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Miersite from
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Miersite
Formula:(Ag,Cu)I
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chenevixite4 photos of Miersite associated with Chenevixite at this locality.
Lindgrenite1 photo of Miersite associated with Lindgrenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Miersite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:213843
Long-form Identifier:1:3:213843:5
GUID (UUID V4):569cce27-a474-4271-a7a8-b2fbd6e540c6
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FLUID SOURCES IN ARID REGIONS: INSIGHTS FROM THE CHUQUICAMATA OXIDE BLANKET MARTIN REICH,1,2,† GLEN T. SNYDER...Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA), Universidad de Chile, Santiago...Santiago, Chile 3 Department 4 Eion Cameron Geochemical Inc., Carp, Ontario, Canada 5 Department 6 Department...largest supergene Cu profile at the Chuquicamata deposit in northern Chile, where anomalous concentrations...reported. All supergene marshite (CuI) samples from Chuquicamata and iodine-rich soil above the Mansa Mina deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
al., 2012); ii) an occurrence at Silberbrünnle mine, Gengenbach, BadenWürttemberg, Germany (Wittern...Hg Hg OI Cu3(IO3)62H2O A G 2002-022 USA 1940 Chile iodide iodate Bluebellite Brüggenite Carlosruizite...Carlosruizite A A A 2013-121 USA 1970-040 Chile 1993-020 Chile iodate iodate selenate Coccinite Cu6(IO3)(OH)10Cl...AgI A A 1987-050a Chile 1962s.p. Mexico sulfate iodide Lautarite Marshite Miersite Moschelite Ca(IO3)2...iodide Chile Chile Chile Russia Chile Australia Australia Germany Chile Chile Chile USA Chile unknown
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Book (volume)
100. Found at several mines in the Huantajaya district, calcite, embolite, cerargyrite, bromyrite, iodyrite...unstable and AgCl exsolves on standing.^^ Tarapacd, Chile, associated with Sylvite 7 Ref. 1. 015 Goldschmidt...various sulfates in the nitrate deposits of Tarapaca, Chile, and similarly in Peru. In the United States sylvite...amounts at many places in Chile, as at Caracoles in Antofagasta, the Huantajaya district in Tarapaca, and especially...Obtained in notable amounts in the Broken Hill district. New South Wales (bromian pt.). In the United
Book (edition)
ACGAEC Acra del XV Co11greso Geologico Argentino, El Ca/afate ACSc Acta Clremica Sca11di11a1•ica AE... of CanadaFinal Program and Abstracts Geochimica el Cosmochimica Acta Geologiska Fore11i11ge11S i Stockholm...Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de...Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the...104(3). 326-328 □ Achavnlitc, FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza
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symbols are used: E — approved by the CNMMN [1466]; El — discredited by the CNMMN [248]; E — “Grandfather”...K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...brownish-yellow, green, white, etc. Chanarcillo, Chile. H= 3.5, Djj4= 4.434, Dq= 4.45, VHB 04. Friedel...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minera Dominicana, C/ José A. Brea Peña #3, Edificio District Tower, Level 3, Ensanche Evaristo Morales, Santo...east of the town of Maimón in the Monseñor Nouel Province (Fig. 1). Although it was discovered in the 70’s...operations did not commence until November 2008. The mine is 100% owned and operated by the Australian company...Merrill-Crowe precipitation. The Cerro de Maimón Mine Plant process 1,300 tpd sulfides ore and 700 tpd...summer 2009. Gossan samples were collected from 10 mine benches (from bench 195 to bench 150) in order to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
product of spessartite. From Beldongri, Nhgpur district, Central Provinces, India. Benitoite. G.D. Louderbaek...scale.% together with other uranium minerals, in province Fergana, Russian Turkistan. Related to carnotite...resembling jade in appearance ; from the jadeite mine at Bhamo, Burma. Possibly t~e same as the psoudojadeite...mineral molybdenite. It occurs in the Himmelsfilrst mine, Freiberg, Saxony, and alters to flsemannite. Juddite...a braunite-albito rock at K~charw~hi, N/Lgpur district, Central Provinces, Indi~ The pleochroism (carmine
Book
Broken Hill, New South Wales; Chanarcillo, Atacama, Chile; and in the states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua,...Keweenaw area of north Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico....crystals from Landsberg, W. Germany; and Coquimbo, Chile. Diamond C The transparent, crystalline form of...areas including Kimberley, Pretoria (the Premier mine is in this area), and Jagersfontein in the Orange...Localities. Lead is found in Sweden at the Harstig mine, Pajsberg; from the gold placers of the Ural Mountains
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1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...The Canadian Mineralogist 2 val ( ew ‘ )) AT “EL aye ia a ae daaYepAoNpte Nee Y ; Limonite, Eldorado
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country names are...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga
Book (edition)
Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...Pelican Dives rnine , Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise...Juab County, and with austinite at the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utal1; in Inyo, San Bernardino,...Simon mine, Mineral AENIGMATITE County , Nevada. Magnificent specimens occur at the Ojuela mine, Mapimi
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...TY EP ie is eet i fro 7 tin tas o/iotewy” el ry: ae ~“ytivee Pahaiecl apeaivent 7 1d sadinee...ye ty a ara id (ean ® “1 le hI AAP : oo A Mine seh Ranier “i i : lever vei ekealps ; cet
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia;
Book (edition)
British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...BD ' REVEM : Ri : Revie wis ity ey ist RMS EL Oe mala | ROBB & . = id ohlane nerwiplapinion)...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Lake Co., Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan...Calaveras, Amador, and El Dorado Cos.—exceptional crystallized specimens from Placerville, El Dorado Co., Greenville
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In the shafts and tunnels of a sixteenth-century mine INTRODUCTION arabic^groffcvinditaris.f} norrafludd9...want to check this, you will have to visit a salt mine; halides are dissolved by groundwater if they are...walking and for work in such places as quarries and mine dumps. The second requirement is for old, expendable...Collectors working on the spoil tip of a mine. Quarries and mine workings remain a fruitful source for the...are in northern Chile, where the principal mineral is nitratine, also known as Chile saltpetre or soda
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want to check this, you will have to visit a salt mine; halides are dissolved by groundwater if they are...walking and for work in such places as quarries and mine dumps. The second requirement is for old, expendable...Collectors working on the spoil tip ofa mine. Quarries and mine workings remain a fruitful source for...are in northern Chile, where the principal mineral is nitratine, also known as Chile saltpetre or soda...metal or commodity markets, so it may be economic to mine a deposit one year but not the next. Abundance and
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complex high-temperature reactions take place among mine~als, and each mineral assemblage produced is a clue...very metallic, and their atoms tend to lose their el ectrica I n eutra I ity, becoming ions with one positive...found in England, U.S.S.R., Australia, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Michigan, New Mexico, Massachusetts...Ore Montezuma, Colo. Dendritic Silver McMillan Mine, Ariz. Jewelry Silver Ore. Cobalt, Ontario Silver...West Germany, France, Sardinia, Sweden, Australia, Chile, Mexico, Canada, and California. CAUTION: antimony
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States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Guyana, Chile, and Peru have been honored. This honor has also...chemist and mineralogist; student of Torbern Bergman; mine owner and mineral analyst; trained J. J. Berzelius...Azores. gamagarite, Gamagara ridge, Postmasburg district, South Africa. garronite, Garron plateau area...(Labrador Territory) and andalusite (Andalusia, a province of Spain). Several American county names are alleghanyite...grantsite, Grants, New Mexico. nantokite, Nantoko, Chile. terlinguaite, Terlingua, Texas. tobermorite, Tobermory
Book (edition)
well shown by the metal produced by the National mine in northern Nevada which contained very nearly equal...igneous and metamorphic rocks, as in the Porcupine district of Ontario. Gold is also important in some placer...930 (Larsen). Colorless. Found at Carmen Bajo, Chile, and Broken Hill mines, New South Wales. 0 Marshite...Hill mines, New South Wales, and at Chuquicamata, Chile. Miersite (4AgI-CuI), described as a definite...with ores of lead, copper, etc., as at Atacama, Chile; Freiberg, Germany; Austin, Nevada, etc. Calomel
Book
GUY PERRAULT Cinabre Piute Co., Utah EDITIONS ma el ja ser C.P. 310, LaPrairie, Qué. J5R 3Y3 — (514)...bunsenite et smithsonite. D’autres noms indiquent la EL chimique du minéral; par exemple, chromite, béryl...Le Mexique en est le principal producteur; on le mine de roches granitiques des Rocheuses méridionales...semblables. || est insoluble dans l'eau mais on le mine en le faisant fondre par un jet de vapeur surchauffée... Sardaigne, Grèce, etc. 84 Réalgar Ophir District, Utah Réalgar sur quartz Manhattan, Nevada à
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Hydrothermal Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 -...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART...Geological Sciences of the University of Texas at El Paso made facilities available during preparation
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Hydrothermal Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART...vo tAanpilite = c ‘i = are he tae ¢ TABLES EL 1.2 1.3 2.1 a2 2.3 3.1 3.2 3:3 3-4 3-5 a} 3.8
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l'Universite-Pierre et Marie Curie, de l'Institut Catholique. Province. - Les collections de l'Ecole des Mines d'Ales...de Strasbourg. De nombreu-;es autres villes de province possedent des collections interessantes par leur...pseudomorphoses d'aragonite en cuivre natif, de !)el gemme en calcite ... Rappelons que les transformations...de Pierre Curie, Franklinite Zn Fe 2 0 4 : de la mine de Franklin Furnace dans le New-Jersey (U.S.A.)...differentes formes du carbone et les mineraux de la mine du platine. II faut souligner le role de ces metaux
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CO3)4.0-6H2O, from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The powder diagram...Greenish-blue hexagonal crystals from the Bou-Skour copper mine, Jebel Sarhro,* Ouazazate,* Morocco, have the composition...270. Natural /1-FeOOH, occurring at the Akagane mine, Iwate prefecture, Japan, and named from the locality...1931. Bol. Minero Soc. Nac. Mineria, Santiago de Chile, vol. 43 (ano 47), p. 433; Zeits. Prakt. Geol.,...massive, occurring in large amount near Salamanca, Chile. Named from the chemical composition. [Evidently
 
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