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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite 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:617242
Long-form Identifier:1:3:617242:8
GUID (UUID V4):3bf9e4eb-ab84-4b34-b052-2a1aebeba7fb
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
32.3km (20.1 miles) Potrerillos Mine, Potrerillos, 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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scaleof a mining district (El Salvador-Potrerillos), then on the scale of a singletraverse(El Salvador-Chilean...may provefruitful, providedsuitabletechniquescan mine scale,but their applicabilityon a regionalscale...madeto do thisin other in central and northern Chile; (2) on the scaleof a porphyry belts, with mixed...(ore-forming) and nonproductiveintrusions,have province,the Chilean Andes.The techniquesdevelbeenshownby...whole-rockanalyses. THE Andes of central and northern Chile contain The most comprehensivestudy basedon other
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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
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information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tigr20 El Salvador, Chile Porphyry Copper Deposit Revisited: Geologic...Servicio National de Geologoia y Mineria , Avenida Santa Maria, Santiago, 0104, Chile b U.S. Geological...Servicio National de Geologia y Mineria , Avenida Santa Maria, Santiago, 0104, Chile d Australian National... Orlando Rivera & C. Mark Fanning (1997) El Salvador, Chile Porphyry Copper Deposit Revisited: Geologic...Winston & Son, Inc. All rights reserved. El Salvador, Chile Porphyry Copper Deposit Revisited: Geologic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colorado Porphyry Copper Deposit, I Región, Northern Chile FARHAD BOUZARI† AND ALAN H. CLARK Department of...the initiation of the Incaic orogeny in northern Chile. An age of 35.26 ± 0.68 (2σ) Ma for alunite associated...Evidence from Cerro Colorado and elsewhere in northern Chile (e.g., Spence and Angelina) confirms that Paleocene...emplaced along the Domeyko fault system (e.g., El Salvador) may similarly have been upgraded during the...Cenozoic supergene metallogenic epoch in northern Chile, ca. 20 or even 30 m.y. in duration, which attained
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
between 17 and 27S across the forearc of northern Chile and southern Peru from 44 to 6 Ma, and on the Bolivian...directly dated (southern Peru and south of 26S in Chile) and suggest formation post 14 Ma. Sedimentological...fluctuating arid/semi-arid climate prevailed across the Atacama Desert until between 4 and 3 Ma, climatic conditions...is unlikely to be widely applicable in northern Chile. General models that involve climatic desiccation...Introduction The Central Andes, and in particular northern Chile, host some of the world’s largest porphyry copper
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Graduate School of International Resource Sciences, Mining Museum of Akita University, Akita, Japan Abstract...mineralization in two representative porphyry systems (El Salvador, Chile, and Grasberg, Indonesia) was examined to...and host rocks during potassic alteration at El Salvador and Grasberg includes (i) reduction of SO42−...alteration represented by abundant hydrothermal biotite, magnetite, and K-feldspar is uncommon in these...exsolution from the intrusive magmas. Keywords: El Salvador, Grasberg, Japan, porphyry Cu deposit, potassic
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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...disseminatedK-silicate assemblages of alkali •eldspar-biotite-anhydrite-chalcopyrite-bornite or chalcopyrite-pyrite...incipientK-silicatealterationconvertedhornblende phenocrysts to biotite-anhydrite-rutile, ilmeniteto hematite-rutile, andsphene
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of Northern Chile Preface FRANCISCO CAMUS † Codelco-Chile, Huérfanos 1270, Santiago, Chile AND JOHN H...University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Introduction Chile is known worldwide as the site of one of the largest...circum-Pacific belt. Among them are the three largest of all, El Teniente, Río Blanco-Los Bronces, and Chuquicamata...production of more than 50 Mt of fine copper. Currently, Chile annually produces about 4.6 Mt of fine copper that...potential has triggered numerous international mining companies to concentrate their exploration efforts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Granodiorite Intrusions at the El Salvador Porphyry Copper Deposit, Chile, Based on Trace Element Composition...magmatic-hydrothermal porphyry Cu (MoAu) ores in the El Salvador district, Chile. Zircons (n = 240) from 15 Eocene age...Gulch were the most strongly oxidized of the El Salvador magmas. The strongly oxidized trend porphyry...and Proffett, 1995) and the El Abra-Fortuna granodiorite complex, Chile (1–2 m.y., Dilles et al., 1997;...Chuquicamata, Chile (2–3 m.y., Reynolds et al., 1998; Ballard et al., 2001), the Potrerillos district, Chile (8
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(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
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)
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...vein-associated orthoclase-quartz ± anhydrite-biotite alteration that mark the end of stage one. This
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Candelaria-Punta del Cobre Iron Oxide Copper Gold district, Northern Chile Irene del Real, John F.H. Thompson, Jorge...Candelaria-Punta del Cobre Iron Oxide Copper Gold district, Northern Chile, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi: https://doi...Candelaria-Punta del Cobre Iron Oxide Copper Gold district, Northern Chile Irene del Real (1), John F.H. Thompson...University, Snee Hall, Ithaca NY, 14853, USA (2) Lundin Mining Corporation, 150 King Street, Toronto, ON, M5H1J9...Candelaria-Punta del Cobre district is the largest Iron-Oxide Cu and Au (IOCG) district in the Chilean IOCG
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tourmaline-rich alteration in the IOCG systems of northern Chile: implications for a magmatic-hydrothermal origin...oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposits of the Coastal Cordillera of Chile where it occurs as large crystals in the groundmass...from those of the tourmaline in the Carajás IOCG district (Brazil), suggesting that IOCGs do not form by...the case for the Cloncurry district in Australia and the Skellefte district in Sweden (Mark et al. 2006;...rocks F. Tornos (*) Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Ríos Rosas, 23, 28003 Madrid, Spain e-mail:
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...replacement of plagioclase, and more widespread biotite replacement of hornblende, with igneous texture
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...the date of a study, considering the extent of mining at that date. At Batu Hijau, Indonesia, Arif and
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EXPRESS LETTER HYPOGENE ALUNITE FROM THE EL SALVADOR DISTRICT, CHILE, INDICATES POTENTIAL FOR A BLIND PORPHYRY...late breccia bodies from the El Salvador porphyry copper district of Chile were recently dated. One alunite...44 to 43 Ma. Porphyry copper ores in the El Salvador district formed at about the same time as porphyry...associated with ~80% of the known copper ore of the district; they record waning stages of magmatism at 42...porphyry copper deposits in the remote El Salvador district of Chile began with Old Camp in 1951 and the
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gregoire M.2, Riquelme R.1 5 6 1 Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte...Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, 7 Antofagasta, Chile. 8 2 GET, IRD-CNRS-CNES-UPS, 14 avenue E. Belin, Toulouse...lower Oligocene metallogenic 32 belt of northern Chile, were determined in order to validate the use of...Eocene to Oligocene metallogeny belt, 48 Northern Chile, Porphyry Copper Deposit, non-mineralized intrusive...body. 49 50 1. Introduction 51 In northern Chile and southern Peru, porphyry copper deposits (PCDs)
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events in the Chuquicamata porphyry copper system, Chile Peter Reynolds ) , Casey Ravenhurst 1, Marcos Zentilli...there was very rapid cooling through feldspar and biotite closure temperatures, especially if these minerals...substantially higher than the ones normally assumed for biotite Ži.e. about 3008C., they andror the calculated...deposits of the Andes, New Developments’. Concepcion Chile, October 17–18, 1994. Proceedings 2, 1647–1651.x...Porphyry copper; Alteration; K-feldspar; Sericite; Biotite 1. Introduction ) Corresponding author. Tel
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batholith in Nevada, and associated with the Yerington mine and the AnnMason deposit, provide a basis of comparison...(e.g., Yerington and AnnMason in the Yerington district, Nevada: Dilles et al., 2000; Sierrita-Esperanza:...Laramide, mid-Mesozoic) Limit of Basin and Range Province copper deposits post-Laramide cover Laramide...America, showing the limit of the Basin and Range province, the schematic representation of domains that...of porphyry copper deposits, with the Yerington district labeled (modified from Seedorff, 1991; Dickinson
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Tin-Polymetallic Mineralization in the Oruro Mining District, Central Bolivian Tin Belt Asahiko SUGAKI...tin-polymetallic ore deposits of the Oruro mining district in the central part of the Bolivian tin belt...that hypogene mineralization in the Oruro mining district took place during the early to middle Miocene:...in the northernmost tin belt. In the Oruro mining district, just south of the Arica Elbow Line, we carried...minerals from the Oruro mining district, the principal tin-producing district in Bolivia, and discuss
 
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