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Chrysocolla from
Cerro Verde, Tarapacá, Chile


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cerro Verde, Tarapacá, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:765308
Long-form Identifier:1:3:765308:7
GUID (UUID V4):67578c3d-46fd-42d0-8d06-422b2d6a64bf
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Museo...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
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Mineralization, Huinquintipa and Mina Sur, Northern Chile MARK NELSON, KURT KYSER,† ALAN CLARK, Department...several Cenozoic porphyry Cu(-Mo) systems in northern Chile, is traditionally ascribed to the lateral migration...extracted as CO2 from representative high-grade, chrysocolla-rich samples using four different techniques...El Salvador porphyry copper deposits in northern Chile as relics of entombed microbes, supporting the inference... Münchmeyer, 1996) copper deposits in northern Chile. Because such carbon is released through selective
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HYPOGENE AND SUPERGENE MINERALIZATION IN THE CERRO VERDE-SANTA ROSA PORPHYRY Cu-Mo CLUSTER, AREQUIPA,...GUILLÉN B. Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde S.A., Asiento Minero Cerro Verde-Uchumayo, Avenida Alfonso Ugarte...299, Arequipa, Peru Abstract The contiguous Cerro Verde and Santa Rosa porphyry copper deposits are hosted...dates of 61.8 ± 0.7 (2σ) and 62.0 ± 1.1 Ma for Cerro Verde, and 62.2 ± 2.9 Ma for Santa Rosa, representing...identified by multiple analyses of a sample from Cerro Verde comprising alunite partially replaced by natroalunite
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Supergene Orebody of the Cerro Colorado Porphyry Copper Deposit, I Región, Northern Chile FARHAD BOUZARI† AND... Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada Abstract The 51.8 Ma Cerro Colorado porphyry Cu(-Mo) deposit is situated at...Andean Cordillera Occidental. Supergene processes at Cerro Colorado generated a complex weathering profile...it includes a superimposed zone of abundant chrysocolla veins. Chalcocite, usually accompanied by supergene...the initiation of the Incaic orogeny in northern Chile. An age of 35.26 ± 0.68 (2σ) Ma for alunite associated
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geochronologyof in the central Andes of Peru and Chile, as in other overlyingignimbrite flows.FollowingHollingworth...the broaderCopiap6miningdistrictofnorth-central Chile (ca.lat 26ø-29øS;Fig. 1),buildingonthepioneering...concomitantformationof the contiguousEx6tica(MinaS6r)chrysocolla mineralization, occurredin the late Oligoceneto...supergeneenrichmentzones at E1SalvadorandLa Escondida,Chile, respectively. This is in part becausecareful searchhassofar...PlioceneValley andTerrace stage.c. View to the southwestfrom Cerro Botifiaca, at the southwestmarginof the precordillera
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Cerro de Pasco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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pseudomalachite, libethenite, malachite, atacamite, chrysocolla, heterogenite. Distribution: From the Star of...Saginaw Hill, Pima Co., Arizona. From Cerro Verde, Sonora, Mexico. In Chile, at Chuquicamata, Antofagasta; the
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Niño (Ph) Atlas (Ph) Aya Aya (Ph) Salatan (Ph) Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa (Pe) Kingking (Ph) Rio Blanco (Pe)...Chuquicamata (Cl) Inspiration (Az) Toquepala (Pe) Cerro Colorado (Cl) Ok Tedi (PNG) El Abra (Cl) Mocoa (Co)...Locality abbreviations: Az = Arizona (USA), Cl = Chile, Co = Colombia, NM = New Mexico (USA), Pe = Peru...(m) 0361-0128/98/000/000-00 $6.00 336 Peru Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa 150 Cuajone 120 Quellaveco 80 Toquepala...cc = chalcocite, clcn = chalcanthite, chry = chrysocolla, crpt = cryptomaline, cov = covellite, cup =
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
extended northwestward through field mapping to the Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa district (ca. 16° 30' S). The 40Ar-39Ar...8 Ma) and Posco (38.8 Ma) prospects and the Cerro Verde deposit (36.1–38.8 Ma) demonstrate that supergene...the late Oligocene (24.4–28 Ma natroalunite at Cerro Verde, 26–27 Ma natroalunite at Santa Rosa, and 28...Miocene (23 Ma alunite and 21 Ma natroalunite at Cerro Verde, and 19.2 Ma jarosite at La Llave) and was plausibly...occurred at least until 4.9 Ma both there and at Cerro Verde during and following the Multiple Pediment landform
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of Northern Chile Preface FRANCISCO CAMUS † Codelco-Chile, Huérfanos 1270, Santiago, Chile AND JOHN H...University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Introduction Chile is known worldwide as the site of one of the largest...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...subject of research by numerous individuals in Chile and elsewhere. The support of mining companies has
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Carbocretes Oxicretes chrysocolla hemimorphite chrysocolla chrysocolla plancheite silicate Silicacretes...CT opaline-CT cristobalite amorphous matter chrysocolla plancheite hemimorphite silicate Silicacretes...assemblage / ore type Primary mineralization Cerro de Pasco Peru Pb-Cu-Zn-Ag- tenorite Bi replacement/...Colombia (4) Dill et al. 2000, Dill 2000 Agua Shuca Cerro Blanco El Salvador Schneider 1958; Cazañas et al...Maksaev et al. 2007; Singer et al. 2008 Tarapaca Chile Cu porphyry-type Cu volcanicBouzari & Clark 2002;
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25 February 2022). Holakhooei, P.; Tessari, U.; Verde, M.; Vaccaro, C. A new look at XRD patterns of archaeological...Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Museo...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
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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...primary ore almost twofold. THE BRADEN OREBODY,CHILE 865 In comparingBradenwith otherminingdistricts...western flank of the Andean Cordillera in central Chile. It is the southernmost of the big South American...tains,45 milessoutheast of Santiago,the capitalof Chile (Fig. 1). Operations of the Braden Copper Companyare
Report (issue)
sulphides, that include cuprite, malachite, chrysocolla and covellite. The third group are secondary...Cu 3S04(0H)4 53.7 Enargite Cu 3AsS4 49.0 Chrysocolla Chalcopyrite CuSi03.2H20 36.2 CuFeS2 34.6...to intrusions' Chuquicamata and La Escondida, Chile; Bingham Canyon, USA; Grasberg, Indonesia Stratabound8...Dzhezkazgan (s), Kazakhstan; Mantas Blancas (v), Chile - Mineralisation hosted by submarine volcanosedimentary...lowtemperature hydrothermal systems El India, Chile; Lepanto, Philippines; Monywa, Burma ,_ Copper
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localised in the U.S. “South-west”, and in northern Chile and southern Peru,and were Cu-Mo orebodies (Gilmour...Cook and Porter;all in this publication) and in Chile, Argentina and Peru in South America (see Camus;...Chuquicamata, El Abra, La Escondida and El Teniente in Chile, Cerro Colorado in Panama, Grasberg in Indonesia, Sar...Eocene-OUgocene porphyry Cu deposits in northern Chile were derived from slab melts because of their high...in the Oligo-Miocene Maricunga belt of northern Chile formed in response to shallow emplacement (<1 km)
Report (volume)
of Gustafson and Hunt (1975) on the El Savador, Chile, deposit. Meyer and Hemley (1967, p. 170) pointed...Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the El Salvador deposit, Chile. The porphyry gold mineralization at Vunda, Fiji...1978). EXAMPLES IN SOUTH AMERICA El Salvador, Chile--As much as 40 percent andalusite, pyrophyllite...of the porphyry copper deposit at El Salvador, Chile (Gustafson and Hunt, 1975). During the complex alteration...supergene alunite have been identified at the Cerro Verde porphyry copper mine, Arequipa, Peru, and pyrophyllite
Report (issue)
Malachite ... ... . .. Azurite . .. ... . .. Chrysocolla . .. ... B1~ochantite ..• .. . Chalcanthite ... rolling and dra,wing. Blister copper includes Chile bars and contains aniything from 94 to 99 per cent...increase was ma,i nly from the United States, Canada., Chile, Peru, Japan, Africa and Germa-n y. The production...(exports) ••• 186 Bolivia (exports) 3,897 •• • - 3,641 Chile ••• 41,586 43,947 ••• •• • Peru ! ••• 27,330 26... ••• • • • • 70·075 68·725 68·575 69·162 (Chile Bars) 1888 ... •• 1893 • • • • • • 1898
Report (issue)
of Gustafson and Hunt (1975) on the El Salvador, Chile, deposit. Meyer and Hemley (1967, p. 170) pointed...Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the El Salvador deposit, Chile. The porphyry gold mineralization at Vunda, Fiji... 1978). Examples in South America El Salvador, Chile--. As much as 40 percent andalusite, pyrophyllite...of the porphyry copper deposit at El Salvador, Chile (Gustafson and Hunt, 1975). An andalusite zone is...supergene alunite have been identified at the Cerro Verde porphyry copper mine, Arequipa, Peru and pyrophyllite
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...Country State Countv Ouadranale MANTOS BLANCOS CHILE II REGION ANTOFAGASTA MANTOS BLANCOS Latitude Lonaitude
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 543–580 The Productora Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Chile: A Mesozoic Magmatic-Hydrothermal Breccia Complex...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...magnetite and shallow distal hematite (e.g., Manto Verde and Manto Ruso; Rieger et al., 2012). Although no
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collector and includes such productive locations as Cerro de Mercado in the state of Durango and Batopilas...friars, and Indian scouts camped at the base of Cerro de la Bufa at a site that later would become the...in the area when a silver strike was n1ade near Cerro Cubilete in 1548. A group of muleskinners returning...mined tin but soon discovered silver in the side of Cerro de Bermeja. In 1522, Cortes himself made a mining...founded; n1ining begins at Real del Monte, Hidalgo Cerro de Mercado (iron) discovered in Durango; silver
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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...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...Occurrences in the Metamorphic Basement of South-Central Chile F. Herve, R. J. Pankhurst, M. Brook, G. Alfaro,
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and CopperGold Deposits at Los Pelambres, Central Chile José Perelló, Richard H. Sillitoe, Constantino...of the Río Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest Known Concentration...Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern Chile Geology of...origin of copper-bearing tourmaline breccia pipes, Chile: Economic Geology, v. 65, p. 1028–1041. Sillitoe...Geology of the Los Pelambres porphyry copper deposit, Chile: Economic Geology, v. 68, p. 1–10. Sillitoe, R.H
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collector and includes such productive locations as Cerro de Mercado in the state of Durango and Batopilas...0) 10:1 o2 03 O4 O55 (Cro Minera 2, 8) ro} @ Cerro De La Compana MILES Asorco Co-ordmaes) z z ...friars, and Indian scouts camped at the base of Cerro de la Bufa at a site that later would become the...interested in the area when asilver strike was made near Cerro Cubilete in 1548. A group of mule skinners returning...mined tin but soon discovered silver in the side of Cerro de Bermeja. In 1522, Cortés himself made a mining
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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...\ii . Grosjean 13. Field excursion from central Chile to the Atacama De<,crt. W. Gibbons & -1. Moreno
 
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