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


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Ulexite
Formula:NaCa[B5O6(OH)6] · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ulexite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:617616
Long-form Identifier:1:3:617616:7
GUID (UUID V4):0ab3bf3c-1c33-4343-8d4b-2c4414fa195e
Nearest other occurrences of Ulexite
76.8km (47.7 miles) Maria Elena Mine, Oficina María Elena, María Elena, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile
91.1km (56.6 miles) El Tatio geothermal field, El Loa 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
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
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kilometers (4,700 miles) from Colombia in the north to Chile in the south. They contain peaks second in height...meters (22,205 feet), Tocorpuri on the border of Chile and Bolivia is 6,873 meters (22,550 feet), and the...feet), marks the boundary between Argentina and Chile. Incredibly deep valleys and impassable terrain...margin of South America, from Colombia to the tip of Chile. divide into two ranges and bound a high-altitude...Volch Pomerape (6,282 meters) on the border of Chile and Bolivia. These volcanoes, like hundreds of others
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locations) can belong to one and the same ore district, massif, and formation, or can be located very...localities Abbreviations: (Dst.) district, area; (Co.) county; (m.) mine; (Mf.) massif; (Q.) quarry; (N)...\\1973quetzalcoatlite;…1979tlapallite 9 – Barberton district \(25°48`S, 31°03`E), Transvaal, South Africa \\1921trevorite...apachite 12 – Chuquicamata \(22°18`S, 68°55`W), 15 km N of Calama, Antofagasta, Chile \\1908natroch...disrict) \(27°21`S, 70°20 `W) = (area), Atacama, Chile \\1833copiapite;…1933amarillite 4 – Coyote Peak
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)
from Amblygonite. (structural data) +l.t Chuquicamata, Chile. (BerAnalyses of metamorphic and igman, W'olfe)...Bellingerite, a new mineral Anapaite 788 from Chuquicamata,Chile. .. 505 Andesite, Cascade Mts., Oregon. r53... . . Chkalovite. (Gerasimovsky) 311 Chuquicamata copper mine. (Head) 377 Cinnabar, spectrographic...(Efremov) 313 Murdoch, J. Crystallography of .210,754 ulexite.... and Webb, R. W. Notes on somemineralsof SouthernCal549...W i l l i a m s oW n ,. O . . . . . . . . 311 Ulexite, crystallography of. (Murdoch)...." . 2 t 0 , 7
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Mina Asunción, Sierra Gorda, Atacama Desert, Chile, preserved since 1912 in the collections of the...structure, Mina Asunción, Sierra Gorda, Atacama Desert, Chile Introduction: Discovery and occurrence of leucostaurite...Asunción, Sierra Gorda, Caracoles District, Antofagasta Province, Chile. These samples were collected by...by the consul of Switzerland in Chile, Julius Friedrich Häfliger * E-mail: joel.brugger@adelaide.edu.au...J.-R. Gregory, this specimen is from San Rafael Mine, Sierra Gorda, as indicated on the label. Leucostaurite
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...Description: Colourless crystal from the association with ulexite and kernite. Identified by IR spectrum. Wavenumbers...669, 629, 603w, 578, 546w, 513, 495w, 422. B3 Ulexite NaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O Locality: Bulganak area of...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta province, Argentina (type locality). Description: Colourless
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)
MINERALOGICAL STUDIES OF THE NITRATE DEPOSITSOF CHILE. II. DARAPSKITE, .HrO' (SOn) Naa(NOa) GBoncBE. EnrcrsBu...ties, is widespread in the nitrate deposits of Chile. It occurs as euhedral crystals in cavities and...saline minerals found in the nitrate deposits of Chile. The fi.rst paper (Mrose and Ericksen, 1970) was...with the Instituto de fnvestigaciones Geol6gicasof Chile. Darapskite, Nas(NOr)(SOr).HrO, first described...(1391) and named for Luis Darapsky of Santiago, Chile, is a widespread mineral in the Chilean nitrate
Journal (issue)
Field Trip to South Wales Collecting Minerals in Chile Arthur Kingsbury - Falsified British Mineral Locations...196 July/Aug 2005 PERU MINERAL COLLECTING IN CHILE Alan and Sue Edwards have collected minerals from...the world including 7 trips to Namibia and two to Chile. They realised, as SMLS has done with its Geotourism... Alan and Sue both had brothers working out in Chile and this was the main reason for this trip. The...Pedro de Atacama and the northern province of Putre (see map). •' Calama / { \ I ? I • On their first
Book
: i ye "Pe 7 a pre \ 2 , ' : 8 lilbap el ' ae “ay oe ar DISCARDED Gems« Minerals Richmond...A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, José Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm
Book
nuggets Include one of 153kg (3371b), found in Chile, and one of 93kg (2051b), found in Hill End (Australia)...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...Butte (Montana, USA), Bisbee (Arizona, USA), Chuquicamata (Chile), Tsumeb (Namibia), Peru and Russia. Colour:...quantities are mined in the USA, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Australia and Zambia. Colour: copper-red or bronze...stannite when zinc-rich. Stannite is found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA)
Book
nuggets Include one of 153kg (3371b), found in Chile, and one of 93kg (2051b), found in Hill End (Australia)...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...Butte (Montana, USA), Bisbee (Arizona, USA), Chuquicamata (Chile), Tsumeb (Namibia), Peru and Russia. Colour:...quantities are mined in the USA, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Australia and Zambia. Colour: copper-red or bronze...stannite when zinc-rich. Stannite is found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA)
Book
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...\ii . Grosjean 13. Field excursion from central Chile to the Atacama De<,crt. W. Gibbons & -1. Moreno
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
Book (edition)
ACGAEC Acra del XV Co11greso Geologico Argentino, El Ca/afate ACSc Acta Clremica Sca11di11a1•ica AE... of CanadaFinal Program and Abstracts Geochimica el Cosmochimica Acta Geologiska Fore11i11ge11S i Stockholm...Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de...Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the...104(3). 326-328 □ Achavnlitc, FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza
Book
Broken Hill, New South Wales; Chanarcillo, Atacama, Chile; and in the states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua,...Keweenaw area of north Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico....crystals from Landsberg, W. Germany; and Coquimbo, Chile. Diamond C The transparent, crystalline form of...areas including Kimberley, Pretoria (the Premier mine is in this area), and Jagersfontein in the Orange...Localities. Lead is found in Sweden at the Harstig mine, Pajsberg; from the gold placers of the Ural Mountains
tungstates 55, 63 turquoise 73, 73 tyrolite 73 ulexite 54, 54 ullmannite 17 phosgenite 47, 47, 50 serpentine...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...found at Butte, Montana, and the Copper River district of Alaska. A much rarer mineral is covellite,...brown opaque octahedrons in clay at Destricella Mine near Raddusa (Enna) in Italy. A brief mention should
Book
73, 73 serpentine, asbestos 108 tyrolite 73 ulexite 54, 54 siberite 96 uraninite 36 serpentine 108...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...found at Butte, Montana, and the Copper River district of Alaska. A much rarer mineral is covellite,...brown opaque octahedrons in clay at Destricella Mine near Raddusa (Enna) in Italy. A brief mention should
Book
illustrated Encyclopedi of the World’s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...carnallite, mirabilite, anhydrite, gypsum, borax, ulexite, pneumatolysis or pneumatolytic mineral formation...Caucasus — crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine — Nevada (USA) e Application: ore (extraction of...Badenweiler — Schwarzwald (FRG), in large masses in (Chile) and (Bolivia) e Application: copper ore. Kermesite... Andreasberg (FRG), Pribram (Czechoslovakia), (Chile), (Mexico), (USA) and (USSR) e Application: silver
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...International border -----·- Departmental border 22 + Antofagasta ! i A RGENT A 0 100 0 640 200 100 600...BY JAROSLAV HYRSL AND ALFREDO PETROV The Poopo District ................................................in Oruro ... 26 BY ROBERT B. COOK The Morococala Mine ...............................................
Journal (issue)
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....period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro...and Mining Company for the sum of $558,000. The mine is now owned outright by the Federal Government
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
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carnallite, mirabilite, anhydrite, gypsum, borax, ulexite, pneumat olysis or pneumatolytic mineral fo rm...Caucasus - crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine - Nevada (USA) •Application: ore (extraction of...Badenweiler - Schwarzwald (FRG), in large masses in (Chile) and (Bolivia)• Application: copper ore. Kermesite... Andreasberg (FRG), Prfbram (Czechoslovakia), (Chile), (Mexico), (USA) and (USSR) • Application: silver...200 kg (USSR), San Sebastian (Mexico), Coquimbo (Chile), Red Cloud (Colorado) and Calaveras Co. (California)
 
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