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Galena from
San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Caracoles mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Caracoles mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:978612
Long-form Identifier:1:3:978612:7
GUID (UUID V4):fcdc461f-3417-4a35-964d-642f8439a34f
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘLa Compañia Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘFaride Mine, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
28.1km (17.4 miles) ⓘBeatriz Mine, Caracoles, Caracoles mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
78.0km (48.5 miles) ⓘSanta Ana Mine (Chapacase Mine), María Elena, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile
79.3km (49.3 miles) ⓘChuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
80.4km (50.0 miles) ⓘChuquicamata Underground Mine, Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
89.6km (55.7 miles) ⓘMichilla Mine (Lince Mine), Michilla District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
97.0km (60.2 miles) ⓘMantos Blancos Mine, Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
References
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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...Geologia y Yacimientos Metaliferos de la Region de Antofagasta: Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria, Boletin...well as descriptions of the major mines throughout Chile with insights as to their genesis. Finally, Frutos
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...SupergeneProcesses..................... The Future of Mining in the District .................................. Bibliography...localities; silver was encounteredat Huantajaya, Caracoles, Ladrillos, Tres Puntas, Arqueros and at Chafiarcillo...exploitation, from about ‱86o to x88o, Chile enjoyeda period of mining prosperitylong to be remembered. Of
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CAPRICORNIO Au-Ag EPITHERMAL VEIN SYSTEM, ANTOFAGASTA REGION, CHILE GIUSEPPE ARFȧ AND MARIA BONI* Dipartimento...Paleocene–Eocene metallogenic belt, 60 km ENE of Antofagasta in the physiographic Central Depression, between...well as by base metal sulfide minerals including galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and bornite...epithermal, Au-Ag, supergene Au-Ag, aridity, gold, Antofagasta Region, Central Depression. § Corresponding...CANADIAN MINERALOGIST INTRODUCTION The Antofagasta region in northern Chile hosts many of the world’s signiïŹcant
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samples; also shiny terminations from Freiberg and Chile on similar pieces. The chemistry is rather consistent...collected probably in I.he I 920"s from the Keeley Mine. South Loraine Township. Ontario. Canada purchased...Terry Szenics from the San Francisco mine, Sien-a Gorda, Antofagasta Province. Chile. The mineral forms a...Atacama Desert, Antofagasta Province, Chile. An excellent contribution to the mineralogy of Chile and the credit...one case where nobody will quibble. Chanarcillo, Chile is the clear favorite, based on our imprecise test
Book
Av. Jose Galvez Barrenechea 218, Urb. Corpac Lima-San Isidro, Peru Prof. Dr. ESTEBAN CEDILW Facultad de...Geologia, Universidad de Guanajuato Ex-Hacienda de San Matias s/n Apartado Postal 347 Guanajuato, Gto. 36020...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
Book
Sillitoe Jeffrey W. Hedenquist, Michael Harris, and Francisco Camus, Editors Special Publications of the Society...Sillitoe Jeffrey W. Hedenquist, Michael Harris, and Francisco Camus, Editors First Edition 2012 Printed by...label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...Finlayson ix Jeffrey W. Hedenquist, Michael Harris, Francisco Camus xiii Richard H. Sillitoe 1 Sergio L... Sillitoe, Chilong Wong, Patricio FernĂĄndez, Francisco Crignola, Marco Ipinza, and Felipe UrzĂșa 55
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assemblage consisting principally of sphalerite, galena, lead sulfosalt, and silver minerals. The low-temperature...as much as 3 0 - 4 0 % Ag (Omiste 1893). Silver mining reached a peak during the sixteenth and seventeenth...prices about 1891 resulted in a change from mining silver to mining tin (Evans 1940), and Potosi was mined...some of which now host small-scale mining operations, and many mine dumps, two of which are being leached...similar grade is present in alluvium/colluvium and mine dumps (Bernstein 1989). Cerro Rico is situated within
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Origin of Copper-bearingTourmaline BrecciaPipes, Chile R. H. SILLITOEAND F. J. SAWKINS Abstract In northandcentralChile...quartz, scheelite,chalcopyrite,pyrite, molybdenite,galena, and finally rare anhydrite, barite and carbonates...pipesandthelatterstages of theearliestTertiarymagmatic cycle in Chile. This studyincludes groupsof tourmaline breccia...NEAR-VERTICAL columnsof brecciacementedby tour- tinela, San Pedro de Cachiyuyo,Cachiyuyode maline,quartzandsulfides...or detail in view of their wide distribution in Chile and workedon a relativelysmall scalefor copper,gold
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 from...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta province, Argentina (type locality). Description: Colourless...Bandylite 27 CuB(OH)4F Locality: Palestina, Atacama, Chile. Description: Blue crystals from the association...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:
Report (issue)
Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria, Santiago, Chile Open-File Report 87- 634 1987 This report is preliminary...deposits associated with stratovolcanos in Bolivia and Chile ........................ 5. 12A 15A Distribution...northwestern Argentina, western Boliva, northern Chile, and southern Peru, are potential targets for hydrothermal...central Andean region of southern Peru, northern Chile, western Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina. The...Are'q:u:|jjjj|:;:| Morococaia 'Tv5 Los ^ ^ Frailes 20 : CHILE Antofagasta 24° 24' Salta Tucuman 289 28' 0 200
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Ercit, the ordonezite is a new mineral for Madoc mining dis1rict and for Canada. and only the third locality...found on a specimen from Uchucchagua Mine, near Oyon, Oyon Province. Lima Department. Peru. A new mineral...silver mining locality and only the second locality in Peru after the Casapalcu mining district. The mineral...mineral is associated with acanthite and galena. Continued on page 4 2 Mineral News Micro Zeolites...Socrates Mine. Sonoma County. Cahfom1a. Both are new minerals for this famous mercury mine. The mineral
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scorodite, and some scorodite from the large Gold Quarry mine in Nevada contains significant phosphorus and vanadium...at the cobalt mine at Great Hill north of Cobalt, Middlesex County; the Booth bismuth mine at Monroe, Fairfield...Fairfield County; and the arsenic mine between Seymour and Derby on the west bank of the Naugatuck River...Januzzi 1976). It has also been found in the Wheeler mine, Merrimack County, and in the Parker Mountain pegmatite...the old arsenic mine at Warwick, Orange County, and similarly at the arsenopyrite mine at Pine Pond near
Book (edition)
Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de... tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the San Rafael swell about 47...Achavnlitc, FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza, Argentina. l'UM...a seri Qlh·enite. compare E\Clte. ChanÄrcillo. Chile . .\U 6. 320-328 (str.) witb 0/ivenite 0 Adamsite-(\')...AgardJte-(Ce), CeCu.(AsO4)i(OH).-3H1O, hex., Clara mine, central Black Forest, Gennany,A1ifSS(2004),17-23
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Suyos–Animas deposits, and 1,290 ppm and 3.3 for San Vicente deposit. The same content and ratio of composite...concentrates are as follows: 1,080 ppm and 2.1 at San Lorenzo; 584 ppm and 1.7 at Bolivar; 499 ppm and...indium, similarly to those of the San Vicente deposit. Both the San Vicente and Potosi deposits are rich...Sn-polymetallic ore belt Arica BOLIVIA Potosi CHILE Lake Uyuni Border Cities Atocha Lakes Tertiary...of 266 tons indium for Carguaicollo, Huari Huari, San Vicente and Bolivar mines in Bolivia. This amount
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mineralisation in a magmatic-hydrothermal system—Morococha district, Peru Honza Catchpole & Kalin Kouzmanov & Aldo...Berlin Heidelberg 2015 Abstract The Morococha district in central Peru is characterised by economically...history of magmatichydrothermal activity in the district. In the late Miocene, three individual magmatic-hydrothermal...the oldest magmatichydrothermal system in the district and consists of a composite porphyry stock associated...magmatic-hydrothermal centre in the west of the district has a maximum duration of 0.3 Ma, ranging from
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....owned by Richard Bideaux’s Arizona Exploring and Mining Company for quite a few years. Bideaux and Wayne...period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Evolution of Mineralizing Fluids in the Morococha District, Peru Honza Catchpole,1,†,* Kalin Kouzmanov,1...polymetallic mineralization) in the Morococha district, central Peru, is part of a large magmatic-hydrothermal...Toromocho porphyry Cu-Mo deposit in the center of the district and display a typical concentric base metal zonation...tennantite-tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite, enargite, sphalerite, and galena. Upon cooling below 270°C, the fluids deposited...constitute economically important Zn, Pb, Ag, and Cu mining districts that are centered on porphyry Cu ± Au
Journal (issue)
the Thomas Vein, Central l(entuclry Fluorspar District Alan Goldstein 1607 Washington Blvd. Louisville...of the more famous Illinois-Kentucky lluorspar district. (Despite the editor-produced title in Goldstein...mineral name.) The Central Kentucky lluorspar district is certainly less wellknown, having been sporadically...northern end of district. For a review of the ,eneral geology of history of the district, see Anderson...minerals were found on one of the umps of the Diamond Mine northeast of Grand Rapids, Minesota. Although not
Book (edition)
Turquoise, polished. 55 mm, ZhiJandy, Kazakhstan, G Galena, 45 mm, Madan, Bulgaria, G SphaJerite. xx 12 mm...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
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Trebisky and S. B. Keith The Minerals of the Zinc Hill Mine, Inyo County, California..........................c o rc l W \ Beryl. The Hiddenite and Emerald mine, near Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina... PERI LITHON BOOKS Box 9996, 5372 Van Nuys Ct. San Diego, CA 92109 P.O. BOX 487-MF, YUCAIPA, CALIF...made his mark in a tourmaline find at the B.B. #7 mine in north Norway, Maine, and came to fame as the...Maine, and proceeded to learn Maine’s pegmatites by mining them. He has, over the years, mined commercial-grade
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Models in Mining Daniel Carrizo 1 , Carlos Barros 2 and German Velasquez 1, * 1 2 * Advanced Mining Technology...Center (AMTC), FCFM, University of Chile, 8320000 Santiago, Chile; daniel.carrizo@amtc.cl Geomechanical...Los Bronces Division, Anglo American Chile, 8320000 Santiago, Chile; carlos.e.barros@angloamerican.com...August 2018   Abstract: In a mining operation, the structural model is considered as...main responsibilities for structural geologists and mine engineers. For that purpose, our study presents
Report (issue)
ophyllite; 5. 2 cm tall Cerro Rico, Potosi, B,atillo province, Potosi Andy Seibel col/action Jejf-SC,m/.plwto...wp11ïżœ. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,Uïżœ 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............................ 4 BY ALFREDO PETROV Mining, Politics, and Tumult: A Brief Look at Bolivian...BY JAROSLAV HYRSL AND ALFREDO PETROV The Poopo District .............................................
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
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Mexico is normally dominated by sulïŹdes like pyrite, galena, sphalerite and whereas gold normally occurs as...region (Fig. 2) are La Herradura, El Chanate, San Francisco-Llano, Soledad-Dipolos, Noche Buena, La Choya...1988) or Gold Deposits from the Sonoran Desert Province (PĂ©rez-Segura, 1993); nevertheless, previous names...dissected by the current extensional Basin and Range province, and originated in the active North American...basement rocks and, most especially, with the province of Yavapai Paleoproterozoic granitc rocks, and
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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...Examples are almandine, analcime, anatase, asbolane, galena, levyne and spodumene. Over the years, there have
 
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