 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JANUARY-FEBRUARY, i9i 9 No. I THE VEINS OF CHAi{IARCILLO, CHILE.• W. L. W•IT•-a•-.•D. CONTENTS. PATE. Introduction......................... i The Region of North Chile ........................................... The...WHITEHEAD. gold, were disappointed in the regionof Atacama;but, upon findinggold in the rich veinsof Malga-Malgaat...maximum exploitation, from about •86o to x88o, Chile enjoyeda period of mining prosperitylong to be remembered...the bibliography. THE VEINS OF CHAI•ARCILLO, CHILE. of the district were flooded. A few tentative |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CHANARCILLO SILVER DISTRICT AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHILE 1 KENNETH SEGERSTROM CONTENTS PAGE Abstract ....of silver-producingmining districts in northern Chile. Part of the belt, parallel to the Pacific Coast...unpublishedmap, later incorporatedin the MetallogenicMap of Chile (in press), but for criticallyreviewingthe presentmanuscript...near the coast. GEOLOGYOF SILVER MINING AREAS IN CHILE 1249 71ø W 70 ø LONG 26 ø S. LAT. EXPLANATION...Formation,of Middle GEOLOGY OF SILVER MINING AREAS IN CHILE 1251 (?) and/orLate (?) Jurassic age,the typelocalityof |  | | Report (issue) | | Mexico ; United States . 8 7 S. America : Bolivia ; Chile ; Colombia ; Peru . 1 2 6 WORLD MAP OF SILVER DEPOSITS...CentralAmerican States • SouthAmerica : Bolivia and Chile . . Argentina • . ...., Brazil . . . Colombia •...(Dark-red silver ore) Stephanite (Brittle silver ore) Polybasite Tetrahedrite (Fahlore) • • • • • • • •...yields a globule of silver with sodium carbonate. Polybasite.—A sulphantimonite o f s i l v e r a n d copper...produced silver may be mentioned East Huel Rose lead mine (yield from 1852 to 1861 was 260,721 oz.), and West |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystal group, 7 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Marty Zinn collection; Jeff Scovil...Gustavo Adolfo 250-J Estacion Central Santiago, Chile jZonfenls * * . I n t r o d u c t i o n ............. Quiruvilca district, Santiago de Chuco province, department of La Libertad PASTO BUENO G r o u................. Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca province, department of Ancash R a u r a -H u a n z a l...district, Cajatambo province, department of Lima Pachapaqui district, Bolognesi province, department of Ancash |  | | Journal (issue) | | following people: COVER: AURICHALCITE from the 79 mine, Gila County, Arizona. Photo (first place winner...1979 famous mineral localities: Chanarcillo Chile by Robert B. Cook Department of Geology Auburn University...especially proustite and native silver, as Chanarcillo, Chile. Although the mines and once booming town of Juan...Chanarcillo district is located in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, approximately 50 km south of Copiapo...further, and paid for at a higher price. The first mine of Chariarcello was discovered on the 18th of May |  | | Book | | produced specimens from such places as the La Fe Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the...CALl[NTCS ... I MI ( Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein...University of New York, Albany) Figure 4. The mineral province of Sonora. (Modified from Berstein, 1964, back...Ttcolote • S 0 R A Sor • Provinces I 5 The province of Sonora, located in the northwest corner of...4) is an extension of both the basin and range province, and the copper porphyry belt of the western United | | | Book | | produced specimens from such places as the La Fé Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the...WIC ' ' (OSE INSET) Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein...Mexicali Show & Nensengdo Figure 4. The mineral province of Sonora. (Mod ors ified from Berstein, 1964...University of New York, Albany) Provinces / 5 The province of Sonora, located in the northwest corner of...4) is an extension of both the basin and range province, and the copper porphyry belt of the western United |  | | Book | | from 1824.-1891. ... Boca Mina, at the Valenciana Mine (Reduction & Mines Co.) Precipitating plant (interior)...Guanajuato Development Co General shaft of El Cedro Mine, belonging to the Guanajuato Develo2)ment Co Claims...Guanajuato Development Co General view of the Central Mine, belonging to the Guanajuato Development Co The...at the Peregrina Mine, wliieh is now completed The Barrcno shaft of the Peregrina Mine Peregrina iiO-stamp...Ranch. Shaft and electric hoist at the Nueva Luz Mine I. a Torre Mines, which, with the Nueva Luz, are |  | | 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...in Oruro ... 26 BY ROBERT B. COOK The Morococala Mine ..................................................Deposit: A Pre-Columbian Gem Mine ........... 80 BY ALFREDO PETROV The Anahi Mine ..........................(Chacaltaya, about 5,100 meters), the highest metallic ore mine (Chorolque, up to 5,450 meters), and so on. But |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | _________ Siria mine ________________________ ------------- __ ----Los Hornitos mine ______ ;_______...mine____________________________________ La Uni6n mine ________________ -----------------------(}uatem...______ __ ____ ______ _ 48 48 49 50 51 51 51 La Paz mine ______ ---------------------------Cabanas distr...district___________________________________ La Joya mine ____ ----------------------------La Corona depos...~ateoprospect-----------------------------------~ataquescuintla mine _____________ ---- __ -----__________ Los Sandillales |  | | Book (edition) | | Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 319 Magma Mine, Arizona 325 Chuquicamata, Chile 333 14 EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS 344...466 19 SUPERGENE SULFIDE ENRICHMENT Chanarcillo, Chile 484 Miami, Arizona 488 20 METAMORPHISM OF ORES...Besides, what we are pleased to call the riches of a mine, are riches relatively to a distinction which nature...also advocated by Joseph Brunner (1801), a Bavarian mine official. Scipione Breislak (1811) an Italian geologist...section in the Laco Sur magnetite-hematite deposit, Chile. The upper surface of the “flow” is about three |  | | Report (issue) | | containing 85 p 1· cent. of sil,7er . • • 7 (5) Polybasite, n1ineral 11ea,r stepl1aJJ.ite in (:OJ11position...eru • •• ... Spain • • Germany • ••• Bolivia and Chile • • • • I ' • • • • Ja1pa.n • Otl1e1· Co1111tries... Oen tral America Argentina ••• Bolivia ... ••• Chile ••• • •• Colombia ••• Dutch Guiana .... Ecuador...and the Frank Mills (formerly Teign Vailley) lead mine in the upper· Teign valley. Tl1e 111·od11c~tio11...declined, and by 1880) v\7hen the Frank 1\1ills mine was closed down, it had becon1e qttit~ unimportant |  | | Book | | K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...brownish-yellow, green, white, etc. Chanarcillo, Chile. H= 3.5, Djj4= 4.434, Dq= 4.45, VHB 04. Friedel...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4= |  | | Book | | 1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Central Provinces respectively ; in the Eastern Province, instead of one large plantation, smaller ones...at two centres, viz. Appolonia in the Western Province of the Colony, and Northern Ashanti. The rice...as impregnations in a felspathic quartzite. The mine has been extensively developed, and it is estimated...company were 1 60 mining claims known as the Hippo mine, and two farms of 3 ,000 acres each, making a total...Copper and Gold mine. The property consists of 90 mining claims, on which is a mine in a fairly advanced |  | | Book (edition) | | Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...ye ty a ara id (ean ® “1 le hI AAP : oo A Mine seh Ranier “i i : lever vei ekealps ; cet ...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely |  | | Book (edition) | | Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely... Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise n1ine, Dolores...Juab County, and with austinite at the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utal1; in Inyo, San Bernardino,...Simon mine, Mineral AENIGMATITE County , Nevada. Magnificent specimens occur at the Ojuela mine, Mapimi | | | Book (edition) | | Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County; at the Double...Norway; Germany; Tsumeb; Namibia; Chaiiarcillo, Chile; and Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It |  | | Report (issue) | | •• • • Bolivia ... ••• ••• Brazil •• • ••• •• • Chile .. . • •• ••• ••• Colombia • • • ••• ••• Dutch Guiana...compe1led to curt.a il develop,m ent and were unable to mine and treat ore on a scale that would otherv1ise have...diso,r ga,nized by civil disturbances), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and the Japanese Empire;... ' • Union of South .Africa: Transvaal Cape Province Natal ••• .. .,. ••• • •• ••• •• • • ••...596 i 550,201 , - Production of the Um Nabardi mine. From alluvial. Probably crude oz. 124,808 - |  | | Book (edition) | | 44. c 1 3 .50 A. A natural occurrence at a coal mine in the (TL) Lvov-Volynsk basin, USSR. Achates. syn...spec. from Durango. Mexico]. (TL) Chaiiarcillo. Chile. Named for M. Adam. Syn. Adamine. Var. Cuproadamite...09. c 7.76 A . Z=2 [PDF 27-620]. (TL) San Carlos mine. Guanajuato. Mexico. Named for S. Aguilar. Agustitc...PDF 34- 1 266 on synth. material]. (TL) Akaganc mine. Iwate Pref., Japan. Named for locality. 9 Akalidavyne...found by A.H. Clark at (TL) Alacran. Pampa L1rga. Chile. Then at the caldera of Uzon volcano. Kamchatka |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Lake Co., Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan...Ledge mine, Nevada Co., Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., Colorado quartz mine, Mariposa Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity...Nelson, Westland, Otago, and Southland. Emperor mine, Vatukuola, Fiji. Mt. Kare, Papua New Guinea. In |  | | Book (edition) | | nantite. (/) GROUP Y. At. R (As,Sb) S = 5 Polybasite. III. 1. 2 8 Katio, =4 S : + (As,Sb,Bi)...rare, and mostly in filaments at the Ophir tained. mine rare, and disseminated or filamentous in California...its name platina,, from plata, silver. In the province of Antioquia, in Brazil, it has been found in...superior hardness. Obs. Occurs with platinum in the province of Choco in South America in the Ural mounin Australia...countries in California, especially in the Pioneer mine, in the Napa Valley. ; ; ; AMALGAM, ,;. The |  | | Report (volume) | | Canada THE MINES HANDBOOK Meeting tbe Needs of Mine and Smelter Hundreds of plants on both American...(all types) Crushers Crushing Rolls NEW YORK Mine Pumps Oil Engines Sampling Machinery Screens Stamp...all the metals, and a corresponding expansion of mine work. The MINES HANDBOOK will hereafter be published...Tuckahoe, N. Y., April, 1920. Vll THE MINES MINE HOISTS HANDBOOK AND Years of experience in building...Wellman- Send for our Bulletin F. 5, "Electric Mine Hoists," and get in closer touch with W-S-M equipment |  | | Report (volume) | | California. THE MINES HANDBOOK, 1922 MACHINERY FOR MINE • MILL SMELTER Embodying recent developments...Compressor NEW YORK Crushing Rolls Air Compressors Mine Pumps Ball Mills Blast Furnaces Oil Engines Screens...considered to be working the public and not the mine. Many suspicious promotions are however not positively...de Bolivia, Antofagasta, Chile, S. A. Cable: Howban, BANCROFT, Rowland, Mine Valuation, Apartado 264...BELLINGER, H. C. Metallurgical Engineer. Care of Chile Exploration Co., 120 Broadway, New York, N. Y. BOYD |
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