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Specularite from
Quebrada Blanca Mine, Collahuasi mining district, Pica, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite var: Specularite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Specularite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quebrada Blanca Mine, Collahuasi mining district, Pica, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:617020
Long-form Identifier:1:3:617020:2
GUID (UUID V4):76bfb64e-eec3-42e7-9b89-9a1277968be0
References
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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...relatively restricted domains of the Earth's crust. The mining districts with dated mineral deposits are arranged
Book (volume)
University with a B.Sc. Honours. He completed his PhD in Mining Geology in 1979 at Imperial College, London. His...contributions to economic geology. Stints with Palabora Mining Company, JCI and Anglovaal added to Ross’ southern...After moving to Australia in 】 979, Ross, as a District Manager with CRA Exploration, led the team that...existence o f a new unconformity-vein style uranium province in the Proterozoic of the Great Sandy Desert....the largest deposits in any established porphyry province. For a discussion of the accepted terminology
Book
................. 61 , The Mankayan Mineral District, .Luzon Philippines. Artemio F Disini, Bruce M...Radomiro Tomic Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile. Patricio Cuadra and Francisco Cam us.............Agua Rica Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit,Catamarca Province, Northwestern Argentina. Part 1 : Exploration...Rosario Copper Porphyry Deposits, CoUahuasi District Chile. Claudio Bisso B, Manuel Durdn andAquiles Gonzales...world’s largest mining operations and are the cornerstone of many of the worlds great mining houses. As such
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Chuquicamata Mine: A Progress Report GUILLERMO OSSANDÓN C., CODELCO-Chile, Gerencia Exploraciones...Santiago, Chile ROBERTO FRÉRAUT C., CODELCO-Chile, Superintendencia Geología, Chuquicamata, Chile LEWIS... DARRYL D. LINDSAY, SRK Consultores, Santiago, Chile AND MARCOS ZENTILLI Department of Earth Sciences...Canada B3H 3J5 Abstract Chuquicamata, in northern Chile, is the world’s greatest copper orebody. It was...800-m elevation in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, some 240 km northeast of Antofagasta (22º 17.5'
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Mineralization in the Indio Muerto District, El Salvador, Chile LEWIS B. GUSTAFSON,† 5320 Cross Creek...89511 WALTER ORQUERA, CODELCO-Chile, Division Salvador, El Salvador, Chile MICHAEL MCWILLIAMS, Department...AND MARCELLO MENDEZ CODELCO-Chile, Division Salvador, El Salvador, Chile Abstract The porphyries that...that formed copper deposits in the Indio Muerto district include both 44 Ma rhyolitic subvolcanic intrusions...intruding host andesite at the northeast end of the district. Very weak Cu but much stronger Mo mineralization
Report (issue)
Mountain (British Columbia, Canada) and El Teniente (Chile) porphyry copper deposits.........................deposits include El Teniente and El Salvador in Chile, Bajo de la Alumbrera in Argentina, Grasberg in...which will vary with the price of copper and local mining costs. At Dos Pobres, Arizona, from the top of...regional faults such as near deposits in northern Chile (Behn and others, 2001; Gow and Walshe, 2005), central...the date of a study, considering the extent of mining at that date. At Batu Hijau, Indonesia, Arif and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in magmatic arc settings. At the regional and district scales, the occurrence of many deposits in belts...central Chile; A.J. Wilson, writ. commun., 2009) and Mo (2.5 Mt: El Teniente, central Chile; Camus, 2003)...Escondida & Chimborazo Panguna Cerro Colorado Collahuasi dist. Bau Batu Hijau El Abra Cabang Kiri ...the geology of porphyry Cu systems at regional, district, and deposit scales. The resultant geologic model...BOLIVIA Collahuasi Chuquicamata El Abra 22° A AL C M E ALT O Regional- and District-Scale Characteristics
Book
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
Book
label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...and CopperGold Deposits at Los Pelambres, Central Chile José Perelló, Richard H. Sillitoe, Constantino...History of the Río Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest Known...Chuquicamata District, Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern...Northern Chile Geology of the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Utah Geology and Exploration Progress
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started in 1968 and the current mining depth...area of the Kristineberg VHMS deposit, Skellefte district, Sweden .......................................A. Massive Zn-Cu-Pb deposits in the Røros ore district, Norway: setting and formation ................Matos The Jörn granitoid complex, Skellefte mining district, Sweden: petrography, lithogeochemistry and...for VHMS deposits, Kristineberg area, Skellefte District, Sweden .....................................
Report (volume)
rock types 133 Cross section through the Kalavos district Cyprus showing relationship of massive sulfide...based on considerations that extend far beyond the mine itself, in some instances relating to the overall...subject, as in a scale model of the workings of a mine, to a unifying concept that explains or describes...significant tasks. GRADE-TONNAGE MODELS Estimated pre-mining tonnages and grades from over 3,900 well-explored...represents an individual deposit (or, rarely, a district), cumulated in ascending grade or tonnage. Where
Book
of Canada: A Synthesis of Major Deposit-types, District Metallogeny, the Evolution of Geological Provinces...avec l'editeur. Gold-rich specimen fro1n the Don,e Mine, Tim1nins, Ontario that was presented to GSC in...of Canada A Synthesis of Major Deposit-Types, .District Metallogeny, the Evolution of Geological Provinces...Introduction and Mining History Mineral Deposits of Canada: A Synthesis of Major Deposit-Types, District Metallogeny...307 Metallogeny of Major Mining Districts Metallogeny of the Sudbury Mining Ca1np, Ontario Doreen E.
Report (volume)
Geological Society of CIM as VOLUME 46 by the OF MINING, METALLURGY SPECIAL CANADIAN INSTITUTE NORTHWEST...PETROLEUM COPYRIGHT © 1995 BY CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY AND PETROLEUM Suite 1210, 3400 de Maisonneuve...and 1970s were decades of mineral exploration and mine development unprecedented in the northwestern Cordillera...the world. The modern era of copper-molybdenum mining in British Columbia dawned in 1954 when Bethlehem...the 30 years since the opening of the Bethlehem mine in late 1962, porphyry mines in British Columbia
Report (issue)
3 1977 ZAVWNINULA)L : PUBLISHED er BY MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, JUNE COWEN 1977. Mountain diamonds...highest-lying diamond pipe. Commissioning Letseng mine at 10 500 feet during the last two years has called...seasons in a single day. But up there, the De Beers mining men have won through once again, demonstrating...(CANADA) GYPSUM (USA) Whatever you're mining, wherever you're mining, mine it on Bridgestones Bridgestones...Operating conditions differ enormously from mine to mine. Not only are there variations in the kind of
 
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