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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite 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:617258
Long-form Identifier:1:3:617258:9
GUID (UUID V4):9edf0a7d-9f40-48f9-aab1-f05410a24444
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
26.3km (16.3 miles) Caballo Muerto prospect, Caballo Muerto mining district, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
32.3km (20.1 miles) Potrerillos Mine, Potrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
35.4km (22.0 miles) Jerónimo Mine, Potrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
51.0km (31.7 miles) La Coipa mine, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
72.6km (45.1 miles) Berta 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Report (chapter)
volcanism: a review R. H. Sillitoe Department of Mining Geology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College...Manto-type copper deposits are best known from Chile and southern Peru. They consist o f stratiform concentrations...plugs and pyroclastic beds at Cerro de Mercado, Mexico, and El Laco, Chile. The map netite magma separated...tellurides, and lead and zinc as galena and 99 sphalerite. Copper is less plentiful, but commonly occurs...northwest it impinges on the Sonoran Basin and Range province and in the southeast, south of the Trans-Mexico
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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)
(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 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...digenite, covellite, pyrite, and minor coarse sphalerite, along with sericite, and locally alunite but
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
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...chalcopyrite, pyrite, chalcocite, covellite, enargite, sphalerite, tennantite, and galena. This acid-sulfate event
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...native gold. Other associated minerals may include sphalerite, galena, tetrahedrite, and gold tellurides.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
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)
argyrodite, sphalerite, pyrite, barite), Stage 2B intermediate-sulfidation sphalerite mineralization...mineralization (sphalerite, pyrite, galena) and Stage 3 hydrothermal void fill (dickite). Moderate to locally high...Ge-bearing enargite (up to 2189 ppm Ge). Co-existing sphalerite has comparatively low Ge content (up to 143 ppm)...1181 ppm) and In (up to 571 ppm) are higher. Sphalerite in Stage 2B contains up to 611 ppm Ge, 2829 ppm...indium; critical elements; LA-ICP-MS; enargite; sphalerite 1. Introduction Germanium (Ge), gallium (Ga)
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)
Practical Experience of Filtered Tailings Technology in Chile and Peru: An Environmentally Friendly Solution Carlos...Practical Experience of Filtered Tailings Technology in Chile and Peru: An Civil Works and Geology Department...Catholic University of Temuco, Temuco 4780000, Chile Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Continental, Huancayo...ccacciuttolo@uct.cl Abstract: In the last 20 years many mining projects around the world have applied a tailings...advances in filtered tailings technology applied in Chile and Peru with emphasis on: (i) filtering technology
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...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
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...central Andean region of southern Peru, northern Chile, western Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina. The...Are'q:u:|jjjj|:;:| Morococaia 'Tv5 Los ^ ^ Frailes 20 : CHILE Antofagasta 24° 24' Salta Tucuman 289 28'
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization in the Atacama segment of the South American Andes, northern Chile (26°15'-27°25'S) Received:...magmatism and the rich ore deposits of northern Chile have been the focus of numerous studies. Significant...feature of the geology of this part of northern Chile is the existence of n o r t h - south to north-east-...alteration and cama segment - Andes - northern Chile mineralization (Baker and Guilbert, 1987; Colley...Introduction (Fig. 1): (1) along the Atacama Fault System; (2) along the Inca de Oro Belt; (3) along the West
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)
Earth. In 2017, the Central Andes accounted for the mine production of around 39% of the world’s copper,...Central Chile to southern Peru, whereas the youngest and easternmost extend from central Chile/Argentina...includes some of the world largest copper deposits (Chile is the world’s leading copper producer, with Peru...Paleocene-Early Oligocene porphyry copper belt (Chile). Figure 3 Typical stockwork in a porphyry deposit...Atlántida (Chile). Photo width: 5 cm. Figure 2 A–B vein Panoramic view of the Cerro de Pasco (Peru)
Report (volume)
____________ ----- _______________ .._______ History of mining ____ --------- _________________________ -----__...Honduras-------------~----------------------------------- El Quetzal mine_______________________________________..._________ Siria mine ________________________ ------------- __ ----Los Hornitos mine ______ ;_______...mine____________________________________ La Uni6n mine ________________ -----------------------(}uatem...Tablas deposit_____________________________________ El Carrizal prospect ___ --------------------------
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)
of near-surface ore mineral assemblages: “chapeau de fer”, “Eiserner Hut”, “canga”, “gossan”. Collective...and vanadocrete (vanadate). Panczner 1987 Tajo Mine, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Panczner...mineralization, on waste dumps or within impoundments of the mining site. Morphoclimatic zones: the climate referred...assemblage / ore type Primary mineralization Cerro de Pasco Peru Pb-Cu-Zn-Ag- tenorite Bi replacement/...Baumgarten et al. 2008 Dill et al. 1997a Cajamarca Province Peru Palache et al. 1951 Malpelo Island, Colombia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
porphyry-typeore deposits,most notably the El Salvador,Chile, deposit,suggeststhat sulfur isotopicdisequilibriabetween...porphyry-type vein systems. geologichistoryof the mine area have been summarizedby Brummer(1966) and Allcock(1978)...with the data from the skarn-typeore indicates the mine area have a range of •j$4Svaluesbetween that there...vein would help to explain the inconsistent A84S sphalerite-galena valuesin late stage 4 samples. Table 9... genesisin the vein waspyrite --* galena--• sphalerite. Texturesof mostlate stage4 veinssuggest that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
copper tin sulfide from the El Guanaco gold deposit, Antofagasta Province, Chile Jochen Schlüter, Thomas...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...180 km ESE of Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Chile. The El Guanaco gold mineralization was discovered
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
 
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