ICDD 20-1326). 3.43 (100), 8.33 (60), 2...27 12.12 9.27 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Chuquicamata, Chile; recalculated to 100% after deduction of...metasideronatrite, metavoltine, From Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile. Name: Honors Henri Léon Ungemach...crystallographer who studied the natural sulfates of Chile. Type Material: Harvard University, Cambridge, |  | | Report (issue) | | pseudorhombohedral crystals, visibly indistinguishable from ungemachite; forms include {001}, {100}, {102}, {111}, twenty...analysis was made, presumed to be the same as ungemachite. Occurrence: Very rarely formed by the oxidation...sulfates. Association: Distribution: Name: Ungemachite, jarosite, sideronatrite, metasideronatrite,...fibroferrite. From Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile. As the probable monoclinic dimorph of ungemachite. Type Material: |  | Dyar, M. D., Breves, E., Jawin, E., Marchand, G., Nelms, M., O'Connor, V., Peel, S., Rothstein, Y., Sklute, E. C., Lane, M. D., Bishop, J. L., Mertzman, S. A. (2013) Mossbauer parameters of iron in sulfate minerals. American Mineralogist, 98 (11) 1943-1965 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4604 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...29.4.6.1 Metavoltine Cetine Mine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy VZO1142 29.5.1.1 Krausite Sulfur Hole, Mule Canyon...Italy 123922 29.5.3.2 Amarantite Los Pintados, Chile G37754 29.6.10.1 Melanterite Locality unknown; Mount |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | UNGEMACHITE AND CLINO-UNGEMACHITE: NEW MINERALS FROM CHILE M. A. Pnacocx, (Jniaersi'ty of Toronto,Toronto...massive altered iron sulphates at Chuquicarnata, Chile. Named in memory of Henri L6on Ungemach [1880-1936]...like that of ungemachite but definitely difierent. Visibly indistinguishable from ungemachite. Remaining...one of us (Bandy) spent four months in northern Chile colIecting minerals for the United States National...copper and iron for which the rainless region of Chile is famous. A number of well-known speciesare represented |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposits:Venezuelawith the Bethleham Steel Corporation; Chile with the Chile Exploration Company, and collectingmineralsfor...Mineralogy of three sulfatedepositsof northern Chile; A theory of mineral sequencein hypogeneore deposits...GeologicalSociety of America. Among the minerals he collectedin Chile in 1935 was a new hvdrous copperborate chloride...Institution, 13-18, 1930. Castanite from Chuquicamata, Chile. Am. Mineral,. 17, 5j4-537, 1932. Geology...Soc. Arn.48,1589-1610, 1937. Ungemachite and clinoungemachite from Chile (with M. A. Peacock). Am. Mineral23 |  | | 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) | | M. C. Bandy. Mnmnlls lRoM CHTLE, by M, A. Ungemachite is rhombohedral-B; o:c:l:2.2966; a:62'5ll'; thirty...sideronatrite in massive altered iron sulphates at Chuquicamata, Chile. Named in honour of the late Henri Ungemach...Ungemach of Strasbourg. Clino-ungemachite is monoclinic; a:b:c:1.6327:l:1.7308; A:110"40'; twenty-four forms;...lattice is pseudo-rhombohedral, very like that of ungemachite, with which it is intirnately associated. The...The properties are close to those of ungemachite, but the material is insufficient for a chemical analysis |  | Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York. | 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 |  | | Book | | symbols are used: E — approved by the CNMMN [1466]; El — discredited by the CNMMN [248]; E — “Grandfather”...K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...brownish-yellow, green, white, etc. Chanarcillo, Chile. H= 3.5, Djj4= 4.434, Dq= 4.45, VHB 04. Friedel...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 |  | | Book | | 1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...The Canadian Mineralogist 2 val ( ew ‘ )) AT “EL aye ia a ae daaYepAoNpte Nee Y ; Limonite, Eldorado |  | | Book (edition) | | 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)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country names are...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga |  | | Book (edition) | | 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...Pelican Dives rnine , Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise...Juab County, and with austinite at the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utal1; in Inyo, San Bernardino,...Simon mine, Mineral AENIGMATITE County , Nevada. Magnificent specimens occur at the Ojuela mine, Mapimi |  | | Book (edition) | | Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...TY EP ie is eet i fro 7 tin tas o/iotewy” el ry: ae ~“ytivee Pahaiecl apeaivent 7 1d sadinee...ye ty a ara id (ean ® “1 le hI AAP : oo A Mine seh Ranier “i i : lever vei ekealps ; cet | | | Book (edition) | | Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...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...Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trinchillo Sapat Gali, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan ........................“King of Kashmir”), 80 cm, from the Biangsapi Gon mine near Nyet Bruk, Pakistan. Private collection; James...market, including red wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine in Arizona, epidote from Prince of Wales Island...com Aquamarine & Quartz | Nyet-Bruk, Skardu District, Pakistan | 15 cm orders@crystalclassics.co...the Shigar Valley region of Pakistan, hundreds of mine tunnels pierce steep, nearly vertical rock cliffs |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...BD ' REVEM : Ri : Revie wis ity ey ist RMS EL Oe mala | ROBB & . = id ohlane nerwiplapinion)...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Lake Co., Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan...Calaveras, Amador, and El Dorado Cos.—exceptional crystallized specimens from Placerville, El Dorado Co., Greenville |  | | Book | | States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Guyana, Chile, and Peru have been honored. This honor has also...chemist and mineralogist; student of Torbern Bergman; mine owner and mineral analyst; trained J. J. Berzelius...Azores. gamagarite, Gamagara ridge, Postmasburg district, South Africa. garronite, Garron plateau area...(Labrador Territory) and andalusite (Andalusia, a province of Spain). Several American county names are alleghanyite...grantsite, Grants, New Mexico. nantokite, Nantoko, Chile. terlinguaite, Terlingua, Texas. tobermorite, Tobermory |  | | Book (edition) | | well shown by the metal produced by the National mine in northern Nevada which contained very nearly equal...Table IVB, on page 192, shows that it might be ungemachite. Similarly, if the unknown mineral has an index...igneous and metamorphic rocks, as in the Porcupine district of Ontario. Gold is also important in some placer...930 (Larsen). Colorless. Found at Carmen Bajo, Chile, and Broken Hill mines, New South Wales. 0 Marshite...Broken Hill mines, New South Wales, and at Chuquicamata, Chile. Miersite (4AgI-CuI), described as a definite |  | | Book | | CO3)4.0-6H2O, from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The powder diagram...Greenish-blue hexagonal crystals from the Bou-Skour copper mine, Jebel Sarhro,* Ouazazate,* Morocco, have the composition...270. Natural /1-FeOOH, occurring at the Akagane mine, Iwate prefecture, Japan, and named from the locality...1931. Bol. Minero Soc. Nac. Mineria, Santiago de Chile, vol. 43 (ano 47), p. 433; Zeits. Prakt. Geol.,...massive, occurring in large amount near Salamanca, Chile. Named from the chemical composition. [Evidently |  | | Report (volume) | | and sediment. Concentrated waters associated with mine wastes may precipitate a variety of metal-sulfate...role of soluble sulfate minerals formed from acid mine drainage (and its natural equivalent, acid rock...ENVIRONMENTS .................................... . 351 Mine drainage .........................................adjacent clusters (Fig. 19d). The structure of ungemachite, K3Na8[Fe3+(SO4)6](NO3)2(H2O)6, is based on the...cluster a pinwheel. The [Fe(SO4)6] pinwheels in ungemachite, together with triangular-prismatic-coordinated |  | | Book | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TAllLE I. MINE!1ALSWITH ~IETALLIC LUSTER Coler: TAllLE II. 11...~b~2c-~S~L~Oc-~O~P~Q~.-A~G~-~W~H~T~,-8R~A~S~S~-~Y~EL. STRIATED PRISMS.BASALCLVG. TELLURIOEOEPS 2.9.7.1...-PRISH-SQ. TWINNED-INDIVIDUALS AT 90°, RAREICOPIAPO,CHILE) 3.2,2,2 SELIGHANNITE ORTH. 5,38-5,44 SST DPQ...BELGIUM I SUF CRUSTS. VITR. SOL-HZO. RARE-EFFLORON MINE WALLSIIN JULIAN ALPSI 42.6.7. 29.6.6.2 2 -3 ...RHOHBCLVG,ASTRINGENT. OLQSNT. RARE-TARAPACA PROV,CHILE 12,l,3. 2,5 PICRUHERITE HNCL, A 2,03 S~F PRISM |
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Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile