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


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:617628
Long-form Identifier:1:3:617628:0
GUID (UUID V4):6d9e3a2e-0139-42d0-bd9e-f565460d19d5
Localities for Biotite in this Region
Chuquicamata Underground Mine, Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
7.0km (4.4 miles) ⓘRadomiro Tomic mine (Codelco Norte mine), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘChuquicamata Underground Mine, Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘMinistro Hales Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘToki Cu deposit (Toki Cluster), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
20.8km (12.9 miles) ⓘOpache Cu deposit, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
41.6km (25.9 miles) ⓘEl Abra Mine, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
77.0km (47.9 miles) ⓘEsperanza Mine, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Radomiro Tomic Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile TERRY ARCURI† Shell Exploration and Production Company...influence on copper mineralization. Unmineralized, biotite-bearing, whole-rock protore samples from the Radomiro...chloride. Moreover, atacamite mineralization at Chuquicamata (48–75 ppm Br, ή37Cl = –0.1 to +0.2‰) and Mina...Tupiza 21 Radomiro Tomic 22 Chuquicamata Calama 23 Antofagosta 24 Chile Salta Argentina 70 69 ...Location map of the Radomiro Tomic deposit in northern Chile. author: e-mail, terry.arcuri@shell.com 0361-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology 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...Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3J5 Abstract Chuquicamata, in northern Chile, is the world’s greatest copper orebody...replacement of plagioclase, and more widespread biotite replacement of hornblende, with igneous texture
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
porphyry Cu–Mo mineralization in the Chuquicamata district, northern Chile: new constraints from the Toki cluster...km south–southwest of the Chuquicamata–Radomiro Tomic mines in northern Chile. These prospects occur in...potassic type with K-feldspar and hydrothermal biotite. Sericitic alteration is relatively restricted...Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile e-mail: fbarrapantoja@ing.uchile.cl F....Center of Excellence (CEGA), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile H. Alcota : S. Rivera Exploraciones Mineras
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
western margin of Gondwana: Collahuasi area, Northern Chile Francisco Munizaga a , Victor Maksaev a,⁎, C.M....Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile Research School of Earth Sciences...de Collahuasi, SCM, Pedro Lagos 1090, Iquique, Chile d Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian...‘Altiplano’ high plateau of the Andes of northern Chile mostly consists of late Paleozoic to Early Triassic...of Chile, the Frontal Cordillera of Argentina (Choiyoi Group or Choiyoi Granite-Rhyolite Province), and
Book
label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...and CopperGold Deposits at Los Pelambres, Central Chile JosĂ© PerellĂł, Richard H. Sillitoe, Constantino...History of the RĂ­o Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest Known...Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposits of the Chuquicamata District, Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida...Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern Chile Geology of the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magmatism and Ore Formation in the El Abra Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile: Implications for Long-Lived...Universidad de ConcepciĂłn, ConcepciĂłn CP 4030000, Chile 2 Instituto GEA, Casilla 160-C, Universidad de...de ConcepciĂłn, ConcepciĂłn CP 4030000, Chile 3 Department 4 Superintendencia of Earth Sciences, University...GeologĂ­a, Sociedad Contractual Minera El Abra, Calama CP 1390000, Chile Abstract Zircon LA-ICP-MS and CA-TIMS...molybdenite Re-Os geochronology for the El Abra porphyry copper deposit (Chile) document a ~8.6 Ma protracted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
between 17 and 27S across the forearc of northern Chile and southern Peru from 44 to 6 Ma, and on the Bolivian...directly dated (southern Peru and south of 26S in Chile) and suggest formation post 14 Ma. Sedimentological...is unlikely to be widely applicable in northern Chile. General models that involve climatic desiccation...northern Chile, host some of the world’s largest porphyry copper deposits (e.g. Chuquicamata and La Escondida;...hyperaridity at 14 Ma in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and southern Peru is not supported by sedimentological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
application to porphyry copper deposits of northern Chile Received: 22 October 2001 / Accepted: 25 July 2002...ChuquicamataEl Abra porphyry copper belt of northern Chile have been measured in situ by excimer laser ablation...This study is based on the Los Picos-Fortuna/Pajonal-El Abra igneous complex, a suite of spatially and temporally...intrusions within the Chuquicamata-El Abra porphyry copper belt of northern Chile. The complex is cut by...strike-slip fault, the West Fault, with the Pajonal-El Abra intrusive suite 348 displaced ca. 35 km to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Northern Chile PATRICIO CUADRA C.† AND GONZALO ROJAS S. Superintendencia Geología, Codelco-Chile División...División Radomiro Tomic, Chile Abstract The main copper oxide minerals in the Radomiro Tomic deposit are atacamite...north of the Chuquicamata mine and 40 km north of the town of Calama in the Antofagasta region of northern...northern Chile (Fig. 1), at an elevation of 3,000 m above sea level. The deposit was discovered in 1952...course of an exploration program undertaken by the Chile Exploration Company, which sought the extension
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copper Deposit: Insights from the Chuquicamata Underground Mine, Chile Constanza Rivas-Romero 1,2, *, Martin...Copper Deposit: Insights from the Chuquicamata Underground Mine, Chile. Minerals 2021, 11, 671. https://doi...Matemåticas, Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago 8370450, Chile; mreich@cec.uchile.cl (M.R...Físicas y Matemåticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8370450, Chile Department of Earth Sciences, University...Casa Matriz, Huérfanos 1270, Santiago 8370450, Chile; spich001@codelco.cl Correspondence: constanzarivasromero@gmail
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CatĂłlica del Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, 7 Antofagasta, Chile. 8 2 GET, IRD-CNRS-CNES-UPS, 14 avenue...geochemical characteristics of zircons collected from Chuquicamata, Mirador, 31 Esperanza and Escondida PCDs...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)
1062-1085 Geology oftheE1AbraPorphyry CopperDeposit, Chile JOZSEF A‱IBRUS Abstract The E1 Abra porphyryCOl)per...porphyryCOl)per deposit,located42 km northof Chuquicamata, was minedon a smallscalein the past,andseveralstudies...1972to 1975,the Corporaci6nNacionaldel Cobrede Chile completedan evaluation programknownas the E1 Abra...located in E1 Loa Province, Chile, 42 kilometers north of the Chuquicamataopen-pit mine (Fig. 1). It is...is emplacedin the samemountainrange as Chuquicamata at 4,000 meters above sea level. Two thirdclassroadsconnectE1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the oxide zone of copper deposits in northern Chile: involvement of deep formation waters? Eion M. Cameron...deposits in northern Chile, whereas in similar deposits elsewhere, it is rare. In Chile, it has generally...Supergene enrichment of copper deposits in northern Chile extended over a long period, 44 to 9 Ma, being terminated...Keywords Atacamite . Copper deposits . Northern Chile Editorial handling: B. Lehmann E. M. Cameron (*)...Department of Geology, Universidad de Chile, P.O. Box 13518-21, Santiago, Chile e-mail: cpalacio@ing.uchile.cl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Geological Attributes at Chuquicamata Cu–Mo Porphyry Deposit, Chile HĂ©ctor VÉLIZ, Eduardo CAMPOS...Norte, Departamento de Ciencias GeolĂłgicas, Antofagasta, Chile Abstract The distribution of mineral zones...associations are important geological attributes of the Chuquicamata Porphyry Cu–Mo deposit. The development and...characteristically observed in the south wall of the mine. All of the above events combine to yield the ïŹnal...index suggests that in the potassic alteration, biotite and green-gray sericite facies contribute to strengthen
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
Book (volume)
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...the largest deposits in any established porphyry province. For a discussion of the accepted terminology...localised in the U.S. “South-west” and in northern Chile and southern Peruand were Cu-Mo orebodies (Gilmour
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas...Católica del Norte, San Pedro de Atacama 1410000, Chile; vfigueroa@ucn.cl Department of Anthropology, University...Departamento de Antropología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 7800284, Chile; dsalazar@uchile.cl (D.S.); atroncos@uchile...de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción 4090541, Chile; jgonzal@ucsc.cl Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio...Correspondence: psg004@ucn.cl Abstract: Northern Chile is home to the world’s largest copper ore deposits
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in magmatic arc settings. At the regional and district scales, the occurrence of many deposits in belts...central Chile; A.J. Wilson, writ. commun., 2009) and Mo (2.5 Mt: El Teniente, central Chile; Camus, 2003)...Toquepala & Cuajone Los Pelambres Los BroncesRĂ­o Blanco El Teniente Mamut Grasberg-Ertsberg Ok Tedi Cerro...Collahuasi dist. Bau Batu Hijau El Abra Cabang Kiri Chuquicamata dist. Koloula Frieda River dist...dist.(Nena) Wafi-Golpu Gaby El Salvador Potrerillos Marte & Caspiche Taca Taca Bajo Bajo de la Alumbrera
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile d Departament de Geoquı́mica, Petrologia...and magnetostratigraphic data from Quillagua and Calama basins (Atacama desert) indicate that the stratigraphic...Petrology Laboratory of the University of Barcelona. Biotite and feldspar crystals were hand-picked from crushed...within the sequence (Table 1). 3. Quillagua and Calama basins records The Quillagua Basin (  211 22140’1S...presently draining to the PaciïŹc Ocean through the Loa River Canyon (Fig. 1). From late Miocene to Pleistocene
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Northern Chile Preface FRANCISCO CAMUS † Codelco-Chile, HuĂ©rfanos 1270, Santiago, Chile AND JOHN H...University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Introduction Chile is known worldwide as the site of one of the largest...the three largest of all, El Teniente, RĂ­o Blanco-Los Bronces, and Chuquicamata (Fig. 1), all containing...production of more than 50 Mt of fine copper. Currently, Chile annually produces about 4.6 Mt of fine copper that...exploration efforts in the Central Andes with emphasis in Chile. During the past 25 years, exploration expenditures
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Plutonic Complex of the Coastal Cordillera, Northern Chile José Zambra1,*, Shoji Kojima1, Sergio Espinoza1...Catholic University, Antofagasta and 2Minera Tocopilla, Barros Arana, Tocopilla, Chile Abstract The Angélica...the Coastal Cordillera of the Tocopilla district, Northern Chile, and those are classified fundamentally...intruding into the formation. In the Tocopilla district there is a peculiar copper deposit named Angélica...since 1960 by ENAMI (National Mining Company of Chile). Because of recent exploitation of the deposit
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)
the Escondida porphyry copper deposit, northern Chile K. Riveros & E. Veloso & E. Campos & A. Menzies...In the Escondida porphyry Cu deposit of northern Chile, each hydrothermally altered lithology is characterized...Universidad de Atacama, Copayapu 485, CopiapĂł, Chile e-mail: karl.riveros@uda.cl K. Riveros : E. Veloso...0610, Antofagasta, Chile W. VĂ©liz Minera Escondida Ltd, Avenida de la MinerĂ­a 501, Antofagasta, Chile...porphyry Cu deposit in northern Chile, the largest Cu-producing mine in the world. The Escondida deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geologic Evolution of the Escondida Area, Northern Chile: A Model for Spatial and Temporal Localization of...and Chimborazo (Cordillera de Domeyko, northern Chile). The purpose of this study was to examine the regional...magmatic setting of this preeminent porphyry Cu district for evidence of features or processes that might...throughout much of the porphyry belt of northern Chile. Geochemically, they are I-type in character, but... Introduction NORTHERN CHILE is the world’s premier porphyry copper district, hosting several major deposits
 
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