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Covellite from
El Salvador Mine, El Salvador mining district, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Covellite
Formula:CuS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Covellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Salvador Mine, El Salvador mining district, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:609524
Long-form Identifier:1:3:609524:6
GUID (UUID V4):46323395-8ba4-4cd7-bc34-9f130f312d03
Nearest other occurrences of Covellite
32.3km (20.1 miles) Potrerillos Mine, Potrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
51.0km (31.7 miles) La Coipa mine, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
64.9km (40.4 miles) Estrella Mine, Pampa Capitana, Chañaral, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
79.6km (49.5 miles) Carrizalillo mine, Las Bombas, Chañaral, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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(CEGA), FCFM, D Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile Department of Earth Sciences...author: Fernando Barra Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Chile fbarrapantoja@ing.uchile.cl Phone:...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...Mantoverde, Casualidad, Diego de Almagro, and D Barreal Seco, three IOAs: Los Colorados, El Romeral, Carmen
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Quebrada Turquesa Exotic Copper Orebody, El Salvador District, Chile TIMOTHY I. MOTE, GEORGE H BRIMHALL,†...CARRASCO Codelco-Chile, Huerfanos 1270, Santiago Chile Abstract A computerized district-scale copper mass-balance...mass-balance analysis at the El Salvador porphyry copper deposit was completed, using all available assay...corridors leading to undiscovered exotic ores to extend mine life, and providing an estimate of the mass of copper...define volumes of the interrelated subsystems. A district geochemical model was created on the Vulcan three-dimensional
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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...mineralization of the main stage was enargite, digenite, covellite, pyrite, and minor coarse sphalerite, along with
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Escondida Porphyry Copper Deposit, Antofagasta Region, Chile RUBEN A. PADILLA GARZA,† BHP Minerals and Department...Minera Escondida Limitada, avenida de la minera 501, Antofagasta, Chile Abstract The Escondida porphyry...porphyry copper deposit, located in northern Chile, was one of the two largest copper producers of the world...the basement of the Precordillera de Domeyko province in northern Chile. We propose that the intrusive stock...include bornite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, chalcocite, covellite, enargite, sphalerite, tennantite, and galena
Report (issue)
Copper Mountain (British Columbia, Canada) and El Teniente (Chile) porphyry copper deposits..................porphyry copper deposits include El Teniente and El Salvador in Chile, Bajo de la Alumbrera in Argentina, Grasberg...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...ores, a typical assemblage might be chalcocite + covellite ± bornite (Schwartz, 1966). In oxide ores, a typical
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Manuscript Fractionation of Fe and Cu isotopes in acid mine tailings: Modification and application of a sequential...Weyer , Fractionation of Fe and Cu isotopes in acid mine tailings: Modification and application of a sequential...MANUSCRIPT Fractionation of Fe and Cu isotopes in acid mine tailings: modification and application of a sequential...Engineering, F861 Luleå, Sweden PT Abstract Sulfidic mine tailings have a high potential for contamination...contamination of the environment by RI triggering acid mine drainage. Hence, it is crucial to understand metal
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(Sustainable Mining Research & Consult EIRL), Casilla 28, San Pedro de la Paz 4130000, Chile; E-Mail: bernhard...June 2014 / Published: 8 July 2014 Abstract: The mining industry is a fundamental industry involved in...to increases in the waste/metal production ratio. Mine wastes deposited on-land in so-called tailings dams...environmental issues that need to be addressed (e.g., acid mine drainage formation due to sulphide oxidation, geotechnical...and social concerns due to land use during mining. The mining industry recognizes these concerns and is
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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...Departamento de Ingeniería Metalúrgica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Avenida...O’Higgins 3363, Estación Central, Santiago 917022, Chile; gerardo.cifuentes@usach.cl Transducto S.A., Avenida...917021, Chile; griveros@transducto.com Correspondence: kayobarros.s@gmail.com Abstract: The mining industry
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AucusT, 1975 The PorphyryCopperDepositat E1 Salvador,Chile LEWIS B. GUSTAFSON AND JOHN P. HUNT Abstract...copper deposit at E1 Salvador culminated volcanic activity in the Indio Muerto district. Host rocks for the...porphyry series. However, rhyolitic volcanismin the district was clearly more felsic than younger granodioritic...rutile857 No. 5 The PorphyryCopperDepositat E1 Salvador,Chile Fig. 1. Aerial view of Cerro Indio Muerto... Volcanic peaks of the high Cordillera,the Salar de Pedernales,and low hills underlain by folded Mesozoicsedimentsand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copper-Gold Mineralization in the Mantoverde District, Northern Chile ANA A. RIEGER,1,† ROBERT MARSCHIK,1,†...2AngloAmerican 3Bayerische 4Section Chile, Mantoverde Division, Santiago de Chile, Chile Staatssammlung für Paläontologie... 80333 Munich, Germany des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Genève, Rue des Maraîchers 13, 1205 Genève...Genève, Switzerland 5Institut de Minéralogie et Géochimie, Université de Lausanne, Anthropole, 1015 Lausanne...Mantoverde iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) district, northern Chile, is known for its Cu production from supergene
Report (issue)
Raul Sal as 0., Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria, Santiago, Chile Open-File Report 87- 634 1987...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...stratovolcanos; (2) native S, Ag- and Sn-bearing veins, covellite impregnations, and presumed magnetite-hematite...central Andean region of southern Peru, northern Chile, western Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for at least 800 km in southern Peru and northern Chile (Fig. 1a). Centered at latitude 16°33' S, longitude...Phelps Dodge Copper Corporation (82.5%) and Compañía de Minas Buenaventura (9.2%). SXEW recovery attained...Pitcher et al., 1985). Age relationships in the district are, in part, defined through U-Pb zircon (62–67...( na) N 8170000 Arica 20°S Cerro Colorado CHILE 70°W Spence 66°W N 8169000 E 224000 SURF-112...southern Peru and northern Chile. B. Local geology of the Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa district, showing the locations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 543–580 The Productora Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Chile: A Mesozoic Magmatic-Hydrothermal Breccia Complex...Creaser4 1ARC Research Hub for Transforming the Mining Value Chain (TMVC) and Centre for Ore Deposit and...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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
groundwater associated with porphyry–Cu deposits, Atacama Desert, Chile Matthew I. Leybourne a,⁎, Eion M. Cameron...deposit (Spence) in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of northern Chile, which is buried beneath 30–180 m...even under the present hyperarid climate of the Atacama Desert. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved...208–228 209 Fig. 1. Regional geology of northern Chile, showing major ore deposits in relation to the geologic...volcanic terrain and geothermal waters in northern Chile have elevated As concentrations, which contaminate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
copper tin sulfide from the El Guanaco gold deposit, Antofagasta Province, Chile Jochen Schlüter, Thomas...new copper tin sulfide structurally related to covellite. Erazoite is rhombohedral with space group R3‾...found in 2012 in the Chilena mine at the El Guanaco ore deposit, Northern Chile. Erazoite occurs as tiny...Key words: erazoite, El Guanaco gold deposit, copper tin sulphide, Taltal, Chile Introduction The new...the Chilena mine at the El Guanaco ore deposit (25° 06′ 22″ S 69° 32′ 10″ W), in the Atacama desert about
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Picaron Cu–Mo porphyry and exotic prospect (Atacama region, Chile) were analyzed for major and trace elements...elements Stable isotopes Non-traditional isotopes Chile Atacama 1. Introduction The Picaron Cu–Mo porphyry...100 km north-east of the El Salvador Cu–Mo porphyry and within the Atacama region’s hyper-arid desert...desert climate in northern Chile (Fig. 1). A notable characteristic is thick accumulations of post-mineralization...activities (2014–2019) in the wider Greater Victoria District (GVD) were undertaken by First Quantum Minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
enrichment of the Mantos de la Luna argentiferous copper deposit, Atacama Desert, Chile Martin Reich & Carlos...during supergene oxidation of Cu deposits in the Atacama region. In this report, we document the occurrence...inclusions hosted by supergene chalcocite from Mantos de la Luna, an argentiferous Upper Jurassic stratabound...stratabound Cu deposit in the Coastal Range of northern Chile. The presence of this unusual mineral assemblage...Departamento de Geología, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile e-mail:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
complete porphyry coppersystems. Examples from Chile, Argentina, and elsewhereare used to aid in the...al extensionsas great as 8 km. At Chuquicamata,Chile, a major high-anglefault may have cut the porphyry...porphyry systemis believedto be exposedat Los Loros, Chile. There a zone of molybdenum-rich and copper-poorpotassiumsilicate...erodedstratovolcanoes, as at Cerro Marquez in northern Chile. Such zones are interpreted as the columns of a...exemplifiedby the Los Pelambresdeposit(Fig. 2) in Chile (Sillitoe, 1973). Knowledgeof the characterand
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Tsumeb in Namibia, Kipushi in D.R. Congo and the Apex Mine in Utah; e.g., [7]), syngenetic or early diagenetic...deposits. The northern Bowen Basin is a metallogenic province related to Permocarboniferous magmatism in NE...This has caused local development of secondary covellite, chalcocite and malachite on Cu-bearing minerals...contains segregations of tennantite. Stage 5 covellite has locally overprinted the assemblage abundant...abundant segregations of tennantite. Stage 5 covellite has locally overprinted the assemblage (reflected (reflected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Ignimbrite Eruption in the Porphyry Copper Province of Southern Perú CHAN X. QUANG, ALAN H. CLARK...Canada K7L 3N6 AND NICHOLAS HAWKES Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration Limited, Manco Cápac 551 - Lima...through field mapping to the Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa district (ca. 16° 30' S). The 40Ar-39Ar incremental-heating...probably active in the Cuajone-Quellaveco-Toquepala district. Slow erosion and the accumulation of clastic...subsequently led to the incision of the 23.8 to 24 Ma Altos de Camilaca and the 18.8 to 19.1 Ma Pampa Lagunas pediplains
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alteration, culminating in pyrite ± enargite ± covellite in the shallow parts of the lithocaps. The porphyry...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)...Los BroncesRío Blanco El Teniente Mamut Grasberg-Ertsberg Ok Tedi Cerro de Pasco & Colquijirca Choquelimpie...Cerro Colorado Collahuasi dist. Bau Batu Hijau El Abra Cabang Kiri Chuquicamata dist. Koloula Frieda
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iscommonly important: thegently argite, luzonite,and covellite,is stable(Meyer and localizing Hemley, 1967).Thesesulfidesare...remnant withinthem.Lateveinletsof fine-grained Salvador, Chile (Gustarsonand Hunt, 1975), Red openspaces pyriteare...Characteristics of Enargite-Bearing Massive SulfideDeposits District, country Age of Hydrothermal Fault Deposit(s)...Yugoslavia Brezanik, Early Tertiary Enargite,covellite, Milifii• and Grujici6 chalcocite, (1979), Jankovi6et...mineralization at: (a) Recsk,Hungary(after Baksa,1975,and mine plans);(b) Bor, Yugoslavia (after Jankovi6et al
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Hugo Dummett Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Oyu Tolgoi District, Mongolia BAT-ERDENE KHASHGEREL,1,† ROBERT O....porphyry Cu-Au deposits within the Oyu Tolgoi mineral district, Mongolia, occur in a northnortheast–trending...deposits (Lowell and Guilbert, 1970), notably at El Salvador, Chile (Gustafson and Hunt, 1975), concluded that...studies—Lepanto-Far Southeast, Philippines; El Salvador and El Teniente, Chile; Panguna, PNG; Endeavour 26, Australia;...on evidence from the wider Oyu Tolgoi mineral district. In the following descriptions the mineralogy
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located in the Frontal Cordillera of San Juan Province, Argentina, near the present-day northern limit...central Andes, and midway between the Maricunga and El Indio metallogenic belts. The deposit is centered...Cordillera of San Juan Province, Argentina, ~8 km east of the border with Chile (lat 28°26'S, long 69°32'W)...high-sulfidation epithermal deposits of the Maricunga and El Indio metallogenic belts and, along with nearby porphyry...Josemaría deposit was discovered in 2004 by Desarrollo de Prospectos Mineros S.A. (Deprominsa), the Argentinian
 
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