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Galena from
Descubridora mine, Huaviña mining district, Huara, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Descubridora mine, Huaviña mining district, Huara, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:626947
Long-form Identifier:1:3:626947:0
GUID (UUID V4):411ac73b-3a82-4f58-bbf7-61d2e4228326
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JANUARY-FEBRUARY, i9i 9 No. I THE VEINS OF CHAi{IARCILLO, CHILE.• W. L. W•IT•-a•-.•D. CONTENTS. PATE. Introduction......................... i The Region of North Chile ........................................... The...SupergeneProcesses..................... The Future of Mining in the District .................................. Bibliography...exploitation, from about •86o to x88o, Chile enjoyeda period of mining prosperitylong to be remembered. Of...Godoy attaineda populationof ten thousandor more. Mining was improved'bythe driving of vertical shaftsthroughwhich
Journal (issue)
LISTA DE LOS EJEMPLARE13 1 DE LAS MINAS CHiLE (1)~ MINERALUICOS, CON INDICA010N 1 DE DE LAS...cinabrio i sulfato de cobre. Cuarzo con cinabrio, galena i fierro hidratado.Cuarzo con cinabrio i súlfuros...Central..-Provnca de Tarapacá Compaflfa Descubri- Huantajaya... Descubridora. . ...... Verde .......~metálica; gauga de carbonato de cal. San Jerónimo ... Galena arjentifcra. .. «... ... ......... SiXífuro de...cloruro de plomo arjentíferos con cloruro de plata. -Galena arjentffera. Carbonato i cloruro... de plomo arjentíferoiu
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bandedvein filling and disseminated argentiferous galena,sphalerite, andfluoriteorealongthe wallsof the...silver-lead-zinc zonedominated by argentiferous-galena and sphaleritewith fluoritegangue;and an upper...0361-0128/88/868/1560-2352.50 1560 AgDEPOSITS, BOLAI•OS DISTRICT, JALISCO 1561 The tin-fluorine-silver anomalous...accessible veinduringthe 1970s. Occidental volcanic province. Mostoftheoldermines workingsalongthe Bolafios...Kennecott'smajoreffortwasdirectedtowardthe of the district are located at about a 900-m elevation vein.L
Journal (issue)
mnaya. 215 Chalcopirita. De IÑipa. 186 Chalcopirita. Mine. «Bajaracoles». Deova-lie. 1Departamento de Coquimbo...258 Chalcopirita. Las Condes. 177 Cualcopirita. Mine. «Toldo». Mineral de Gatica. Cobija. 250 Chalcopirita...Tainaya. 2.55 Chalcopirita, pirita i fierro olijista. Mine. «San Ag-ustin». Las Condes. 217 Chialcopirite....gris antimonial. Mine. «Casuali... dad». De Petorca. ... Cobre gris antimonial. Mine.«Teniente». (Cordillera...«Santa Ana». Rincon de las Guías. 280 Clirisocola. Mine. «Santa Ana». Rincon de las Guías. 268 Chrisocola
Journal (issue)
DE CHILE AD VE RTEN Zegers referencia, fruto de su incansable laboriosidad i carifno a Chile. (1)...envía a la esposicion de Paris la República de Chile, destinada a mostrar su riqueza minera], proviene...montafias que forma el territorio de la República (le Chile, presenta solo dos grandes cadenas que se estienden...mas a 45 kilómetros de la costa, en el norte de Chile. ,quello que resta del litoral al occidente de esta...metáliogs, en la cual predomina no arieYtíf/ro, cuyos mine rales se encuentran riarnte mez lados con minerales
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
no other group of minerals has more associated mining lore or history. Silver financed empires and great...recovered as a byproduct of low-grade copper and lead mining. This fact, coupled with the historically low price...copper were the first). The earliest known siIver mining occurred in Cappadocia in Asia Minor and is dated...probably reflects the fact that the earliest silver mining amounted to gathering the metal in its native state...byproduct of smelting lead from galena. In a process known as cupellation, galena is heated and reduced to lead
Journal (issue)
por don F. El empleo del salitre en Chile. La importation de Chile i el perclorato en la fabricaeion de...posteriores al filon. a dsta, con la diferencia que la galena es menos abundanfce i veta mui inferior. De igual... igual ra», Los criadei-os de la corrida «Descubridora» son disparejos e interrumpidos en beneficio;...horizontal es o en bolsones. En su grupo la mina «Descubridora» fud cuanto al cortos did buen resultado...corrida: la baritina esta ella, cuerpos La mina «Descubridora» ofrece una gran particularidad, con los
Book
The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission... CONTENTS • Foreword lX Preface Xl Important Mining Districts 1 Discovery and Developments in Mexico...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in Mexico, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- LX x I Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors
Book
The endsheet maps are reprinted from The Mexican Mining Industry 1890-1950 by Marvin D. Bernstein, by permission...is * CONTENTS Foreword Preface Important Mining Districts Discovery and Developments in México...introduction contains an interesting summary of the mining history and the development of mineralogy. It also...The author discusses eight of the more important mining districts in México, which produce fine mineral...geologists, mineralo- x / Foreword gists, and mining engineers, but also for mineral and gem collectors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vol. 83, 1988, pp. 1721-1736 BatopilasMining District, Chihuahua,Mexico GREGG WILKERSON, U.S. Departmentof...oresiscalciteandis associated withsmallamounts of sphalerite, galena,andlaumontite.Cobalt-nickelarsenides andrubysi...asthe majorand almostexclusiveore mineralin the district. Since no large-scalemining or exploration effort...comprehensivearticlesof Brodieon the history(1909a), mining(1909b), and metallurgy(1916) of the area. Shepherd(1899)...CREEL ß FIG. 1. Location of the Batopilasmining district in the Sierra Madre Occidental, southwestern Chihuahua
Journal (issue)
a los intelijentes hijos de aquella porcion de Chile. El jdven maestro de 1839, llamado a ser tan insigne...hácia -1 D-- CAP MINERALES Puede d ecirse que en Chile e pais contiene oro. Eso si, en el norte, hai escasez...advertir que los minerales de la provincia de Tarapacá, situados a orillas mina del Civato, aguada. EA...enumeracion de las pertenencias ubicadas desde Tarapacá hasta Aconcagua. Valparaiso en gran parte, Santiago...Diana ....................................... Descubridora ..............................-....... ....
Journal (issue)
salitreras ...... 13 Minerales de manganeso de Chile en Inglaterra ....................................MENSUAn AÑO VIL-TOMO H.-SERIR 2,& SANTIAGO DE CHILE <>F140INA: <-Anl-áU »U Li&'~INHE>A, NÚM 1890 ...miles Chile, i en toda la costa del Pacífico, aumenta mas de...buqués de vapor consumidores de carbon. Actualmente Chile produce como 500,000 toneladas, lo que no basta...Cuando el delegado se ausentare de la provincia (le Tarapacá por asuntos del servicio, será re. emplazado en
Book
Anglesita forma pequeñas costras ó cristales sobrela Galena ó sulfuro de plomo, ó en las vetas de este mineral...sulfuro ó Galena. Pero lo que hace conocer patentemente que la transformacion de la Galena en sulfato...fenómeno mucho mas poderoso , lo tenemos en la Galena antimonial argentífera de Chilete , la que, al...caso de ver casi toda la plata que contenía la Galena , hallarse reunida en manchas ó zonas de color...Huantajaya en el Sur del Perú, y con mas abundancia en Chile; y tambien al mineral de cobre llamado Atacamita
Journal (issue)
cultural standpoint. These are localities rich in mining history and regional flavor; the old drifts and...2 Germany An historical perspective on silver mining in G erm any.................. by W. Lieber and...Islet Famous mineral localities: the Silver Islet mine, O n ta rio ............... 49 by W. E. Wilson ...Batopilas Famous mineral localities: the Batopilas District, Chihuahua, M e x ic o .........................photo © SILVER crystals, 3.3 by 4.5 cm, from the mine, Kongsberg, Norway. (See the this issue.) Keith
Thesis/Dissertation
The mineralogy of the Mapimí mining district, Durango, Mexico Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction...net/10150/565169 THE MINERALOGY OF THE MAPIMl' MINING DISTRICT, DURANGO, MEXICO by Victor Joseph Hoffmann...__ entitled The Mineralogy of the Mapimi Mining District,______ Durango, Mexico______________________________...samples from the mines and offered information on the mine locations and their access. Mr. Salvador Davila...Institution from both the collections of Ojuela mine specimens obtained by Foshag in 1934 and from the
Journal (issue)
...103 by M. Hansen The libethenite zone, Burra mine, South Australia .................................92-meter level,” though all other measurements in the mine will be converted. In short, English units will...worked in the Surveyor’s Department at the Geevor tin mine (Pendeen, Cornwall), and with Consolidated Goldfields...in Redfield, Iowa, to begin the long journey to Chile. The diary o f his three-month expedition in search...that might be compared to the pampa of northern Chile was the Cerros de Sal of Atacama. The ground must
Book (volume)
Engineering Nevs-Record Power V Engineering and Mining Journal-Press Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering... Igneous rocks and uphfts of Utah 81. Chain of mining camps in Southwestern Utah 82. Manganese in the...Concentration of galena by descending waters Guanajuato, Mexico; Carmen mine. Upper pressure limit Waihi mine. New...termination of veins 87. 88. .... platinum district Mountains. Pyroxene-olivene-magnetite rock, showing...dome Magmatic differentiation of molybdenite; Hxmt mine, Renfrew County, Ontario Sudbury, Ontario. Intrusive
Report (issue)
PROSPECTS OF THE I, H, IE, IV, AND V REGIONS, NORTHERN CHILE compiled by William C. Williams Open-File Report...complement to my dissertation work in northern Chile under the auspices of Dr. John Guilbert at the University...prospects in the I, n, IE, IV, and V Regions of Chile (Figure 1). Over 3000 sites were compiled from published...well as descriptions of the major mines throughout Chile with insights as to their genesis. Finally, Frutos...accessed through MRDS computer database). District Name District to which site belongs. Lati tude / Long
Journal (issue)
Los Angles Mexico Special Issue II The Ojuela Mine Preface to Mexico-II1................................................................ 24 Mapimí District Geology ........................................in the San Judas chimney, Level 6, of the Ojuela mine. Houston Museum of Natural Science collection; Wendell...headframes and processing facilities of the Ojuela mine ca. 1900. The famous suspension bridge designed...the gorge and overlooks the discovery point or Descubridora opening below. Photo courtesy of Peter Megaw
Journal (issue)
la compañía inglesa denominada «The Royal Silver Mining Company». Esta sociedad esplota un gran núimero...algo de cassiterit, cuarzo i mui poca blenda i galena. Hé aquí su composicion média: Plata ............beneficiando ni,n. nerales que contengan blenda i galena, la pérdida en La materia calcinada de los hornos...vitalidad i poder Algunos productores de salitre de Tarapacá han proyectado la formacion de un sindicato salitrero...pronunciándose de la manera nas halagadora. En la Descubridora,continúa el buen beneficio, que jamas ha faltado
Report (issue)
Empire. N o attempt has been made to give details of mining or metallurgical processes. HARCOURT, Chairman...Mexico ; United States . 8 7 S. America : Bolivia ; Chile ; Colombia ; Peru . 1 2 6 WORLD MAP OF SILVER DEPOSITS...CentralAmerican States • SouthAmerica : Bolivia and Chile . . Argentina • . ...., Brazil . . . Colombia •...ORES It is a remarkable fact, as demonstrated by mining experience, that the five metals, silver, gold...both gold and silver. T h u s , in the Kongsberg district the proportion of silver to gold is given a s
Journal (issue)
esta última que Thiercelin ha podido hallar en Tarapacá. 1,a leí baja eu ácido bórico prueba que det haber...íor ciento, o sean 351ibras esterlinas i. -En Chile no se pueden trabajar ina le¡ de 5 a 8 por ciento...Inese a esto que para labrar el maldito visto en Chile. Los minerales que se estraen dan un tiempo relativamente...nuevamente. En jeneral, todas las vetas de plomo, galena i plata, como la Faleneiana, son trecheras. No...Aguila. Minas: Fusion, 6 labores en broceo; Descubridora, 3 en beneficio i 10 en broceo; Aguila, 2 labores
Journal (issue)
tgressman@comcast.net Famous Mineral Localities: The Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota ....Mineral Localities: The Old Gunnislake mine, Callington District, Cornwall, England .....................red hematite inclusions, 4.5 cm, from the Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Don...AQUAMARINE ON MUSCOVITE Chumuru Mine, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 22...Pohl-Ströher, the Technical University of the Freiberg Mining Academy lost a patron who, through the permanent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
subprovinceIc, in southernPeru and northernmost Chile between 19 ø S and 13 ø S. ProvinceII: The Jurassic...dominates the geologyof the high Andesof Peru. Province III: The Eastern Cordillera of southeasternPeru...stronglyperaluminous characterof muchof the magmatism in province III. Detailed comparisons of lead isotopedata...isianbasementof the northernBritishIsles against suppose Province I includes the Mesozoic-Cenozoic volmoreisoto...1987). This approachoften produceslocal am- of Chile and Peru, as well as the volcanic, volcanirocksprecursoryto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
modification of AsS occurs at the Alacr~in mine, Pampa Larga, Chile. It is very similar to realgar (/3-ASS)...stringers in carbonate vein material, at the Martin Lake mine, Uranium City, Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, are...platy anorthic crystals from the Alai alkalic province have a 5.41, b I1.74, c 2 H 6 A, ~ 89~ fi 9o~...Oriented platelets and grains in kamacite in Descubridora and other siderites consist of CrN, cubic, a...secondary mineral in tungsten ore from Nyamulilo mine, Kigezi, Uganda. [M.A. 72-3336; Zap. 100, 623.]
 
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