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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite 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:617240
Long-form Identifier:1:3:617240:4
GUID (UUID V4):9b094af3-c38b-4e79-96ec-ada03eca0e53
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
35.4km (22.0 miles) Jerónimo Mine, Potrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
51.4km (31.9 miles) Santo Domingo Sur pit, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
62.8km (39.0 miles) Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(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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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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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−...exsolution from the intrusive magmas. Keywords: El Salvador, Grasberg, Japan, porphyry Cu deposit, potassic...International Resource Sciences, Akita University, Mining Musium of Akita University, Osawa, Tegata, Akita
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
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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)
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)
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
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...all porphyries, comprises partial K feldspar and albite replacement of plagioclase, and more widespread
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
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)
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...biotite-cemented breccias and associated K-feldspar ± albite alteration, stage 4 chalcopyrite ± pyrite ± muscovite...seen throughout the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile. Introduction Iron-oxide copper gold (IOCG) deposits
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...the Escondida porphyry copper deposit in northern Chile (Fig. 1), which currently is one of the two largest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
below the Porphyry Copper Orebodyat E1Salvador,Chile LEWIS B. GUSTAFSON 5320 Cross Creek Lane, Reno,...89511 ANDJORGE QUIROGAG.* Codelco-Chile,DivisionE1Teniente,Rancagua,Chile Abstract Three diamonddrill holes...holes,angledbelow the lowesthaulagelevel at E1 Salvador,have doubledthe verticalexposureof the depositand...earlybiotitic(EB)veinlets,with andwithoutsulfides, quartz,albite,anhydrite,andactinolite,havevariedalterationhaloscontainingalbite...the mine were proposedto the management DURINGthe developmentandoperationof the E1Salvador mine by the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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)
is located in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile and southern Peru, where it is part of a volcano-plutonic...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)...view of the fact that the central Andean IOCG province is the world’s youngest, is largely unaffected
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)
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)
Zonation at the Surface over the El Salvador Porphyry Copper Deposit, Chile YASUSHI WATANABE† Institute for...alteration minerals exposed at the surface of the El Salvador porphyry copper deposit. A total of 276 samples...minerals from surface alteration assemblages at El Salvador that can be applied to generate clear exploration...assemblages at the surface over the El Salvador porphyry copper orebody, Chile (Fig. 1). Our goal is to better...HEDENQUIST 70 W 68 W Quebrada Blanca (35) Rosario (33) El Abra (37) Radomiro Tomic (34-32) Chuquicamata (33
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)...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...Wafi-Golpu Gaby El Salvador Potrerillos Marte & Caspiche Taca Taca Bajo Bajo de la Alumbrera (Farallón
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carboniferous continental arc setting, Pataz gold-mining district, northern Peru—W.K. Witt, S.G. Hagemann, and...and C. Villanes Multiple methods for regional- to mine-scale targeting, Pataz gold field, northern Peru—W...5 Re-Os geochronology of the El Salvador porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, Chile: Tracking analytical improvements...Re-Os ages of the Yinan gold deposit, Shandong Province, northeastern China—Yang Liu, M. Santosh, Sheng-Rong...hydrothermal gold deposits in the Canan area, Lepaguare district, Honduras—Michele Mattioli and Marco Menichetti
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ahumada 11, Oficina 602, Santiago, Chile VÍCTOR CARLOTTO, Departamento de Geología, Universidad Nacional...Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cuzco. Avenida de la Cultura, Cuzco, Perú ALBERTO ZÁRATE, PEDRO RAMOS, HÉCTOR...CABALLERO, Minera Anaconda Perú S.A. Avenida Paseo de la República 3245, Piso 3, San Isidro, Lima 27, Perú...Minerals S.A. Ahumada 11, Oficina 602, Santiago, Chile Abstract Originally known for its Fe-Cu skarn mineralization...rapidly emerging as an important porphyry copper province. Field work by the authors confirms that mineralization
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Javier Lillo The Cretaceous iron belt of northern Chile: role of oceanic plates, a superplume event, and...tectonic, magmatic, and metallogenic history of Chile. The geological evidence indicates that a major...This completely changed the tectonic setting of Chile ending the Early Cretaceous extensional period (aborted...best possible structural path in northern Chile, i.e., the Atacama Fault Zone, eventually forming a +500-km-long...geological history. Keywords Iron belt Æ Cretaceous Æ Chile Æ Shear zone Æ Superplume Editorial handling: Robert
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Porphyry Gold Deposits of the Refugio District, Maricunga Belt, Northern Chile JOHN L. MUNTEAN†,* AND MARCO T...Abstract The porphyry gold deposits of the Refugio district and similar deposits in the Maricunga belt contain...chlorite-magnetite-albite and/or pyrite-albite-clay alteration to a shallow zone of pyrite-albite-clay and local...concentrations, local garnet veinlets, widespread albite-bearing alteration, and most importantly banded...the porphyry gold deposits of the Maricunga belt, Chile (Vila and Sillitoe, 1991). For this reason it is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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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of the Central American Cordillera (Western El Salvador) H. G. DILL,† H.-R. BOSSE, Federal Institute... Germany Abstract The western provinces of El Salvador, which are covered almost exclusively by igneous...of fundamental economic importance as well. El Salvador offers favorable conditions to tackle this problem...1). The nonmetallic argillaceous deposits in El Salvador are of small size, but their mineralogy is diverse...geothermal fields in western El Salvador. 517 518 DILL ET AL. San Salvador Fm (felsic pyroclastic rocks
 
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