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Malachite from
Esperanza mine, Sierra Bolsico mining area, Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Esperanza mine, Sierra Bolsico mining area, Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:569161
Long-form Identifier:1:3:569161:6
GUID (UUID V4):31ec9bb8-a43b-46fb-bc30-dc50ca696d30
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Central Atacama Province, Chile Abstract: Geologically, the central part of Atacama Province straddles...contact between the Andean batholith of western Chile and the stratified rocks to the east. Apophyses...north-plunging anticlinorium in the middle of the area and into a doubly plunging synclinorium in the eastern...strike northeast. The entire area is in the copper metallogenetic province of Ruiz and Ericksen (1962)...of supergene enriched and oxidized rock in this area are related to deep weathering of an old surface
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Au-Ag EPITHERMAL VEIN SYSTEM, ANTOFAGASTA REGION, CHILE GIUSEPPE ARFȧ AND MARIA BONI* Dipartimento...weathering zones of porphyry Cu deposits in the Atacama region. Keywords: Capricornio, epithermal, Au-Ag...INTRODUCTION The Antofagasta region in northern Chile hosts many of the world’s significant porphyry Cu...owned by SQM Inc. (Sociedad Quı́mica y Minera de Chile), hosts a low-sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag vein system...epithermal deposits in the same area. REGIONAL GEOLOGY The Atacama Region in Chile consists of several physiographic
Book
Universidad de Concepci6n Casilla 4107 Concepci6n, Chile ISBN 978-3-642-88284-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-88282-1.... . . . 37 The Metalliferous Ore Deposits of Chile and Argentina, and Their Geologic Framework J. Oyarzun... . . . . . . . . 147 X Contents El Aguilar Mine: An Ordovician Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Lead-Zinc...Sulfides in the Greenstone Belt of South-Central Chile - An Overview G. Alfaro and S. Callao . . . . ....Formation and Massive Sulfide Orebodies, South-Central Chile: Geologic and Isotopic Aspects S. Callao, G. Alfaro
Report (issue)
PROSPECTS OF THE I, H, IE, IV, AND V REGIONS, NORTHERN CHILE compiled by William C. Williams Open-File Report...complement to my dissertation work in northern Chile under the auspices of Dr. John Guilbert at the University...prospects in the I, n, IE, IV, and V Regions of Chile (Figure 1). Over 3000 sites were compiled from published...well as descriptions of the major mines throughout Chile with insights as to their genesis. Finally, Frutos...Region Current largest geographical division. Province Current geographical division after Region. Commodities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PRODUCTS OF SUPERGENE OXIDATION, COPIAPo MINING DISTRICT, NORTHERN CHILE R. H. Snr.rroE, Deportnlentof Geology...numerous deposits of the Copiap6 mining district of northern Chile copper and copper-iron sulfides persist...altered, predominantly to malachite and goethite. rn the oxidation zones of this area, hlpogene chalcopyrite...of copper deposits in the Copiap6 mining district of northern Chile (Sillitoe, 1969a), in which the relations...InvestigacionesGeol6gicas, Casilla 10465,Santiago,Chile. 1684 COPPERSULFIDES 1685 which has been adequatel-vdefined
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universitesi] at 11:52 22 December 2014 Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece E rythrite, an attractive...When massive or earthy, it can be confused with malachite and even the serpentine variety garnierite, and...green encrustations on chloanthite at the old cobalt mine dumps below Great Hill near the East Hampton–Portland...occurs with nickel arsenides in the Mohawk No. 2 mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan. Annabergite has been...Rosita–Silver Cliff district, Custer County; the Gem mine at Gem Park, Fremont County; Elk Park, San Juan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the El Tesoro Central copper deposit, Atacama Desert, Chile A. Fernández-Mort 1,2 & R. Riquelme 1 &...Central exotic-Cu deposit located in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. This deposit consists of two mineralized...the metal sources. Keywords Exotic-Cu deposit . Atacama Desert . Chrysocolla . Sediment-hosted ore deposit...Católica del Norte, Avenida Angamos, 0610 Antofagasta, Chile 2 Departamento de Petrología y Geoquímica, Fac...Antofagasta Minerals, Apoquindo 4001, piso 18, Santiago, Chile 7 GET, Université de Toulouse, IRD, CNRS, UPS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granulite-grade calcite–dolomite marble near Saldán, Córdoba Province (central Argentina, 31º18′50.7″S, 64º19′50.0″W)...Bi (≤ 0.15 wt. % Bi) and Pb (≤ 0.16 wt. % Pb). Malachite and brochantite are alteration products of sulfides...present in the primary minerals (usually sulfides), malachite and azurite are the most common secondary Cu-minerals...(Altyn-Tube) deposit, Kirghiz Steppes, Karagandy Province, central Kazakhstan. René Hauy (1798) first realized...José González del Tánago especially at the Tsumeb mine in Namibia (Cook 2002; Cook and Nicolson 2002).
Report (issue)
together with the total area of altered rock, ore, and sulfide-bearing area, in square kilometers for...Mountain (British Columbia, Canada) and El Teniente (Chile) porphyry copper deposits.........................deposits include El Teniente and El Salvador in Chile, Bajo de la Alumbrera in Argentina, Grasberg in...others (2008) tabulated the dimensions, including the area of hydrothermal alteration, orebodies, and sulfidebearing...copper deposit is 4–5 km, while the median size area of alteration is 7–8 km2 (table 2). Vertical Extent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
located in the Frontal Cordillera of San Juan Province, Argentina, near the present-day northern limit...Cordillera of San Juan Province, Argentina, ~8 km east of the border with Chile (lat 28°26'S, long 69°32'W)...70° 68°W 69°40’ o PERU S BOLIVIA er u - Chile Tambo Alturas ch Los Azules El Altar - Piuquenes...fau Los H e l a d os M og ote sf au lt Refugio CHILE belt A R G E N T I N A Lobo-Marte La Pepa Taguas...Caserones El In Porphyry Cu-Au prospects Nueva Esperanza La Coipa 28° 29° tr Po Los Helados Los Helados
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...monzodiorites assigned to the Lower Cretaceous Sierra Dieciocho plutonic complex. Prior to mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bornite from the Mantos Blancos Cu deposit, northern Chile MARTIN REICH1,2,*, CARLOS PALACIOS1, FERNANDO BARRA1...Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile 2 Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA), Universidad de Chile, Santiago...Santiago, Chile *Corresponding author, e-mail: mreich@ing.uchile.cl 3 Advanced Mineral Technology Laboratory...Cu-(Ag) deposit in the Costal Range of northern Chile. Gold concentrations are generally two orders of...assemblages. When coupled with recent studies in the area, results presented here confirm that the high Ag
Book
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...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...geologists, mineralo- x / Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors
Book
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...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...geologists, mineralo- LX x I Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
National University] at 06:43 31 December 2014 mine in Colorado, and they found virtually the entire...type of occurrence. Tetrahedrite may alter to malachite, azurite, bindheimite, chrysocolla, cuprite, and...tetrahedrite and pyrite specimen from the Anchor mine, Park City, Utah. The specimen was in the stock...examples at the present time are from the Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, where it occurs...with enargite and fluorite come from the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County (D. Bunk
Journal (issue)
which is hosted by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and organized by the New Mexico...San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring the mine for minerals...minerals. The San Pedro Mine is perhaps best known for producing beautiful specimens of finely crystalline...to 3 inches, 7.5 cm) altered on the surface to malachite and associated with white, scalenohedral calcite...Phillip have also developed a surface exposure at the mine to produce some very nice, single, sceptered quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mason University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals...other minerals of collector interest, including malachite, azurite, cuprite, smithsonite, hemimorphite,...including the Harborside mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke...Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as pale blue rosettes...cutting trap rock at Moore, the long-abandoned iron mine at Andover, and as an accessory mineral at Franklin
Report (issue)
Alexis, C. 0., 1939, Geology of the Lead Mountain area, Pima County, Arizona [M.S. thesis]: Tucson, University...M. A., 1920, The southern section of the Amole mining district: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 106...Anderson, C. A., 1943, Report on the Loma Prieta mine (copper and molybdenum), Copper Basin, Yavapai County...mineralization, Bagdad, Arizona: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical,and Petroleum Engineers Transactions...United States, 1933-1967: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (Graton-Sales
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
~35 km from NW to SW of Safashahr in the Fars province. The ore textures are dominated by open space...extent secondary chalcocite, digenite, covelite, malachite, azurite, and minor Ag-bearing clausthalite, Ag-bearing...study area in this subzone hosts Cu (Ag) mineralization (Fig. 1a). The oldest rock in the study area is...clausthalite (A) in bornite, Ag-selenide (B) in malachite, (C) is black copper (copper wad). Chalcopyrite... bornite (Bo), chalcocite (Cc), pyrite (Py), malachite (Mal). Volcanic redbed-type copper mineralization
Report (issue)
and the northern part of Chihuahua, Mexico. The area is important for the evaluation or mineral deposits...record, or names of individual orebodies. DISTRICT/AREA Informal district name used in the literature. Names...economic interest. MINOR: Coproducts or byproducts of mining. POTEN: Commodities that have not been exploited...morphology. The 52 Deposit Classes recognized in the map area are: I. Models listed in USGS Bulletin 1693 (Cox...geologic inferences only ("inferred ore"). The mining industry terms "proven", "probable", and "possible"
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...Santiago de Chile, Avenida Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 3363, Estación Central, Santiago 917022, Chile; gerardo...917021, Chile; griveros@transducto.com Correspondence: kayobarros.s@gmail.com Abstract: The mining industry...This study is focused on production sites from Chile since it is responsible for almost one-third of
Report (issue)
deposits and occurrences within the project study area, the Bolivian Altiplano and Cordillera Occidental...companies and individuals who have worked in the study area. Much of the data are from unpublished reports in...deposits, or a formally designated mining district. For some mining districts described in this report...mines and mining claims. MINING DISTRICT/AREA Name of the mining district or geographical area to which...which the deposit belongs. 11 PROVINCE The Republic of Bolivia is divided into 9 departments, three of
Book
Editors. SPENCER . . R. TirLey has worked as a mining geologist in the western United States in both...tectonics in the Basin and Range Province, and work on a number of individual mining districts and on numerous...establish Tucson, Arizona, as the hub of the copper mining industry of the United States. In fact, an inscribed...especially pleased to have the privilege of various mining company executives. and Deposits have in the...SS © SAN MANUEL M 7Jucson PIMAcoMISSION ° ESPERANZA Vie aXe a6 O BISBEE° © CANANEA Map of the
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org/details/geologyofchile0000unse The Geology of Chile • The Geologica l Society of London Books Editorial...T. & GIBBO, s, W . (eds) 2007 . The Geology of Chile. The Geological Society, London. CHARRIER, R., PINTO...the Andean Orogeo in Chile. Jn: MORENO, T. & GrnsoNs, W. (eds) The Geology of Chile. The Geological Society...Society, London, 21-114. The Geology of Chile EDITED BY TERESA MORENO Earth Sciences Institute 'J aume...Grosjean 13. Field excursion from central Chile to the Atacama De<,crt. W. Gibbons & -1. Moreno 329
Thesis/Dissertation
The mineralogy of the Mapimí mining district, Durango, Mexico Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction...net/10150/565169 THE MINERALOGY OF THE MAPIMl' MINING DISTRICT, DURANGO, MEXICO by Victor Joseph Hoffmann..._______ entitled The Mineralogy of the Mapimi Mining District,______ Durango, Mexico______________________________...samples from the mines and offered information on the mine locations and their access. Mr. Salvador Davila...Institution from both the collections of Ojuela mine specimens obtained by Foshag in 1934 and from the
 
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