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Caracolite from
San Rafael Mine, Quebrada Honda, Caracoles mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Caracolite
Formula:Na3Pb2(SO4)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Caracolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view San Rafael Mine, Quebrada Honda, Caracoles mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:984306
Long-form Identifier:1:3:984306:6
GUID (UUID V4):e16377fd-c465-4385-9968-574c00cc80f9
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Caracolite Na3 Pb2 (SO4 )3 Cl c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...β = 90◦ Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Beatriz mine, Chile. (ICDD 25-706). 2.927 (100), 1.906 (56), 3.55...18 1.84 11.52 4.39 0.99 100.00 (1) Beatriz mine, Chile; partial analysis of impure material; composition...(Beatriz mine, Chile); atacamite, boleite, osarizawaite–beaverite, paratacamite (Herminia mine, Chile). Distribution:...Santa Ana, and San Rafael mines, Sierra Gorda district, southwest of Calama, Antofagasta, Chile. In the Auguste-Victoria
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
samples from the Mina Asunción, Sierra Gorda, Atacama Desert, Chile, preserved since 1912 in the collections...crystal structure, Mina Asunción, Sierra Gorda, Atacama Desert, Chile Introduction: Discovery and occurrence...from Mina Asunción, Sierra Gorda, Caracoles District, Antofagasta Province, Chile. These samples were...were collected by the consul of Switzerland in Chile, Julius Friedrich Häfliger * E-mail: joel.brugger@adelaide...-R. Gregory, this specimen is from San Rafael Mine, Sierra Gorda, as indicated on the label. Leucostaurite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a new mineral from the Capitana mine, Copiapó, Atacama Province, Chile and has been identified from numerous...numerous other deposits world-wide. At the Capitana mine, it occurs as transparent, colorless, tapering hexagonal...secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of the Capitana mine, a Cu-Pb-Ag deposit, where it closely associated...of Chile have been yielding a remarkable array of unusual minerals. In 2004 at the Capitana mine near...1981). Similar ordering occurs in the mineral caracolite, Na3Pb2(SO4)3Cl, (Schneider 1967) and the same
Book (volume)
crystals from Humboldt County. From Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California. In the Permian basin...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...in great quantities during the early period of mining in these districts. An earthy variety (Buttermilk
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 (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
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
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.
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...Pelican Dives rnine , Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise...with austinite at the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utal1; in Inyo, San Bernardino, and Santa Cruz counties...Simon mine, Mineral AENIGMATITE County , Nevada. Magnificent specimens occur at the Ojuela mine, Mapimi
Book (edition)
vanadinite, Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz...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)
vanadinite, Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz...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...Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia;
Book (edition)
England. Sharon Cisneros: Minerological Research Co., San Jose, California. Andrew M. Clark: Dept. of Mineralogy...British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...Maranhao QR ~— Mato Grosso Norte DF ES GO MA MT San Luis Potosi SLP Mato Grosso Sul MS Sinaloa SIN...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan Co., CO; Bingham and
Report (volume)
History; Mr. F. McN. Hamilton and the California State Mining Bureau; Mr. F. A. Canfield, of Dover, N. J.; Dr........................Harvard. California State Mining Bureau................. Cal. Min. Princeton University...red-brown, with absorption Y andZ>X. ALUMIAN. Sierra Almagrera, Spain (A. M. N. H.). Minute rhombs that...In thin flakes; pale pinkish; AMAKANTITE. Caracoles, Chile (U. S. N. M. 82631). Minute fibers. Optically...ANDRADITE. Arizona (analyzed by W. T. Schaller). Empire mine, Nogales quadrangle, Ariz. The analysis 22 gives
Report (volume)
agriculture to reduce alkalinity in soils. At many mining sites, the extraction and processing of coal or...and sediment. Concentrated waters associated with mine wastes may precipitate a variety of metal-sulfate...role of soluble sulfate minerals formed from acid mine drainage (and its natural equivalent, acid rock...of mineral deposits and of waste materials from mining and mineral processing. This volume compiles and...ENVIRONMENTS .................................... . 351 Mine drainage ......................................
Book (edition)
Absitc. var. of brannerite. A .W.G. Whittle ( 1 954) Mining Rev. S. Austral. Dept. Mines no. 9 (for 1 952)...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...b 7.09. c 7.76 A . Z=2 [PDF 27-620]. (TL) San Carlos mine. Guanajuato. Mexico. Named for S. Aguilar....PDF 34- 1 266 on synth. material]. (TL) Akaganc mine. Iwate Pref., Japan. Named for locality. 9 Akalidavyne
Book (edition)
© 2006 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. All rights reserved. Electronic edition...edition published 2009. © 2006 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. All rights reserved...edition published 2009. © 2006 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. All rights reserved...Electronic edition published 2009. Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (SME) 8307 Shaffer...763-3132 www.smenet.org Copyright © 2006 Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. Eletronic edition
Report (volume)
stable in turn. The study of these changes is the province of geochemistry. To determine what changes are...in cave earth; and in some arid regions, as in Chile, they exist in enormous quantities. Some volcanic...been identified in the sulphide ores of the Rambler mine in Wyoming. In the latter ores palladium is present...average composition of the igneous rocks very near to mine. »See Bull. U. S. Geol. Survey No. 588,1915, p....chapter. To many volcanic waters, geyser waters, mine waters, etc., it does not apply. Their discussion
Report (volume)
stable in turn. The study of these changes is the province of geochemistry. To determine what changes are...in cave earth; and in some arid regions, as in Chile, they exist in enormous quantities. Some volcanic...been identified in the sulphide ores of the Eambler mine in Wyoming. In the latter ores palladium is present... 1904, p. 264. F. Clear Lake, 75 miles north of San Francisco, California. Analysis by T. Price, cited...determinations omitted in a few of the later analyses. I. San Lorenzo River, California. Analysis by A. Seidell
Report (volume)
stable in turn. The study of these changes is the province of geochemistry. To determine what changes are...in cave earth; and in some arid regions, as in Chile, they exist in enormous quantities. Some volcanic...been identified in the sulphide ores of the Kambler mine in Wyoming. In the latter ores palladium is present...Susquehanna shows the effects of contamination by coal-mine drainage. In analyses E, F, G, and H the alkalies... Agr. Exper. Sta., Univ. California, 1898-1901. San Lorenzo River, by A. Seidell, Field Operations Bur
Report (volume)
stable in turn. The study of these changes is the province of geochemistry. To determine what changes are...in cave earth; and in some arid regions, as in Chile, they exist in enormous quantities. Some volcanic...been identified in the sulphide ores of the Rambler mine in Wyoming. In the latter ores palladium is present...already cited. His figures are slightly different from mine, owing to his having used different densities. 2...chapter. To many volcanic waters,, .'eyser waters, mine waters; etc., it does not apply. Their discussion
Report (volume)
stable in turn. The study of these changes is the province of geochemistry. To determine what changes are...in cave earth; and in some; arid regions, as in Chile, they exist in enormous quantities. Some volcanic...identified in the sulphide ores of .the Rambler mine in Wyoming. In the latter ores palladium is present...chapter. To many volcanic \vators, goyser waters, mine waters, etc., it does not apply. Their discussion...Susquehanna shows the effects of contamination by coal-mine drainage. In analyses E, F, G, and H the alkalies
Book (edition)
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, & Related Terms Compiled and edited by the Staff of the U.S. Bureau of...Graham, Director FOREWORD The need for a revised mining dictionary is obvious when one considers the technological...that have occurred since the Bureau's previous mining dictionaries were published. The Bureau had pioneered...the Mining and Minerals Industry," and continuing to the 1968 publication "A Dictionary of Mining, Minerals...Minerals, and Related Terms." To develop a modern mining dictionary, the U.S. Bureau of Mines initiated
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407858, 1909; G. H. Stanley, Proc. Chem. Met. Mining Soc. South Africa, 10. 162, 1909 ; B. J. Harrington...amorphous metal is paramagnetic ; and, according to K. Honda, the magnetic susceptibility of the purest titanium...Schilling, Ann. Physik, (4), 32. 179, 1910 ; K. Honda, ib., (4), 32. 1027, 1910 ; F. Streitz, ib., (4)...Australia); Greenbushes (West Australia) ; Forth district (Tasmania) ; many places in Queensland ; and in...deep blood-red crystals of a mineral at the Harstig mine, Pajsberg, Sweden, and he called it pyrophanite—from
 
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