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Copiapite from
Alcaparrosa Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Copiapite
Formula:Fe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Metavoltine
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copiapite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alcaparrosa Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:48472
Long-form Identifier:1:3:48472:5
GUID (UUID V4):68ac9c9d-86ee-4104-a4e8-b6d6c3fad5d7
Nearest other occurrences of Copiapite
33.0km (20.5 miles) Queténa Mine (Queténa Prospect), Toki Cu deposit (Toki Cluster), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
37.9km (23.5 miles) La Compañia Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
48.1km (29.9 miles) Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
94.5km (58.7 miles) Lomas Bayas Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
References
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Report (issue)
granular pulverulent aggregates.] (by analogy to copiapite group members). Physical Properties: Cleavage:...8(1)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Challant-St. Anselme mine, Italy. 9.06 (100), 5.58 (80), 3.58 (78), 18.4 (70)...Anselme mine, Italy. (2) Mineral Group: 3+ • Fe3+ 2/3 Fe4 (SO4 )6 (OH)2 20H2 O. Copiapite group. Occurrence:...in Chile, in Atacama, at Tierra Amarilla, southeast of Copiapó; in Antofagasta, from Alcaparrosa, near...the Sierra Gorda district, both southwest of Calama. In the Capillitas mine, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Report (issue)
α = 90.29(6)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Sierra Gorda district, Chile. 7.92 (FFF), 8.69 (FF), 10.36 (F), 3...42 31.06 Total 99.63 100.00 (1) Sierra Gorda district, Chile. (2) Fe2 O(SO4 )2 8H2 O. • Occurrence:...Association: Metahohmannite, copiapite, amarantite, sideronatrite (Sierra Gorda district, Chile); chalcanthite, picromerite...fibroferrite, copiapite (Chuquicamata, Chile); metahohmannite, sulfur, cinnabar (Redington mine, California...Distribution: In Chile, in Antofagasta, from near Caracoles, Sierra Gorda district, and at Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos
Report (issue)
c = 8.69(1) Z=6 X-ray Powder Pattern: Cetine mine, Italy. 7.78 (100), 2.909 (87), 3.430 (66), 2.938...19.91 11.57 Total 100.07 100.00 (1) Sierra Gorda, Chile; total originally given as 100.11%. (2) Na3...Metavoltine, copiapite, coquimbite, sideronatrite, tamarugite, quenstedtite, römerite (Chile); gypsum,...rostite (Cetine mine, Italy). Distribution: From various localities in the Atacama Desert, Chile, as at Mina...Mina la Compania, near Sierra Gorda, Atacama; at Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama
Report (issue)
99.51 100.00 (1) La Campania, Chile. (2) Sierra Gorda [district], Chile; corresponds to K1.98 Na6.02 3+...Voltaite, botryogen, ferrinatrite, coquimbite, copiapite, sideronatrite, metasideronatrite, jarosite, alunogen...Campi Flegrei, near Naples, Campania; in the Cetine mine, 20 km southwest of Siena, Tuscany; from the Grotto...Cochise Co., Arizona. In Chile, in Antofagasta, at Quetena, west of Calama; Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos...Bayos, and Sierra Gorda, both southwest of Calama, and at Chuquicamata. In Argentina, from the Santa Bárbara
Report (issue)
= 95.65(2)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Sierra Gorda [district], Chile. 11.25 (FFF), 8.69 (FFF), 3.57 (FF)...35.81 28.28 Total 100.23 100.00 (1) Paposa, Chile. (2) Fe2 O(SO4 )2 7H2 O. • Occurrence: A secondary...chalcanthite, copiapite, coquimbite, sideronatrite. Distribution: In Chile, in Antofagasta, from the Union...Union mine, Reventon district, near Paposo, at the Compania mine, east of Sierra Gorda; from Quetena,... west of Calama, Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama, and at Chuquicamata; at Tierra
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
similar to those observed at Arad Samra, and copiapite and parabutlerite could be present at Tyrone Mount...1 Rhomboclase Alcaparra, Chile ML-S85 29.1.1.1 Rhomboclase Alcaparra, Chile ML-S89 29.1.1.1 Rhomboclase...Cerritos Bay, Alcaparrosa, Chile ML-S84 29.4.4.1 Ferrinatrite Sierra Gorda, Cahacoles, Chile R6214 29.4...Ferrinatrite Sierra Gorda, Antofagaste, Chile VZO105/106 29.4.6.1 Metavoltine Mina Alcaparrosa, Calama, Atacama...Atacama Desert, Chile G2677 29.4.6.1 Metavoltine Cetine Mine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy VZO1142 29.5.1.1
Report (issue)
13 c = 7.22 Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Alcaparrosa, Chile. 4.99 (FFF), 3.11 (FFF), 5.83 (F), 3.60 (mF)...(2) 38.96 39.06 21.98 Total 100.59 • (1) Alcaparrosa, Chile. (2) Fe(SO4 )(OH) 2H2 O. 100.00 SO3 Fe2...by alteration of other sulfates. Association: Copiapite, cuprocopiapite, butlerite, jarosite, melanterite...of Calama, and Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama, Antofagasta, Chile. In the Santa...Santa Elena mine, Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa, San Juan Province, Argentina. In the USA, at the Dexter No.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY OF THREE SULPHATE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN CHILE* Moss' Menr C. BaNov, HaraardUniaersity,Combri'd'ge...Chuquicamata, euerena, and Alcaparrosa, three sulphate deposits near calama, in Northern chile. The sulphate and...of these minerals are known only from northern chile and twelve are known only from these three deposits...mineralogy of Chuquicamata, euetena and. Alcaparrosa in Northern chile forms the basis of this paper. The writer...the deposits in the field. rn 1935 he returned to chile in behalf of Harvard University and the United States
Report (issue)
c = 7.11–7.14 X-ray Powder Pattern: Quetena, Chile. 8.86 (FFF), 2.998 (F), 6.29 (mF), 5.11 (mF), 5...28 9.64 32.53 Total 99.51 100.00 (1) Redington mine, California, USA. (2) MgFe(SO4 )2 (OH) • 7H2 O....pyrite, especially in arid climates. Association: Copiapite, amarantite, hohmannite, coquimbite, voltaite...the Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar, Harz Mountains, Germany. In Chile, in Antofagasta, at Chuquicamata...Calama, and Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama. From the Santa Elena mine, Quebrada
Report (issue)
Rhomboclase, halotrichite, fibroferrite, römerite, copiapite, voltaite, pyrite. Distribution: Widespread in...Czech Republic. From the Staszic mine, Rudki, Poland. In the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, Black Forest...of Calama, and Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama, Antofagasta, Chile. From the Santa...Santa Elena mine, Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa, San Juan Province, Argentina. In the USA, from the Tintic...Tintic Standard mine, near Dividend, East Tintic district, Utah Co., Utah; at Bisbee, Cochise Co. and in the
Report (issue)
• Fe2+ Fe3+ 4 (SO4 )6 (OH)2 20H2 O Copiapite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal...Fe2 O3 Mineral Group: 25.55 FeO H2 O insol. Copiapite group. Occurrence: A secondary mineral formed...material from: in Chile, at Tierra Amarilla, southeast of Copiapó, Atacama; from Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos...Bayos, southwest of Calama, and at Chuquicamata, Antofagasta. In the USA, in California, from Coso Hot Springs...Springs, Inyo Co., Sulphur Bank, Lake Co., the Alma mine, Leona Heights, Alameda Co., and elsewhere; from
Report (issue)
85 Total 99.79 100.00 (1) Tierra Amarilla, Chile. (2) Fe2 (SO4 )3 • 9H2 O. Polymorphism & Series:...associated with fumarolic activity. Association: Copiapite, paracoquimbite, voltaite, szomolnokite, römerite...Distribution: Abundant at numerous localities in Chile: from Tierra Amarilla, southeast of Copiapó, Atacama;...Chuquicamata, and at Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama, Antofagasta. In the USA, in Arizona...at Bisbee, Cochise Co., and from the United Verde mine, Jerome, Yavapai Co.; near Borate, San Bernardino
Report (issue)
= 5.84–5.87 X-ray Powder Pattern: United Verde mine, Arizona, USA. 4.97 (FF), 3.15 (F), 3.59 (mF), 3... 101.46 100.00 38.96 21.97 (1) United Verde mine, Arizona, USA. (2) Fe(SO4 )(OH) • 2H2 O. Polymorphism...fumarolic conditions from mine fires. Association: Parabutlerite, copiapite, fibroferrite, other iron...the United Verde copper mine, Jerome, Yavapai Co., Arizona; at the Lone Star mine, La Bajada district, Santa...Santa Fe Co., New Mexico; in the Dexter No. 7 mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael district, Emery Co., Utah;
Report (issue)
27.254(8) Z = 16 X-ray Powder Pattern: Konomai mine, Hokkaido, Japan. 3.54 (10), 3.41 (9), 5.57 (7)...metavoltine, römerite, hexahydrite, coquimbite, copiapite, rhomboclase, krausite, jarosite, goldichite,...Italy. Large crystals in the Rio Tinto mine, Huelva Province, Spain. In Slovakia, at Smolnı́k (Szomolnok)...Kremnica (Kremnitz), Czech Republic. At the Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar, Harz Mountains, Germany. In the Rozdol...district, Iran. In Chile, at Chuquicamata, Quetena, west of Calama, and Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos
Report (issue)
c = 7.656 Z = 18 X-ray Powder Pattern: Cetine mine, Italy. 12.10 (100), 4.57 (53), 6.98 (42), 4.07...krausite, coquimbite, parabutlerite, butlerite, copiapite, epsomite, gypsum, pyrite. Distribution: Worldwide...too numerous to list. Studied material from: in Chile, at Tierra Amarilla, near Coquimbó, Atacama; from...Chuquicamata, Antofagasta. Thick beds in the Santa Elena mine, Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa, San Juan Province, Argentina...Co., and in the Redington mine, Knoxville, Napa Co.; from the Shattuck mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
O)2, a new hydrophobic Ti4+ sulfate from Alcaparrosa, Chile A. R. KAMPF1,*, S. J. MILLS2, R. M. HOUSLEY3... Australia Pasaje San Agustin 4045, La Serena, Chile [Received 28 September 2011; Accepted 19 December...mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile (IMA2011-024). The...sulfate, crystal structure, hydrophobic, Alcaparrosa mine, Chile. * E-mail: akampf@nhm.org DOI: 10.1180/minmag...herein was first discovered at the Alcaparrosa mine near Cerritos Bayas, Chile (approximately 22º39’S, 69º10’W)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
18H2O, a new mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Antofagasta region, Chile NIKITA V. CHUKANOV1,*, SERGEY...discovered in the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerro Alcaparrosa, El Loa province, Antofagasta region, Chile, in two associations...structure; oxidation zone; Alcaparrosa mine; Chile. Antofagasta region, Chile. Additional material was...collected at the same locality in January 2016. The Alcaparrosa polymetallic sulfide deposit consists of a series...the abandoned Alcaparrosa sulfate mine and located on the north side of Cerro Alcaparrosa, about 3 km southwest
Report (issue)
90◦ 32(10)0 X-ray Powder Pattern: Island Mountain mine, California, USA. 4.79 (10), 4.03 (9), 5.05 (5)... Total 99.76 100.00 2+ 3+ (1) Tierra Amarilla, Chile; corresponds to Fe0.97 Fe2.02 (SO4 )3.98 • 13.81H2...uncommonly a volcanic sublimate. Association: Copiapite, melanterite, voltaite, halotrichite, szomolnokite... Distribution: In Germany, from the Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar, Harz Mountains; at Pfaffenreuth, near...Tmavýdůl coal mine, near Rtyně, and from Přı́bram, Czech Republic. In the Kamariza mine, Laurium, Greece
Report (issue)
post-mining origin. Association: Szomolnokite, copiapite, römerite, voltaite, epsomite, halotrichite,...Ukraine. At the Esperanza mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru. In Chile, from Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest...southwest of Calama, Antofagasta. Large crystals in the Socavon mine, Oruro, Bolivia. In the USA, from...from the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., and in the Magma mine, Superior district, Pinal Co., Arizona
Report (issue)
262(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Középső-György mine, Hungary. 4.78 (100), 3.484 (75), 6.02 (35), 4.29...44.51 Total 99.25 100.00 (1) Középső-György mine, Hungary; after subtraction of ferrohexahydrite...fumaroles and hot springs. Association: Melanterite, copiapite, gypsum, epsomite, alunogen. Distribution: Widespread...Naples, Campania, Italy. From the Középső-György mine, Recsk, Mátra Mountains, Hungary. At Falun, Sweden...Lassen, Shasta Co., California; from the Dexter No. 7 mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael district, Emery Co., Utah
Report (issue)
18(8)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Tierra Amarilla, Chile. 4.08 (FFF), 5.78 (FF), 4.19 (FF), 3.80 (F), 5.03...Total 99.24 100.00 100.00 (1) Tierra Amarilla, Chile; a separate determination by the Penfield method... Association: Coquimbite, copiapite, römerite. Distribution: In Chile, from Tierra Amarilla, southeast... Atacama, and at Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama, Antofagasta. From the Sulphur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2015-4762 66 acid mine drainage environments; conversely, many Fe2+ sulfates...amarantite, beaverite, botryogen-Zn, butlerite, copiapite/ferricopiapite, coquimbite/paracoquimbite, goldichite...Fe(SO4)(OH)·3 H2O R6254-A; ε ch; R <45 μm Sierra Borda, Antofagasta, Chile; Collection of the Smithsonian-National...H2O C5525-3; ε ch; R <45 μm Mina Quetena, Calama, Chile; Collection of the Smithsonian-National Museum...California Copiapite (w/25% FeFe4(SO4)6(OH)2·20 H2O SPT125; ε ch; R <45 μm Sierra Gorda, Chile; Collection
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and chemical data are reported for a ferrian copiapite from CaliHzo, lattice fornia, with a cell content...different from that of a magnesiocopiapite from Alcaparrosa (Chile) reported by Siisse (1970). Lattice parameters...indicate that Alcaparrosa crystals are actually pseudocopiapite. The possibility that copiapite and pseudocopiapite...of copiapite.. When the X position is occupied by a trivalent cation, as is the case of copiapite under...chemical composition, are grouped under the name copiapite. The mineral occurs frequently in associationwith
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Central Atacama Province, Chile Abstract: Geologically, the central part of Atacama Province straddles the...contact between the Andean batholith of western Chile and the stratified rocks to the east. Apophyses...The entire area is in the copper metallogenetic province of Ruiz and Ericksen (1962), and parts of it are...hypogene ore deposits in Chile are represented in the central part of Atacama Province. However, most of the...rare supergene minerals—remolinite, nantokite, copiapite, bordosite, and chanarcillite—are in the area
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
roemerite, coquimbite , halotrichite , quenstedtite, copiapite et chalcanthite ; puis spéciaux ; la fibroferrite...l'étude des sulfates de Tierra Amarilla ceux de Sierra Gorda qui sont à ma disposition et qui m'ont fourni...renseignements précieux sur l'Àmarantite, la Copiapite, le Botryogène et la Hohmannite. J'ai tenu à faire...que fort peu de choses des gisements des Sierras Gorda et Alcaparrqssa. Le premier nom couvre sans doute...ou de hohmmnite entièrement englobés dan§ upe copiapite grenue, saccharoïde, de dépôt postérieur, Les
 
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