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Cuprite from
El Salvador Mine, El Salvador mining district, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Alunite1 photo of Cuprite associated with Alunite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Salvador Mine, El Salvador mining district, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:387106
Long-form Identifier:1:3:387106:5
GUID (UUID V4):5eac4e4f-2c6a-4386-97ab-b50abebb0017
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
32.3km (20.1 miles) Potrerillos Mine, Potrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
50.6km (31.5 miles) Santo Domingo Mine, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
52.6km (32.7 miles) Manto Tres Gracias Mine, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
62.1km (38.6 miles) Manto Cuba Mine, San Pedro de Cachiyuyo mining district, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
84.1km (52.2 miles) Mantoverde Project, Mantoverde mining district, El Salado, Chañaral, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
86.4km (53.7 miles) Julia Mine, Cabeza de Vaca mining district, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Copper Mountain (British Columbia, Canada) and El Teniente (Chile) porphyry copper deposits..................porphyry copper deposits include El Teniente and El Salvador in Chile, Bajo de la Alumbrera in Argentina, Grasberg...which will vary with the price of copper and local mining costs. At Dos Pobres, Arizona, from the top of...regional faults such as near deposits in northern Chile (Behn and others, 2001; Gow and Walshe, 2005), central...assemblage might include malachite + azurite + cuprite + chrysocolla, with minor amounts of other minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of near-surface ore mineral assemblages: “chapeau de fer”, “Eiserner Hut”, “canga”, “gossan”. Collective...way. Encrustations made up of tenorite and (or) cuprite are called cupriferous oxicrete or adopting the...and vanadocrete (vanadate). Panczner 1987 Tajo Mine, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Panczner...mineralization cuprite goethite cuprite goethite goethite cuprite tenorite cuprite azurite malachite...mineralization, on waste dumps or within impoundments of the mining site. Morphoclimatic zones: the climate referred
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Stages of Copper Production from Sulfide Minerals in Chile: A Review to Assist Circular Economy Studies Kayo...Stages of Copper Production from Sulfide Minerals in Chile: A Review to Assist Circular Economy Studies. Minerals...Departamento de Ingeniería Metalúrgica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Avenida...O’Higgins 3363, Estación Central, Santiago 917022, Chile; gerardo.cifuentes@usach.cl Transducto S.A., Avenida...917021, Chile; griveros@transducto.com Correspondence: kayobarros.s@gmail.com Abstract: The mining industry
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Picaron Cu–Mo porphyry and exotic prospect (Atacama region, Chile) were analyzed for major and trace elements...elements Stable isotopes Non-traditional isotopes Chile Atacama 1. Introduction The Picaron Cu–Mo porphyry...100 km north-east of the El Salvador Cu–Mo porphyry and within the Atacama region’s hyper-arid desert...desert climate in northern Chile (Fig. 1). A notable characteristic is thick accumulations of post-mineralization...activities (2014–2019) in the wider Greater Victoria District (GVD) were undertaken by First Quantum Minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AucusT, 1975 The PorphyryCopperDepositat E1 Salvador,Chile LEWIS B. GUSTAFSON AND JOHN P. HUNT Abstract...copper deposit at E1 Salvador culminated volcanic activity in the Indio Muerto district. Host rocks for the...porphyry series. However, rhyolitic volcanismin the district was clearly more felsic than younger granodioritic...rutile857 No. 5 The PorphyryCopperDepositat E1 Salvador,Chile Fig. 1. Aerial view of Cerro Indio Muerto... Volcanic peaks of the high Cordillera,the Salar de Pedernales,and low hills underlain by folded Mesozoicsedimentsand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization in the Atacama segment of the South American Andes, northern Chile (26°15'-27°25'S) Received:...magmatism and the rich ore deposits of northern Chile have been the focus of numerous studies. Significant...feature of the geology of this part of northern Chile is the existence of n o r t h - south to north-east-...alteration and cama segment - Andes - northern Chile mineralization (Baker and Guilbert, 1987; Colley...Introduction (Fig. 1): (1) along the Atacama Fault System; (2) along the Inca de Oro Belt; (3) along the West
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of Geology, FCFM, Universidad de Chile Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile E-mail: mreich@ing.uchile.cl...of Excellence (CEGA), FCFM Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile 4 Department of Earth and Planetary Science...potential (FIG. 2C) and eventually exposed by open-pit mining operations— some open pits may be 5–6 km wide and...cooperation among scientists and exploration and mining geologists offers a unique opportunity for retrieving...weathering rates and to infer paleoclimatic conditions (de Oliveira Carmo and Vasconcelos 2006). A probability
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intrusion-centered gold-rich deposits in the Surigao district of northeast Mindanao, Philippines. Exhumation...supergene copper oxide minerals (malachite + azurite + cuprite) to deeper sulfide-stable assemblages (chalcocite...(Cl) Rosario (Cl) Morenci; NW extension (Az) El Salvador (Cl) Chuquicamata (Cl) Inspiration (Az) Toquepala...Toquepala (Pe) Cerro Colorado (Cl) Ok Tedi (PNG) El Abra (Cl) Mocoa (Co) Boyongan (Ph) La Escondida (Cl)...Locality abbreviations: Az = Arizona (USA), Cl = Chile, Co = Colombia, NM = New Mexico (USA), Pe = Peru
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 543–580 The Productora Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Chile: A Mesozoic Magmatic-Hydrothermal Breccia Complex...Creaser4 1ARC Research Hub for Transforming the Mining Value Chain (TMVC) and Centre for Ore Deposit and...breccia complex in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile. The current resource, which includes the neighboring...seen throughout the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile. Introduction Iron-oxide copper gold (IOCG) deposits...In the Mesozoic Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile, IOCG, magnetite-apatite, and porphyry-Cu deposits
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of Diamonds is an abandoned diamond mine (the only diamond mine in the U. S.) that has been opened up...following the installation. The restrictions are de- item, on some minerals of Middlesex signed to conserve...Mrose, of the uncommon to the United States. The de- U.S. Geological Survey, recently con358 ROCKS AND...studies of the altered triplite from the local Swanson Mine showed that the little tabular crystals which I...come from a strip mine (coal) in Henry County, 111. "They are all from a strip mine, one of many that
Book (volume)
University with a B.Sc. Honours. He completed his PhD in Mining Geology in 1979 at Imperial College, London. His...contributions to economic geology. Stints with Palabora Mining Company, JCI and Anglovaal added to Ross’ southern...After moving to Australia in 】 979, Ross, as a District Manager with CRA Exploration, led the team that...existence o f a new unconformity-vein style uranium province in the Proterozoic of the Great Sandy Desert............................................ 65 T he El T eniente M egabreccia D eposit,th e W o rld ’s L
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Andacollo copper–gold district, La Serena, Chile: preliminary data from the porphyry copper and possible...Oyarzun The Andacollo mining district is located in the Coquimbo region of Chile at 30°14’ south, 71°06’...hilly landscape (Fig. 1). Current mining activity in the district is concentrated on copper and gold...deposits are analysed. Geology of district The Andacollo district is mostly confined to a fault-bounded...placer-type deposits (Fig. 1). The geology of the district consists largely of the volcanic–volcaniclastic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universitesi] at 20:25 14 March 2016 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico T here once was a time when...originating at what was then known only as the Blanchard mine, Bingham, New Mexico. Oh, for those simpler times...fine brochantite from the abovementioned Blanchard mine has been selected for this issue. Brochantite, a...Common accessory minerals are malachite, azurite, cuprite, linarite, caledonite, cerussite, atacamite, chrysocolla...with langite and posnjakite occurs in the Ecton mine, Montgomery County (Smith 1978); and brochantite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ahumada 11, Oficina 602, Santiago, Chile VÍCTOR CARLOTTO, Departamento de Geología, Universidad Nacional...Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cuzco. Avenida de la Cultura, Cuzco, Perú ALBERTO ZÁRATE, PEDRO RAMOS, HÉCTOR...CABALLERO, Minera Anaconda Perú S.A. Avenida Paseo de la República 3245, Piso 3, San Isidro, Lima 27, Perú...Minerals S.A. Ahumada 11, Oficina 602, Santiago, Chile Abstract Originally known for its Fe-Cu skarn mineralization...rapidly emerging as an important porphyry copper province. Field work by the authors confirms that mineralization
Report (volume)
____________ ----- _______________ .._______ History of mining ____ --------- _________________________ -----__...Honduras-------------~----------------------------------- El Quetzal mine_______________________________________..._________ Siria mine ________________________ ------------- __ ----Los Hornitos mine ______ ;_______...mine____________________________________ La Uni6n mine ________________ -----------------------(}uatem...Tablas deposit_____________________________________ El Carrizal prospect ___ --------------------------
Report (issue)
ophyllite; 5. 2 cm tall Cerro Rico, Potosi, B,atillo province, Potosi Andy Seibel col/action Jejf-SC,m/.plwto...wp11�. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt (ex Marv...Behnke, Joe Budd, Michael Canoy Rock Currier, Frank de Wit, Jordi Fabre, Mark Garcia, Tino Hammid Jaroslav............................ 4 BY ALFREDO PETROV Mining, Politics, and Tumult: A Brief Look at Bolivian...BY JAROSLAV HYRSL AND ALFREDO PETROV The Poopo District .............................................
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Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut......................................in the U.S.A. notesfrom th r EDITORS OLD YUMA MINE Another great mineral locality has now been closed...longfamous Old Yuma mine near Tucson (see R. L. Jones, “Famous mineral localities: the Old Yuma mine,” in vol....owned by Richard Bideaux’s Arizona Exploring and Mining Company for quite a few years. Bideaux and Wayne...period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro
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of excavations and smelters suggest that copper mining at Takht dates back to old times. In recent times...cores for certain elements (Takht-e-Gonbad Sirjan Mining Company internal report, 2011). Mineralization...oxide ore consists of malachite, neotocite and cuprite, and minor azurite, and is treated by heap leaching...reported by Gustafson and Hunt (1975) from El Salvador, Chile, can be identified at the Takht deposit (Table...type deposits have been reported from San Jorge, Chile (Williams et al., 1999) where mineralization occurs
Report (issue)
need for a compilation of Spanish geological and mining terminology that goes beyond the few Spanish-English...terms, which have grown out of five centuries of mining tradition in Latin America, and frequently draw...California Bolivia Brazil California Central America Chile chemistry Colombia crystallography Cuba Ecuador...Bolivia Brasil California (EE.UU.) America Central Chile quimica Colombia cristalografia Cuba Ecuador frances...estadistica Santo Domingo levantamiento suroueste de las EE. UU. Uruguay Estados Unidos variedad verbo
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
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AUGUST, 1960 No. 5 GEOLOGY OF THE BRADEN OREBODY, CHILE, SOUTH AMERICA FRED H. HOWELL AND JOHN S. MOLLOY...CopperCompany,45 miles southeast of Santiago in central Chile, is the largest undergroundcoppermine in the world...of the orebody and its environs. Bedrocknear the mine consistsmostly of extensivevolcanic flows and i...e. The most prominent structural feature in the mine area is the Braden Pipe•a circular, downward-tapering...primary ore almost twofold. THE BRADEN OREBODY,CHILE 865 In comparingBradenwith otherminingdistricts
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B.C. de Machuca b Northern Orion Explorationsr Grupo Minero Aconcagua, Besares 1151, Chacras de Coria...Coria, 5505 Lujan de Cuyo, Argentina b Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Fısicas, y Naturales, UNSJ, 5400 San...intrusions located within the Permo-Triassic belt of Chile and Argentina. Its hypogene mineralization and alteration...foothills of the Andean ) Corresponding author. Casilla de Correo 468, Correo Central, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina...arc, which extends for over 2000 km from northern Chile to southern Argentina ŽFig. 1. ŽMpodozis and Ramos
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The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission... CONTENTS • Foreword lX Preface Xl Important Mining Districts 1 Discovery and Developments in Mexico...authoring Boletfn numeros 40 and 41 (Instituto Geol6gico de Mexico, 1922, 1923), has an author been able to provide...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in Mexico, which produce fine mineral
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The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission...is * CONTENTS Foreword Preface Important Mining Districts Discovery and Developments in México...Boletin nuimeros 40 and 41 (Instituto Geoldgico de México, 1922, 1923), has an author been able...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in México, which produce fine mineral
 
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