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Gypsum from Antofagasta, Chile

Chile
 
  • Antofagasta
    • Antofagasta Province
      • Antofagasta
ArfĂš, Giuseppe, Boni, Maria, Mondillo, Nicola, Aiello, Roberto, Balassone, Giuseppina, Arseneau, Vernon, Soyk, Dominik (2016) Supergene Alteration In the Capricornio AU-AG Epithermal Vein System, Antofagasta Region, Chile. The Canadian Mineralogist, 54 (3) 681-706 doi:10.3749/canmin.1600012
        • Escondida
Arancibia, G., Matthews, S.J., Cornejo, P., PĂ©rez de Arce, C., Zuluaga, J.I., and Kasaneva, S. (2006): Mineralium Deposita 41, 505-516.
WARREN, I. (2005) Geology, geochemistry, and genesis of the El Pe˜nón epithermal Au-Ag deposit, northern Chile: Characteristics of a bonanza-grade deposit and techniques for exploration. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, New Zealand, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 428 pp.
Econ Geol (1985) 80:1227-1258
Gibbons, Jack. (2018) "Magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of the pampa escondida porphyry copper deposit northern, chile." PhD diss., The University of Arizona, 2018.
Cameron, E.M., Leybourne, M.I., and Palacios, C. (2007): Mineralium Deposita 42, 205-218.
Personally collected by GĂŒnter Frenz
Wet Chemical by Gerhard Möhn
      • Cuevitas
        • San CristĂłbal
Sample from the collection of CopiapĂł School of Mine
Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C. (2008) Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. Open-File Report 2008-1155
      • Mejillones
        • Mejillones peninsula
identified by Igor V. Pekov
www.handbookofmineralogy.com (2019) http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/mejillonesite.pdf
Atencio, D., Chukanov, N. V., Nestola, F., Witzke, T., Coutinho, J. M. V., Zadov, A. E., Contreira Filho, R. R., Farber, G. (2012) Mejillonesite, a new acid sodium, magnesium phosphate mineral, from Mejillones, Antofagasta, Chile. American Mineralogist, 97 (1) 19-25 doi:10.2138/am.2012.3867
Some of the Sulphates has been identified and confirmed by Dr Tony Kampf and Dr. Stuart Mills, LAC Musuem, CA, USA
identified by Gerhard Möhn
Gerhard Möhn collection
      • Michilla District
Oliveros, V., TristĂĄ-Aguilera, D., FĂ©raud, G., Morata, D., Aguirre, L., Kojima, S., and Ferraris, F. (2008): Mineralium Deposita 43, 61-78.
      • Sierra Gorda
samples analysed by Gerhard Moehn and Joy Desor
        • Caracoles mining district
          • Caracoles
Brugger, J., Meisser, N., Ansermet, S., Krivovichev, S. V., Kahlenberg, V., Belton, D., Ryan, C. G. (2012) Leucostaurite, Pb2[B5O9]Cl·0.5H2O, from the Atacama Desert: The first Pb-dominant member of the hilgardite group, and micro-determination of boron in minerals by PIGE. American Mineralogist, 97 (7) 1206-1212 doi:10.2138/am.2012.4082
Braithwaite, R. S. W., Mereiter, K., Paar, W. H., Clark, A. M. (2004) Herbertsmithite, Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2, a new species, and the definition of paratacamite. Mineralogical Magazine, 68 (3) 527-539 doi:10.1180/0026461046830204
Mr. Terry Szenics
V. Sapienza collection
Samples analysed by Dr. Jochen Schluter (Hamburg University), Germany.
[var. Selenite] Mr. Terry Szenics.
          • La Deseada sector
            • Sierra San JosĂ©
. Tartakowsky: "Visita a la Mina Araucana, Sierra San José, Caracoles, Antofagasta"
IIG, Stgo de Chile, 1921.
          • Quebrada Honda
Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Demetrius Pohl identified AMNH 1985
Seeligerite, Cotunnite A.Kampf LANHM single xtl XRD 2022
samples analysed by Gerhard Mohn and Joy Desor
[var. Selenite] Rob Lavinky samples
analysed by XRD methods in USA
      • Taltal
samples analysed by Jochen Schluter, Gerhard Mohn and Joy Desor
Samples analysed by Dr. Jochen Schluter (Hamburg University), Germany.
Hubert Putz collection (SXRD-analysed by Uwe Kolitsch)
    • El Loa Province
      • Calama
        • Atahualpa district
Saric N. et altri (1971)
"Apuntes sobre algunas minas de la regiĂłn costera de Antofagasta"
IIG, Stgo de Chile.
Saric N. et altri (1971)
"Apuntes sobre algunas minas de la regiĂłn costera de Antofagasta"
IIG, Stgo de Chile
        • Cerritos Bayos
[var. Selenite] M.Dini & A.Molina collection
minerals confirmed by Dr. Jochen Schluter analysis
        • Chuquicamata District
Lambiel, F., Dold, B. S., & Fontboté, L. (2012). Present copper-rich" gel" formation in the giant porphyry copper deposit of Chuquicamata (northern Chile).
Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Freeport-McMoRan
TESIS PARA OPTAR AL GRADO DE MAGÍSTER EN CIENCIAS, MENCIÓN GEOLOGÍA MEMORIA PARA OPTAR AL TÍTULO DE GEÓLOGO CONSTANZA BEATRIZ NICOLAU DEL ROURE EYLERTS, 2013
      • San Pedro de Atacama
        • Cordillera de la Sal
De Waele, J., Carbone, C., Sanna, L., Vattano, M., Galli, E., & Forti, P. (2017). Secondary minerals from halite caves in the Atacama Desert (Chile). In 17th International Congress of Speleology (No. I, pp. 242-246). Australian Speleological Federation Inc.
De Waele, J., Carbone, C., Sanna, L., Vattano, M., Galli, E., & Forti, P. (2017). Secondary minerals from halite caves in the Atacama Desert (Chile). In 17th International Congress of Speleology (No. I, pp. 242-246). Australian Speleological Federation Inc.
De Waele, J., Forti, P., Picotti, V., Galli, E., Rossi, A., Brook, G., & Cucchi, F. (2009). Cave deposits in Cordillera de la Sal (Atacama, Chile). Geological Constrains on the Onset and Evolution of an Extreme Environment: the Atacama area. Geoacta, Special Publication, 2, 113-117.
De Waele, J., Carbone, C., Sanna, L., Vattano, M., Galli, E., & Forti, P. (2017). Secondary minerals from halite caves in the Atacama Desert (Chile). In 17th International Congress of Speleology (No. I, pp. 242-246). Australian Speleological Federation Inc.
De Waele, J., Forti, P., Picotti, V., Galli, E., Rossi, A., Brook, G., & Cucchi, F. (2009). Cave deposits in Cordillera de la Sal (Atacama, Chile). Geological Constrains on the Onset and Evolution of an Extreme Environment: the Atacama area. Geoacta, Special Publication, 2, 113-117.
De Waele, J., Forti, P., Picotti, V., Galli, E., Rossi, A., Brook, G., & Cucchi, F. (2009). Cave deposits in Cordillera de la Sal (Atacama, Chile). Geological Constrains on the Onset and Evolution of an Extreme Environment: the Atacama area. Geoacta, Special Publication, 2, 113-117.
De Waele, J., Carbone, C., Sanna, L., Vattano, M., Galli, E., & Forti, P. (2017). Secondary minerals from halite caves in the Atacama Desert (Chile). In 17th International Congress of Speleology (No. I, pp. 242-246). Australian Speleological Federation Inc.
De Waele, J., Carbone, C., Sanna, L., Vattano, M., Galli, E., & Forti, P. (2017). Secondary minerals from halite caves in the Atacama Desert (Chile). In 17th International Congress of Speleology (No. I, pp. 242-246). Australian Speleological Federation Inc.
De Waele, J., Carbone, C., Sanna, L., Vattano, M., Galli, E., & Forti, P. (2017). Secondary minerals from halite caves in the Atacama Desert (Chile). In 17th International Congress of Speleology (No. I, pp. 242-246). Australian Speleological Federation Inc.
Guo, Dongwei, Yanhe Li, Chao Duan, and Changfu Fan. (2022) "Involvement of Evaporite Layers in the Formation of Iron Oxide-Apatite Ore Deposits: Examples from the Luohe Deposit in China and the El Laco Deposit in Chile" Minerals 12, no. 8: 1043. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12081043
Reich, M., Palacios, C., Vargas, G., Luo, S., Cameron, E.M., Leybourne, M.I., Parada, M.A., Zuniga, A., and You, C.-F. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 497-504.
Inostroza, M., Aguilera, F., Menzies, A., Layana, S., GonzĂĄlez, C., Ureta, G., ... & Tagle, R. (2020). Deposition of metals and metalloids in the fumarolic fields of Guallatiri and Lastarria volcanoes, northern Chile. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 393, 106803.
    • Tocopilla Province
      • MarĂ­a Elena
Marta, V. E. G. A., & Pueyo, J. (1996) Parental Brine Evolution in the Chilean Nitrate Deposits (Pedro de Valdivia, II Region de Antofagasta). Mineralogical and Petrographic Data. Third ISAG, S1 Malo (France), 17-19/9/1996
Stoertz, G. E., & Ericksen, G. E. (1974). Geology of salars in northern Chile. USGS Professional Paper 811
      • Punta Blanca area
Nisterenko, G. V., Losert, J., ChĂĄvez, L., & Naumov, V. B. (2010). Temperaturas y presiones de formaciĂłn de algunos yacimientos cuprĂ­feros de Chile. Andean Geology, 1(1).
Reich, M., Palacios, C., Vargas, G., Luo, S., Cameron, E.M., Leybourne, M.I., Parada, M.A., Zuniga, A., and You, C.-F. (2009): Mineralium Deposita 44, 497-504.
 
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