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Chalcocite from
Mantos Blancos Mine, Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mantos Blancos Mine, Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:549111
Long-form Identifier:1:3:549111:7
GUID (UUID V4):33ec3e13-7332-4134-9ceb-59d42947e2df
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
56.4km (35.0 miles) ⓘLomas Bayas Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
81.8km (50.8 miles) ⓘMichilla Mine (Lince Mine), Michilla District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
86.2km (53.5 miles) ⓘPolo Sur Cu deposit, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
91.3km (56.7 miles) ⓘSpence Cu deposit, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Geological Sciences, North Catholic University, Antofagasta, Chile, 2Earth Evolution Sciences, Graduate School...piles and younger plutonic intrusions, and yields chalcocite (-digenite) and bornite as the principal hypogene...Introduction In the Coastal Cordillera of Northern Chile (north of Santiago, <34°S), numbers of volcanic-hosted...economically important cupriferous metallogenic belt in Chile. Similar type of deposits in North America are named...del Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, Casilla 1280, Antofagasta, Chile. Email: skojima@caliche.ucn.cl *Present address:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gimeno . M. Garcia-Valles . B. Lehmann The Mantos Blancos copper deposit: an upper Jurassic breccia-style...hydrothermal system in the Coastal Range of Northern Chile Received: 26 April 2005 / Accepted: 6 February 2006...Springer-Verlag 2006 Abstract The Upper Jurassic Mantos Blancos copper deposit (500 Mt at 1.0% Cu), located...located in the Coastal Range of northern Chile, displays two superimposed hydrothermal events. An older phyllic...chalcopyrite-bornite. The assemblage digenite–supergene chalcocite characterizes the central portions of high-grade
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chalcopyrite and bornite from the Mantos Blancos Cu deposit, northern Chile MARTIN REICH1,2,*, CARLOS PALACIOS1...Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile 2 Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA), Universidad de Chile, Santiago...Santiago, Chile *Corresponding author, e-mail: mreich@ing.uchile.cl 3 Advanced Mineral Technology Laboratory...61–2211 ppm Ag) are major hosts for silver in the Mantos Blancos deposit (500 Mt, @1 wt% Cu), the largest Jurassic...Cu-(Ag) deposit in the Costal Range of northern Chile. Gold concentrations are generally two orders of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
events associated with the Mantos Blancos copper deposit, northern Chile VerĂłnica Oliveros & Gilbert...events in the Mantos Blancos mining district in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile, allowing the...separate mineralization events. The Late Jurassic Mantos Blancos orebody, hosted in Jurassic volcanic rocks...metallogenic belt of the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile. Editorial handling: R. King Introduction Electronic...Departamento de GeologĂ­a, Universidad de Chile, P.O. Box 13518-21, Santiago, Chile e-mail: volivero@ing.uchile.cl
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Fı́sicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile b Advanced Mineral Technology Laboratory...Fı́sicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile Received 12 April 2010; accepted in revised...the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, the world’s premier Cu province, were determined in detail using...76S), digenite (Cu1.8S), djurleite (Cu1.97S) and chalcocite (Cu2S) are the Cu-rich members of a group of...in composition from CuS (covellite) to Cu2S (chalcocite) (Skinner, 1966; Morimoto and Koto, 1970; Morimoto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the oxide zone of copper deposits in northern Chile: involvement of deep formation waters? Eion M. Cameron...deposits in northern Chile, whereas in similar deposits elsewhere, it is rare. In Chile, it has generally...Supergene enrichment of copper deposits in northern Chile extended over a long period, 44 to 9 Ma, being terminated...Keywords Atacamite . Copper deposits . Northern Chile Editorial handling: B. Lehmann E. M. Cameron (*)...Department of Geology, Universidad de Chile, P.O. Box 13518-21, Santiago, Chile e-mail: cpalacio@ing.uchile.cl
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deposits from the Michilla mining district, northern Chile: a 40Ar/39Ar geochronological approach VerĂłnica...deposits of the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile, hosted by the Middle Jurassic volcanic rocks of...Departamento de GeologĂ­a, Universidad de Chile, P.O. Box 13518-21, Santiago, Chile e-mail: volivero@ing.uchile.cl...del Norte, Av Angamos 0610, Casilla 1280, Antofagasta, Chile G. FĂ©raud CNRS-IRD-UNSA UMR 6526 GĂ©osciences...Tocopilla, Mejillones, Segunda RegiĂłn de Antofagasta, Chile e-mail: fferraris@vtr.net Present address:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Stages of Copper Production from Sulfide Minerals in Chile: A Review to Assist Circular Economy Studies Kayo...Stages of Copper Production from Sulfide Minerals in Chile: A Review to Assist Circular Economy Studies. Minerals...Santiago de Chile, Avenida Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 3363, Estación Central, Santiago 917022, Chile; gerardo...La Dehesa 1201, Lo Barnechea, Santiago 917021, Chile; griveros@transducto.com Correspondence: kayobarros...This study is focused on production sites from Chile since it is responsible for almost one-third of
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Michilla stratabound copper district, northern Chile Brian Townley & Pierrick Roperch & VerĂłnica Oliveros...GeologĂ­a, Universidad de Chile, P.O. Box 13518, Correo 21, Santiago, Chile e-mail: btownley@cec.uchile...magnetization of the ore bodies of the Estefania mine. If copper mineralization mostly postdates the tilt...mineralization . Chile Abstract In the Carolina de Michilla district, northern Chile, stratabound copper...DISTRICT 23Âș OCEAN MANTOS DE LA LUNA P ACIFIC SIERRA MIRANDA IVAN MANTOS BLANCOS 23Âș30’ Hydrothermal
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copper deposit, Coastal Cordillera of Northern Chile Received: 6 May 2005 / Accepted: 30 December 2005...of northern Chile and is one of the most representative of this type of deposit. Chalcocite and bornite...del Norte, Av Angamos 0610, Casilla 1280, Antofagasta, Chile e-mail: datrista@ucn.cl F. Barra . J. Ruiz...Universidad de ConcepciĂłn, Casilla 160-C, ConcepciĂłn Chile D. Morata Departamento de GeologĂ­a, Facultad de...y MatemĂĄticas, Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago Chile O. Talavera-Mendoza U.A Ciencias
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Magmatic evolution of the Mantos Blancos copper deposit, Coastal Range of northern Chile: insight from Sr–Nd...1Department of Geology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile 2Institute of Minerology and Mineral Resources...Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany Abstract The Mantos Blancos copper deposit (500 Mt at 1.0% Cu) was affected...fluids to form the Cu mineralization. Keywords: Chile, coastal range, cu mineralization, Sr-Nd isotopes... 1. Introduction The Coastal Range of northern Chile hosts numerous copper deposits, constituting a NS-trending
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bitumen-Bearing Stratabound Cu−(Ag) Deposits, Northern Chile Andrea Herazo,* Martin Reich, Fernando Barra, Diego...ABSTRACT: The Coastal Cordillera metallogenic province of northern Chile comprises several styles of mineralization...deposits from the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile formed during two main periods, i.e., the Late Jurassic...bitumen-bearing stratabound Cu−(Ag) deposits from northern Chile to assess the formation conditions of these deposits...deposits from the Coastal Cordillera metallogenic province. We interpret these variations as resulting from
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minerals in the Esperanza porphyry deposit, Antofagasta Region, Chile Shoji Kojima1 | María Constanza San...Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile 2 Tohoku University Museum, Sendai, Japan...Minera Los Pelambres Ltd., Provincia de Choapa, Chile 5 Bruker Nano GmbH, Berlin, Germany Correspondence...Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile. Email: skojima@ucn.cl Funding information Esperanza mine geologists ...approximately 160 km northeast of the city of Antofagasta, northern Chile, and lies within the Eocene– Oligocene
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is located in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile and southern Peru, where it is part of a volcano-plutonic...styles: veins, hydrothermal breccias, replacement mantos, calcic skarns and composite deposits that combine...Henry in Australia and Candelaria and Mantoverde in Chile. Notwithstanding their modest economic contributions...Position of the central Andean IOCG belt of northern Chile–southern Peru with respect to the Jurassic–Early...Cordillera and immediately adjoining areas of northern Chile and southern Peru (latitudes 13– 3330±S; Fig. 1)
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
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(CEGA), FCFM, D Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile Department of Earth Sciences...Barra Departamento de GeologĂ­a, Universidad de Chile, Chile fbarrapantoja@ing.uchile.cl Phone: 56-2-29784532...IOCG clan in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile, comprises the PT iron oxide-Cu-Au sensu stricto...deposits constitute the second source of copper in Chile, after porphyry Cu-Mo systems, whereas SC IOAs...that the Cretaceous Manto-type Cu belt of central Chile extends further north than previously thought. Additionally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The major copper SC sulfides are bornite, chalcocite, and chalcopyrite associated mainly with pyrite...important Cu mineralization in Iran (Fig. 1). In Chile, the strata- NU bound Cu deposits are the second...and the volcanic-hosted deposits class (e.g., Mantos Blancos and Buena D Esperanza) (Wilson and Zentilli...such as malachite and azurite (Fig. 5). Pyrite, chalcocite, bornite and chalcopyrite are the major copper-sulfide...Abbas Abad in the Sabzevar zone (+9 to -33 ‰ for chalcocite minerals; Salehi and Rasa, 2016) or Kesht Mahaki
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOLCANIC-HOSTED EL SOLDADO MANTO-TYPE COPPER DEPOSIT, CHILE: THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF BACTERIA AND PETROLEUM NICHOLAS...deposits of Chile are a major source of copper, and some deposits (e.g., Mantos Blancos, El Soldado)...copper deposit in the Coastal Cordillera of central Chile, is hosted by the rhyodacite-basalt upper member...earlier pyrite to form chalcopyrite, bornite, and chalcocite ores. This study presents isotopic data that...Westra, 1988; Sillitoe, 1990, 1992) origin for the mantos, and even volcanic-associated syngenetic models
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA), Universidad de Chile, Santiago...Santiago, Chile 3 Department 4 Eion Cameron Geochemical Inc., Carp, Ontario, Canada 5 Department 6 Department...profile at the Chuquicamata deposit in northern Chile, where anomalous concentrations of this element...extremely arid environments such as desert areas of Chile, Australia, Arizona, Iran, and Kazakhstan, among...et al., 2010). In the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, iodide (I−) and iodate (IO−3) minerals have been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mantoverde Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold District, III RegiĂłn, Chile: The Role of Regionally Derived, Nonmagmatic Fluids...CASTILLO** Anglo American Chile Ltda, Avenida Pedro de Valdivia 291, Santiago, Chile Abstract Located in...in the Cordillera de la Costa of northern Chile, the mines of the Mantoverde district exploit supergene...Departamento 21-B, Condominio Las Palmas, CopiapĂł, Chile. 0361-0128/07/3662/415-26 415 BENAVIDES ET AL...deposits Volcanic-hosted Cu-(Ag) dep. INA ENT ARG CHILE AFS Magnetite-apatite deposits Fault Town/City
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
manto-type Cu–(Ag) deposits, Coastal Range of central Chile Javier Carrillo-RosĂșa a,b,⁎, Adrian J. Boyce c,...Departamento de Geology, Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile f Andean Geothermal Center of...(CEGA-FONDAP), Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile g School of Ocean and Earth Science...Bacterial sulfate reduction Copper Coastal Range Chile a b s t r a c t Chilean manto-type (CMT) Cu(–Ag)...Melipilla–Naltahua Lower Cretaceous deposits, central Chile, which reveals extremely negative ÎŽ34S values, to
Book
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...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Radomiro Tomic Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile TERRY ARCURI† Shell Exploration and Production Company... 22 Chuquicamata Calama 23 Antofagosta 24 Chile Salta Argentina 70 69 26 Tucuman 27 Copiapo...Location map of the Radomiro Tomic deposit in northern Chile. author: e-mail, terry.arcuri@shell.com 0361-...Atacama Desert of northern Chile approximately 150 km northeast of Antofagasta (Fig. 1). The deposit lies...overlying a chalcocite enrichment blanket (Fig. 2). A detailed production history of the mine and the geology
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...whereas the Tropezón Cu-Mo-(Au) deposit in northern Chile is described as an IOCG deposit with porphyry features
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Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas...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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