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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite 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:617248
Long-form Identifier:1:3:617248:0
GUID (UUID V4):f9ba1539-8737-4531-b04b-0d61d1d14f1b
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
32.3km (20.1 miles) Potrerillos Mine, Potrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
50.6km (31.5 miles) Santo Domingo Mine, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
51.0km (31.7 miles) La Coipa mine, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
51.4km (31.9 miles) Santo Domingo Sur pit, Diego de Almagro, 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
62.8km (39.0 miles) Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
79.6km (49.5 miles) Carrizalillo mine, Las Bombas, Chañaral, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
84.1km (52.2 miles) Mantoverde Project, Mantoverde mining district, El Salado, Chañaral, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
96.2km (59.8 miles) San Luis mine, Chañaral, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(CEGA), FCFM, D Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile Department of Earth Sciences...author: Fernando Barra Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Chile fbarrapantoja@ing.uchile.cl Phone:...IOCG clan in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile, comprises the PT iron oxide-Cu-Au sensu stricto...deposits constitute the second source of copper in Chile, after porphyry Cu-Mo systems, whereas SC IOAs...Mantoverde, Casualidad, Diego de Almagro, and D Barreal Seco, three IOAs: Los Colorados, El Romeral, Carmen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copper-Gold Mineralization in the Mantoverde District, Northern Chile ANA A. RIEGER,1,† ROBERT MARSCHIK,1,†...2AngloAmerican 3Bayerische 4Section Chile, Mantoverde Division, Santiago de Chile, Chile Staatssammlung für Paläontologie... 80333 Munich, Germany des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Genève, Rue des Maraîchers 13, 1205 Genève...Genève, Switzerland 5Institut de Minéralogie et Géochimie, Université de Lausanne, Anthropole, 1015 Lausanne...Mantoverde iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) district, northern Chile, is known for its Cu production from supergene
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Sustainable Mining Research & Consult EIRL), Casilla 28, San Pedro de la Paz 4130000, Chile; E-Mail: bernhard...June 2014 / Published: 8 July 2014 Abstract: The mining industry is a fundamental industry involved in...to increases in the waste/metal production ratio. Mine wastes deposited on-land in so-called tailings dams...environmental issues that need to be addressed (e.g., acid mine drainage formation due to sulphide oxidation, geotechnical...and social concerns due to land use during mining. The mining industry recognizes these concerns and is
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...ilmeniteto hematite-rutile, andsphene to rutile857 No. 5 The PorphyryCopperDepositat E1 Salvador,Chile Fig... Volcanic peaks of the high Cordillera,the Salar de Pedernales,and low hills underlain by folded Mesozoicsedimentsand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colorado Porphyry Copper Deposit, I Región, Northern Chile FARHAD BOUZARI† AND ALAN H. CLARK Department of...orogeny in northern Chile. An age of 35.26 ± 0.68 (2σ) Ma for alunite associated with hematite in a clast in...Evidence from Cerro Colorado and elsewhere in northern Chile (e.g., Spence and Angelina) confirms that Paleocene...emplaced along the Domeyko fault system (e.g., El Salvador) may similarly have been upgraded during the...Cenozoic supergene metallogenic epoch in northern Chile, ca. 20 or even 30 m.y. in duration, which attained
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Candelaria-Punta del Cobre Iron Oxide Copper Gold district, Northern Chile Irene del Real, John F.H. Thompson, Jorge...Candelaria-Punta del Cobre Iron Oxide Copper Gold district, Northern Chile, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi: https://doi...Candelaria-Punta del Cobre Iron Oxide Copper Gold district, Northern Chile Irene del Real (1), John F.H. Thompson...University, Snee Hall, Ithaca NY, 14853, USA (2) Lundin Mining Corporation, 150 King Street, Toronto, ON, M5H1J9...Candelaria-Punta del Cobre district is the largest Iron-Oxide Cu and Au (IOCG) district in the Chilean IOCG
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tourmaline-rich alteration in the IOCG systems of northern Chile: implications for a magmatic-hydrothermal origin...oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposits of the Coastal Cordillera of Chile where it occurs as large crystals in the groundmass...from those of the tourmaline in the Carajás IOCG district (Brazil), suggesting that IOCGs do not form by...the case for the Cloncurry district in Australia and the Skellefte district in Sweden (Mark et al. 2006;...rocks F. Tornos (*) Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Ríos Rosas, 23, 28003 Madrid, Spain e-mail:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Ignimbrite Eruption in the Porphyry Copper Province of Southern Perú CHAN X. QUANG, ALAN H. CLARK...Canada K7L 3N6 AND NICHOLAS HAWKES Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration Limited, Manco Cápac 551 - Lima...through field mapping to the Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa district (ca. 16° 30' S). The 40Ar-39Ar incremental-heating...probably active in the Cuajone-Quellaveco-Toquepala district. Slow erosion and the accumulation of clastic...subsequently led to the incision of the 23.8 to 24 Ma Altos de Camilaca and the 18.8 to 19.1 Ma Pampa Lagunas pediplains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Graduate School of International Resource Sciences, Mining Museum of Akita University, Akita, Japan Abstract...mineralization in two representative porphyry systems (El Salvador, Chile, and Grasberg, Indonesia) was examined to...and host rocks during potassic alteration at El Salvador and Grasberg includes (i) reduction of SO42−...exsolution from the intrusive magmas. Keywords: El Salvador, Grasberg, Japan, porphyry Cu deposit, potassic...International Resource Sciences, Akita University, Mining Musium of Akita University, Osawa, Tegata, Akita
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...the date of a study, considering the extent of mining at that date. At Batu Hijau, Indonesia, Arif and
Report (chapter)
volcanism: a review R. H. Sillitoe Department of Mining Geology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College...Manto-type copper deposits are best known from Chile and southern Peru. They consist o f stratiform concentrations...minor accumulations of cassiterite, wood tin and hematite in felsic volcanic rocks (+ possible rhyolite...manto-type copper deposit~ Volcanogenic magnetite (+ hematite, apatite and actinorite) deposits occur as flows...plugs and pyroclastic beds at Cerro de Mercado, Mexico, and El Laco, Chile. The map netite magma separated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Mineralization in the Indio Muerto District, El Salvador, Chile LEWIS B. GUSTAFSON,† 5320 Cross Creek...89511 WALTER ORQUERA, CODELCO-Chile, Division Salvador, El Salvador, Chile MICHAEL MCWILLIAMS, Department...AND MARCELLO MENDEZ CODELCO-Chile, Division Salvador, El Salvador, Chile Abstract The porphyries that...that formed copper deposits in the Indio Muerto district include both 44 Ma rhyolitic subvolcanic intrusions...intruding host andesite at the northeast end of the district. Very weak Cu but much stronger Mo mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for at least 800 km in southern Peru and northern Chile (Fig. 1a). Centered at latitude 16°33' S, longitude...Phelps Dodge Copper Corporation (82.5%) and Compañía de Minas Buenaventura (9.2%). SXEW recovery attained...Pitcher et al., 1985). Age relationships in the district are, in part, defined through U-Pb zircon (62–67...( na) N 8170000 Arica 20°S Cerro Colorado CHILE 70°W Spence 66°W N 8169000 E 224000 SURF-112...southern Peru and northern Chile. B. Local geology of the Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa district, showing the locations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ideal case, to assist in the planning of selective mining. Introduction T H E ECONOMIC GEOLOGY of polluting...processes operate. Environmental standards for the mining and smelting industries, however, are being improved...Porphyry copper deposits account for 60% of the world's mine production of copper and constitute 80% of ore reserves...X X Chile 45. Cerro Blanco 46. Chuquicamata SAI X SAI S X 48. El Salvador SA SA 49. El Teniente...(Samame Boggio, 1980), Tintaya (Samame Boggio, 1980) Chile: Andacollo (Llaumett P. et al., 1975), 2 Los Pelambres
Report (issue)
Raul Sal as 0., Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria, Santiago, Chile Open-File Report 87- 634 1987...deposits associated with stratovolcanos in Bolivia and Chile ........................ 5. 12A 15A Distribution...northwestern Argentina, western Boliva, northern Chile, and southern Peru, are potential targets for hydrothermal...covellite impregnations, and presumed magnetite-hematite flows in the upper parts of stratovolcanos; and...central Andean region of southern Peru, northern Chile, western Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Chuquicamata Mine: A Progress Report GUILLERMO OSSANDÓN C., CODELCO-Chile, Gerencia Exploraciones...Santiago, Chile ROBERTO FRÉRAUT C., CODELCO-Chile, Superintendencia Geología, Chuquicamata, Chile LEWIS... DARRYL D. LINDSAY, SRK Consultores, Santiago, Chile AND MARCOS ZENTILLI Department of Earth Sciences...Canada B3H 3J5 Abstract Chuquicamata, in northern Chile, is the world’s greatest copper orebody. It was...about the 2,800-m elevation in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, some 240 km northeast of Antofagasta
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Manuscript Fractionation of Fe and Cu isotopes in acid mine tailings: Modification and application of a sequential...Weyer , Fractionation of Fe and Cu isotopes in acid mine tailings: Modification and application of a sequential...MANUSCRIPT Fractionation of Fe and Cu isotopes in acid mine tailings: modification and application of a sequential...Engineering, F861 Luleå, Sweden PT Abstract Sulfidic mine tailings have a high potential for contamination...contamination of the environment by RI triggering acid mine drainage. Hence, it is crucial to understand metal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...(U–Th)/He analysis of supergene oxides and hydroxides (hematite and goethite). These methods have provided the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dredmetersof the 12 majorporphyrycopperdeposits in Chile was substantiated furtherby Alpersand Brimhall ...supergene alunitefromthe Eseondida porphyry copper province. Indeed,perhaps onlytwoof thesemajordepositsdeposit(Fig...elsewhere in northern E1 Salvador(Gustafsonand Hunt, 1975) in northern Chile Chile,duringthe late Oligocene...0361-0128/96/1809/164-1655.00 164 CHILEAN Cu PROVINCE: OXIDATION & ENRICHMENT in controlling anyagedifferences...ANGELINA 3' ½'*• I ß CHILE ?5 ø ,,,,)ARGENTINA ) 43.31 23 SanMiguel de Tucum•n (CERRO CAMPANA)I:::•C
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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)
EXPRESS LETTER HYPOGENE ALUNITE FROM THE EL SALVADOR DISTRICT, CHILE, INDICATES POTENTIAL FOR A BLIND PORPHYRY...late breccia bodies from the El Salvador porphyry copper district of Chile were recently dated. One alunite...44 to 43 Ma. Porphyry copper ores in the El Salvador district formed at about the same time as porphyry...associated with ~80% of the known copper ore of the district; they record waning stages of magmatism at 42...porphyry copper deposits in the remote El Salvador district of Chile began with Old Camp in 1951 and the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Escondida Porphyry Copper Deposit, Antofagasta Region, Chile RUBEN A. PADILLA GARZA,† BHP Minerals and Department...Minera Escondida Limitada, avenida de la minera 501, Antofagasta, Chile Abstract The Escondida porphyry...porphyry copper deposit, located in northern Chile, was one of the two largest copper producers of the world...the basement of the Precordillera de Domeyko province in northern Chile. We propose that the intrusive stock...the Escondida porphyry copper deposit in northern Chile (Fig. 1), which currently is one of the two largest
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gregoire M.2, Riquelme R.1 5 6 1 Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte...Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, 7 Antofagasta, Chile. 8 2 GET, IRD-CNRS-CNES-UPS, 14 avenue E. Belin, Toulouse...lower Oligocene metallogenic 32 belt of northern Chile, were determined in order to validate the use of...Eocene to Oligocene metallogeny belt, 48 Northern Chile, Porphyry Copper Deposit, non-mineralized intrusive...body. 49 50 1. Introduction 51 In northern Chile and southern Peru, porphyry copper deposits (PCDs)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
defined primarily by their elevated magnetite and/or hematite contents, constitute a broad, ill-defined clan...is located in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile and southern Peru, where it is part of a volcano-plutonic...contain hydrothermal magnetite and/or specular hematite as major accompaniments to chalcopyrite±bornite...Henry in Australia and Candelaria and Mantoverde in Chile. Notwithstanding their modest economic contributions...Position of the central Andean IOCG belt of northern Chile–southern Peru with respect to the Jurassic–Early
 
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