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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Herbertsmithiteⓘ2 photos of Quartz associated with Herbertsmithite at this locality.
Seeligeriteⓘ2 photos of Quartz associated with Seeligerite at this locality.
Boleiteⓘ1 photo of Quartz associated with Boleite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz 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:66617
Long-form Identifier:1:3:66617:0
GUID (UUID V4):98f936d8-d719-4c19-915f-e4ff5dead941
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘLa Vendida Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
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
31.4km (19.5 miles) ⓘAlcaparrosa Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘPedro de Valdivia Mine, María Elena, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile
63.6km (39.5 miles) ⓘLomas Bayas Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
64.5km (40.1 miles) ⓘQuetĂ©na Mine (QuetĂ©na Prospect), Toki Cu deposit (Toki Cluster), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
64.9km (40.3 miles) ⓘToki Cu deposit (Toki Cluster), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
66.9km (41.5 miles) ⓘFortuna de Cobre porphyry copper mine, Lomas Bayas mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
70.8km (44.0 miles) ⓘAntucoya mine, Oficina María Elena, María Elena, Tocopilla 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)
that the majority of large mineral deposits and mining districts are situated in the outcrops of these...radiometric ages of mineral deposits. Sixteen mining districts in Chile, and 24 in Argentina, were attributed...to the seismically active fracture zones. Major mining districts and individual large mineral deposits...zones roughly parallel to the axis of the Peru-Chile trench (Carachas-Portillo, Choquelimpie, Iquique...presently active Andean subduction (Aconcagua and Sierra del VolcaÂn F.Z.). The occurrences of large mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals in the British Museum. (With a Map of the District, Plate X.) [Read March 12th and May 7th, ]889...extends island as far as the Indian hamlet of Antofagasta, about 180 miles from 224 L. FLETCHER ON THE...advisability of founding a colony and working the supposed mine. ~ He was guided to the place, which was known to...(Abipones) is shown in the maps as being in the province of Santiago, on the south-western border of the...r i s h / t h e British Consul-General in the Province of Buenos Ayres and its Dependencies, farther
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals in the British Museum. (With a Map of the District, Plate X.) [Read March 12th and May 7th, ]889...extends island as far as the Indian hamlet of Antofagasta, about 180 miles from 224 L. FLETCHER ON THE...advisability of founding a colony and working the supposed mine. ~ He was guided to the place, which was known to...(Abipones) is shown in the maps as being in the province of Santiago, on the south-western border of the...r i s h / t h e British Consul-General in the Province of Buenos Ayres and its Dependencies, farther
Report (issue)
13.025(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Z=2 San Francisco mine, Chile; strong preferred orientation 12.95 (100)...Total 94.66 100.00 on {0001}. (1) San Francisco mine, Chile; by electron microprobe, H20 by CHN analyzer;...of a Cu-Zn sulfide deposit (San Francisco mine, Chile); on weathered mine dumps (Helbra, Germany); on...anglesite, hemimorphite, christelite, quartz (San Francisco mine, Chile); connellite, anglesite, chlorian...From the San Francisco mine, two km west of the Sierra Gorda railway station, Sierra Gorda district, Antofagasta
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
Report (issue)
α = 94.32(3)◩ X-ray Powder Pattern: San Francisco mine, Chile. 5.230 (100), 10.459 (82), 3.486 (54)...41 18.29 Total 101.45 100.00 (1) San Francisco mine, Chile; by electron microprobe, H by CHN analyzer...gordaite, quartz. Distribution: From the San Francisco mine, two km west of the Sierra Gorda railway station...station, Sierra Gorda district, Antofagasta, Chile. Name: Honors Christel Gebhard-Giesen (1950– ), German...‱ 4H2 O, a new mineral from the San Francisco mine, Antofagasta, Chile. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh
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crystals from the Aris Phonolite Quarry (Windhoek District. Khomas Region. Namibia). In my view they are...collected April or May 2006 in the Cigana Mine (used to be Jocao Mine) (Galilea, Minas Gerais, ‱ Brasil). The...crystals on prehnite from Da Liang Shan (Sichuan Province. China) but never saw them myself, but I did see...epidote crystals (dark green, to 6-8 mm) on matrix of quartz crystals to 8 cm with pink prehnite. The epidote...double-terminated and tend to occur in clusters. The quartz crystals are really excellent - not fantastic,
Journal (issue)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...Goldsilver mineralization occurs in multiple epithermal quartz-adularia-carbonate mineral veins, which extend...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
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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_+ 0.10Ma (lcr) for sericite from the pervasive quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration associated with the...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
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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:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Origin of Copper-bearingTourmaline BrecciaPipes, Chile R. H. SILLITOEAND F. J. SAWKINS Abstract In northandcentralChile...filling.Fragment replacement produced aggregates of quartz-sericite, togetherwith intensesilicification andtourmalinization...accompanied by specularite,and followedprincipallyby quartz, scheelite,chalcopyrite,pyrite, molybdenite,galena...primaryand pseudo-secondary fluid inclusionsin quartz crystalsindicate thatquartzdeposition occurred...pipesandthelatterstages of theearliestTertiarymagmatic cycle in Chile. This studyincludes groupsof tourmaline breccia
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
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the Río Blanco-Los Bronces mega-porphyry Cu-Mo district establish a wide range of magmatism, hydrothermal...area yields a slightly younger age of 10.2±0.3 Ma (San Manuel sector, U-Pb), whereas in the Editorial handling:...y Matemåticas, Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile e-mail: kdeckart@cec.uchile.cl...cl K. Deckart Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC), Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemåticas, Universidad...Universidad de Chile, Av. Tupper 2007, Santiago, Chile W. Silva Av. Colon 6275, Santiago, Chile e-mail: wsilva67@gmail
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Transylvania, Romania). A new mineral for this famous gold mining locality and Romania. The mineral is associated...Kladno on the dumps of a long time closed uranium mine at Slavkovicc, western Moravia, Czech Republic....lavendulan from Santa Catalina Mine. Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Chile. The lavendulan is not present...sampleite in Chile; first reported in Mineral News, March, 1997 issue from the El Guanaco gold mine near Taltal...Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Chile. Wolscndorlite was found on a very old specimen (late Continued on
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Central Atacama Province, Chile Abstract: Geologically, the central part of Atacama Province straddles the...contact between the Andean batholith of western Chile and the stratified rocks to the east. Apophyses...The entire area is in the copper metallogenetic province of Ruiz and Ericksen (1962), and parts of it are...hypogene ore deposits in Chile are represented in the central part of Atacama Province. However, most of the...References cited 317 Figure 1. Index map of Atacama Province, Chile . . . 306 2. Locations of figures in Plates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found in the San Francisco mine, Sierra Gorda, northeast of Antofagasta, 2nd region in Chile. Associated...minerals are paratacamite, anglcsite, hemimorphite, quartz and one more unidentified mineral. Christelite...Christelite, Zn3Cu2(S04)z(OH)6 the San Francisco Mine, Antofagasta, Chile. N. Jb. Miner. Mh. in press. Shannon
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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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
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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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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...Socrates Mine. Sonoma County. Cahfom1a. Both are new minerals for this famous mercury mine. The mineral...Lloyd Twaides from the Good Hope Mine, near 1-!edley,_S_1milkameen District, BC. Canada labelled as hedleyne
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Newsletter $3.00 The Rock Dam Gold Prospect A New Quartz Locality, Dickinson Co., Mich~g_an Shawn M. Carlson...themselves are thoroughly unglamorous, yielding neither quartz crystals nor any noteworthy accessory minerals...prospects, Bayley (1904) states that, "some of these quartz veins contain small quantities of free gold, as...clippings from 188 I wax skeptical, saying that, " ... quartz has been found and samples assayed which panned...scheduled and being the weekend of the Mt. Ida Quartz Festival could be advantageous for making some
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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...produced very fine specimens of amethyst and clear quartz not much else is commonly reported from these mines
 
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