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Limonite from
La Escondida Mine, Escondida, Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Escondida Mine, Escondida, Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:601520
Long-form Identifier:1:3:601520:6
GUID (UUID V4):7a912ebb-5ee6-4f53-8242-7d15c906281b
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
49.4km (30.7 miles) ⓘSpence Cu deposit, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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SupergeneMetal Enrichmentat La Escondida, Atacama Desert, Northern Chile CHARLES 1‱. ALPERS* AND GEORGE...leachedcappingof the porphyrycopperdeposit at La Escondida,Chile, permitsreconstruction of the paleohydrologic...gradesin surfaceexposuresand tops of drill holesat La Escondidaare significantlylower than actual copper...verticalprofilesindicatethat water table descentat La Escondidawasrelatively continuousin space,althoughnot...conclusions froma previousstudyof coppermassbalanceat La Escondida(Brimhall et al., 1985) which showedthat lateral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
this type at the porphyrycopperdepositat La Escondida,Chile, indicatesdeeperoxidationandleachingeffectsthan...of leachedcappinghasoccurredthroughoutmuch of the La Escondidadistrict. Geologic domainsdefinedby computedvaluesof...present metal distributionin the supergenesystemat La Escondida. Introduction present understandingof surficial...cm2. Since we are conButte, Montana, and La Escondida, Chile. These cerned with the principle of conservationof...consider the monzonite wall rock. In contrast, La Escondida, a concentrationof that element in each weathering
Book
label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...and CopperGold Deposits at Los Pelambres, Central Chile JosĂ© PerellĂł, Richard H. Sillitoe, Constantino...of the RĂ­o Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest Known Concentration...Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern Chile Geology of...N. Moreto, AndrĂ© Luiz Silva Pestilho, Mineral Province, Brazil Gustavo Henrique Coelho de Melo, Marco
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FCFM, Universidad 2 US de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile Millennium Nucleus for Metal...Tracing Along Subduction, FCFM, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, † Department of Geological Sciences...University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA M 3 AN Chile. now at Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division... ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT In the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, large amounts of the copper hydroxy-chloride mineral...of Cu deposits in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, whereas in similar deposits elsewhere, it is rare
Book (volume)
existence o f a new unconformity-vein style uranium province in the Proterozoic of the Great Sandy Desert....Iran ian P o rp h y ry C u-M o-A u D eposits Brent LA. Mclnnes, Noreen J. Evans, Frank Q, Fut Steve Garwin...lm alyk (K a rm ak y r-D a ln e e ) and S au k b u la k C u-A u P o rp h y ry System s, U zbekistan IgorM...the largest deposits in any established porphyry province. For a discussion of the accepted terminology...localised in the U.S. “South-west” and in northern Chile and southern Peruand were Cu-Mo orebodies (Gilmour
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(PNG) El Abra (Cl) Mocoa (Co) Boyongan (Ph) La Escondida (Cl) 0 FIG. 1. Maximum thickness of the leached...Locality abbreviations: Az = Arizona (USA), Cl = Chile, Co = Colombia, NM = New Mexico (USA), Pe = Peru...Rosa 150 Cuajone 120 Quellaveco 80 Toquepala 150–350 La Granja 200 Rio Blanco 52–189 Philippines Boyongan...neo = neotocite (Cu-Mn oxides), pitch = pitch limonite (copper pitch), rx = roxbyite, ten = tenorite...(m) El Salvador Los Pelambres El Teniente La Escondida Chile El Abra Cerro Colorado Rosario Ujina Chuquicamata
Book
DISCOVER LARGE COPPER AND GOLD MINES IN ARIZONA, CHILE, AND PERU With an Introduction by John M. Guilbert...Discover Large Copper and Gold Mines in Arizona, Chile, and Peru," an oral history conducted in 1998...Discover Large Copper and Gold Mines in Arizona, Chile, and Peru. 1999, xx, 283 pp. Lowell, Currier pioneer...Depression years; Arizona School of Mines, 1945-1949; mine engineer for ASARCO, 1949-1951; geologist, AEC,...with major mine discoveries: Kalamazoo extension, Vekol Hills, Casa Grande West, AZ Escondida, Zaldivar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu–Mo porphyry and exotic prospect (Atacama region, Chile) were analyzed for major and trace elements, along...elements Stable isotopes Non-traditional isotopes Chile Atacama 1. Introduction The Picaron Cu–Mo porphyry...region’s hyper-arid desert climate in northern Chile (Fig. 1). A notable characteristic is thick accumulations...al., 2017; Riquelme et al., 2017). In northern Chile, the primary host for exotic mineralization is the...(Riquelme et al., 2017). Examples within northern Chile include Damiana, El Sal­ vador (Diaz Acevedo, 1996;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universidad de Chile. Av. Tupper 2007, Santiago, Chile. (2) Departamento de GeologĂ­a, Universidad de Chile, Plaza...Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile. (3) College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University...known, allowing better criteria for decisions on mine concession acquisitions, plan geophysical and geochemical... Quellaveco and Toquepala, whereas in northern Chile, the main deposits are Mocha, Cerro Colorado, Spence...130 km in southern Peru to 30-50 km in northern Chile, and includes mainly porphyry Cu deposits, with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Peru JOSÉ PERELLÓ,† Antofagasta Minerals S.A. Ahumada 11, Oficina 602, Santiago, Chile VÍCTOR CARLOTTO...Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cuzco. Avenida de la Cultura, Cuzco, PerĂș ALBERTO ZÁRATE, PEDRO RAMOS...CABALLERO, Minera Anaconda PerĂș S.A. Avenida Paseo de la RepĂșblica 3245, Piso 3, San Isidro, Lima 27, PerĂș...AND RICARDO MUHR Antofagasta Minerals S.A. Ahumada 11, Oficina 602, Santiago, Chile Abstract Originally...rapidly emerging as an important porphyry copper province. Field work by the authors confirms that mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ServicioNacionalde Geologfay Minerfa,Casilla10465,Santiago,Chile Abstract Eightygalenasamples fromdifferentmineraldeposits...different ore depositsfrom 48 mining districtsin Chile are presentedhere (Fig. 1). The selected depositsrepresent...Jurassicto Pliocene 1973; Grant et al., 1979). Pb IN CHILE,AN GALENAS In more detailed studiesof metallogeniczonesin...strata-boundbodies (see Wellmer et al., 1983, for the El Toqui mine). PreviousWork on Pb Geochemistryin the Central...for ‱þTpb/2þ4Pb, and‱þSPb/‱þ4Pb ratios,reof the Chile ridge (46þ S). These Pb data have a ‱þ6Pb/‱þ4Pb
Book
Radomiro Tomic Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile. Patricio Cuadra and Francisco Cam us.............Agua Rica Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au DepositCatamarca Province, Northwestern Argentina. Part 1 : Exploration...Rosario Copper Porphyry Deposits, CoUahuasi District Chile. Claudio Bisso B, Manuel Durdn andAquiles Gonzales...a deposit, but rather the engineering ability to mine on a large scale at low cost, and simultaneously...all within the US "South­ west" and in northern Chile and neighbouring southern Peru. With the exception
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydroxides such as goethite and jarosite, similar to acid mine drainage systems. Order of magnitude estimates of...pyritic mine waste (Edwards et al., 1999), play a fundamental role in the formation of acid mine drainage...carbon dioxide into cell biomass (growth). In acid mine drainage systems, thiobacilli are responsible for...at the top of the enrichment blanket at La Escondida, Chile. Lichtner and Biino (1992) also questioned...of chalcocite from copper deposits in northern Chile. In a related study, Bawden et al. (2003) used sulfur
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org/details/geologyofchile0000unse The Geology of Chile ‱ The Geologica l Society of London Books Editorial...T. & GIBBO, s, W . (eds) 2007 . The Geology of Chile. The Geological Society, London. CHARRIER, R., PINTO...the Andean Orogeo in Chile. Jn: MORENO, T. & GrnsoNs, W. (eds) The Geology of Chile. The Geological Society...Society, London, 21-114. The Geology of Chile EDITED BY TERESA MORENO Earth Sciences Institute 'J aume...\ii . Grosjean 13. Field excursion from central Chile to the Atacama De<,crt. W. Gibbons & -1. Moreno
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formerly known as Catavi, the largest tin-producing mine in Bolivia, numerous veins have developed in the...from the Grande Vein at the –30 m level, San JosĂ© mine. Specimen No. 2 contains 2M 1 sericite with small...drift 20 m above the adit of 190 m level, Morococala mine. The host rock is quartzite of the Cancañiri Formation...rite ore of the Chica Vein, 170 m adit, Bolivar mine, Avicaya area. The X-ray powder diffraction peaks...entrance of the Loa adit, Minchin section, Avicaya mine (see the photograph of Fig. 25-F; Sugaki et al.
Book
Cretaceous-Early Tertiary and Metallogenic Scheme of Northern Chile, Between 20· and 26· S T. Bogdanic C.I S. Espinoza...Cretaceous geology and metallogenesis in the north of Chile. This is followed by a paper on Cretaceous evolution...the Cretaceous evolution of central Argentina and Chile in the present volume, due to force of circumstances...279 pp. Groeber, P. (1953): Andico in Geografia de la Republica Argentina. Mesozoico, (Groeber, P., Stipanicic...Observations sur un essai de carte geologique de la France, des Pays-Bas et des contrees voisines. Annales
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Universidad de Concepci6n Casilla 4107 Concepci6n, Chile ISBN 978-3-642-88284-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-88282-1.... . . . 37 The Metalliferous Ore Deposits of Chile and Argentina, and Their Geologic Framework J. Oyarzun... . . . . . . . . 147 X Contents El Aguilar Mine: An Ordovician Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Lead-Zinc.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 The "La Helvecia" Pb, Zn, and Barite Deposit, Argentina A...Sulfides in the Greenstone Belt of South-Central Chile - An Overview G. Alfaro and S. Callao . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rosita, Coahuila 26800, Mexico DivisiĂłn de Ciencias de la Tierra, CICESE, Baja California 22860, Mexico; mperez@cicese...These deposits define a metallogenic province, named the MVT province of northeastern Mexico [2,4]. Geophysical...in MVT deposits. P1 is in the Minerva Mine, P2 in Guadalupe Mine, P3 in El OtomĂ­mine, P4 in Profiles P2...in the Minerva Mine, P2 in Guadalupe Mine, P3 in El OtomĂ­ mine, P4 in Juan Valencia mine, and P5 in El...El TapĂłn mine. Juan Valencia mine, and P5 in El TapĂłn mine. 2. Geological Setting 2. Geological Setting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Yuchiling deposit (Li et al. 2009b). Later LA-ICPMS zircon U–Pb studies (Li et al. 2012a) indicated...Deposita (2013) 48:505–524 507 Fig. 2 Regional and mine geology of the Yuchiling district. a Regional geology...andesites, and dacites, with minor rhyolites. SHRIMP and LA-ICP-MS zircon U–Pb ages indicate that eruption of...or interpreting it as part of a large igneous province linked to a mantle plume (Sun et al. 1981; Zhang...biotite. The proportion of biotite is less than 5 vol%. LA-ICP-MS zircon U–Pb analyses indicate an intrusion
Report (issue)
geologicas-mineras sobre cobre en los prospectos de "Los Alisos", "La Caridad" y "El Alacran"- Reconocimiento geologico...L., and Gomez Caballero, A., 1986, Resultados de la evaluacion del deposito de boratos del area Tubutama...hierro de La Perla y La Negra, municipio de Camargo, Chihuahua [Iron deposits of La Perla and La Negra,...Cendejas F., C., and Barcenas R., A., 1978, Geologia de la region cuprifera del Transvaal, municipio de Cumpas... and Ortlieb, L., (eds.), Primero simposio sobre la geologia y potencial minero del estado de Sonora
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
20° La Colorado Rosario-Uyina-Quebrada Blanca Bolivia N Spence trench Chuquicamata eru-Chile Eocene-Oligocene...Eocene-Oligocene porphyry Cu-Mo belt La Escondida Axis of P 25° El Salvador Bajo de la Alumbrera Miocene porphyry...porphyry Cu-Au belt 30° Chile Argentina Miocene porphyry Cu-Mo belt Santiago 0 50 El Teniente 35° ...belts of the central Andes of southernmost Peru and Chile. Modified from Sillitoe and Perelló (2005). has...equivalent to the Domeyko fault system in northern Chile, which localized most of the younger Eocene porphyry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Surface over the El Salvador Porphyry Copper Deposit, Chile YASUSHI WATANABE† Institute for Geo-Resources and...surface over the El Salvador porphyry copper orebody, Chile (Fig. 1). Our goal is to better understand the zonation...veins. (2) The distribution of supergene glassy limonite, goethite, hematite and jarosite assemblages reflects...Cerro Pelado ult System Antofagasta 26 S Domeyko Fa 24 S Old Camp La Escondida(34, 32) 100 km M Gulch-Copper...other porphyry deposits (ages in Ma) in northern Chile (modified from Clark et al., 1998), with a simplified
Report (issue)
«2. of the eccisemene of the Misima Gold-Silver Mine, Papua New Guinea ........ .G. I. Wilson and R....C. Barwick eae ie Discovery. The McLaughlin Gold Mine, Napa, Yolo, and Lake Counties, California Fre...At the other extreme are the discoveries of Escondida and Neves-Corvo, where sound understanding of...is arbitrary, because concepts have changed in mine was in production until the 1970s. Some indi- cations...with new discoveries, augmented geologic the Los mine (Cronstedt, 1754). The alloy was called knowledge
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Turquesa Exotic Copper Orebody, El Salvador District, Chile TIMOTHY I. MOTE, GEORGE H BRIMHALL,† Department...MULLER, AND PEDRO CARRASCO Codelco-Chile, Huerfanos 1270, Santiago Chile Abstract A computerized district-scale...corridors leading to undiscovered exotic ores to extend mine life, and providing an estimate of the mass of copper...Turquesa Norte in the El Salvador district of northern Chile. Genesis of Exotic Copper Deposits Recent exploration...deposits, which will extend mine life of porphyry copper deposits in northern Chile, offers new opportunities
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compositions than similar deposits from Peru and Chile, except for the porphyry copper deposits of central...Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego provinces. Chubut province, the focus of this study, is situated between...high mountains – the Andean Cordillera between Chile and Argentina, and to the east, by an extensive...despite their widespread distribution to the west in Chile. Recently (1987–1997), gold- and silver-bearing...Argentinian Patagonia, within a part of Santa Cruz province known as the Deseado Massif (Genini 1988). Schalamuk
 
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