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Gold from
San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Caracoles mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Caracoles mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:978613
Long-form Identifier:1:3:978613:4
GUID (UUID V4):b3bb5c5f-4bac-4753-bb1c-8238a43e3f9c
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
7.0km (4.3 miles) La Compañia Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
9.3km (5.8 miles) Faride Mine, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
29.3km (18.2 miles) El Telégrafo Cu deposit, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
30.2km (18.7 miles) Esperanza Mine, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
79.3km (49.3 miles) Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
80.4km (50.0 miles) Chuquicamata Underground Mine, Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
References
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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...Geologia y Yacimientos Metaliferos de la Region de Antofagasta: Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria, Boletin...well as descriptions of the major mines throughout Chile with insights as to their genesis. Finally, Frutos
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that the majority of large mineral deposits and mining districts are situated in the outcrops of these...radiometric ages of mineral deposits. Sixteen mining districts in Chile, and 24 in Argentina, were attributed...to the seismically active fracture zones. Major mining districts and individual large mineral deposits...zones roughly parallel to the axis of the Peru-Chile trench (Carachas-Portillo, Choquelimpie, Iquique...presently active Andean subduction (Aconcagua and Sierra del VolcaÂn F.Z.). The occurrences of large mineral
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...Technology, Cambridge, Mass. i l&'. L. WHITEHEAD. gold, were disappointed in the regionof Atacama;but,...localities; silver was encounteredat Huantajaya, Caracoles, Ladrillos, Tres Puntas, Arqueros and at Chafiarcillo
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posters. In addition, approximately $40,000 worth of gold and silver coins was melted in the blaze. Fortunately...crystals from the Aris Phonolite Quarry (Windhoek District. Khomas Region. Namibia). In my view they are...collected April or May 2006 in the Cigana Mine (used to be Jocao Mine) (Galilea, Minas Gerais, • Brasil). The...crystals on prehnite from Da Liang Shan (Sichuan Province. China) but never saw them myself, but I did see...novelty. Vesuvianite crystals from Da Ye (Hubei Province) were new to me. The crystals are about 1 cm,
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samples; also shiny terminations from Freiberg and Chile on similar pieces. The chemistry is rather consistent...collected probably in I.he I 920"s from the Keeley Mine. South Loraine Township. Ontario. Canada purchased...Terry Szenics from the San Francisco mine, Sien-a Gorda, Antofagasta Province. Chile. The mineral forms a...Atacama Desert, Antofagasta Province, Chile. An excellent contribution to the mineralogy of Chile and the credit...Redness in Minerals Red is rare in elements; colloidal gold, bromine, some phosphorus and selenium powder (Emsley
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CAPRICORNIO Au-Ag EPITHERMAL VEIN SYSTEM, ANTOFAGASTA REGION, CHILE GIUSEPPE ARFȧ AND MARIA BONI* Dipartimento...Paleocene–Eocene metallogenic belt, 60 km ENE of Antofagasta in the physiographic Central Depression, between...Au) and occurs together with Fe-oxy-hydroxides. Gold has also been locally remobilized and may occur...epithermal, Au-Ag, supergene Au-Ag, aridity, gold, Antofagasta Region, Central Depression. § Corresponding...CANADIAN MINERALOGIST INTRODUCTION The Antofagasta region in northern Chile hosts many of the world’s significant
Book
Sillitoe Jeffrey W. Hedenquist, Michael Harris, and Francisco Camus, Editors Special Publications of the Society...Sillitoe Jeffrey W. Hedenquist, Michael Harris, and Francisco Camus, Editors First Edition 2012 Printed by...label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...Finlayson ix Jeffrey W. Hedenquist, Michael Harris, Francisco Camus xiii Richard H. Sillitoe 1 Sergio L... Sillitoe, Chilong Wong, Patricio Fernández, Francisco Crignola, Marco Ipinza, and Felipe Urzúa 55
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Ayquina Fono: (55) 33 1655 Fax: (55) 33 1666 ANTOFAGASTA Av. Pedro Aguirre Cerda 6435 Barrio Industrial...Ayquina Fono: (55) 33 1655 Fax: (55) 33 1666 ANTOFAGASTA Av. Pedro Aguirre Cerda 6435 Barrio Industrial...A. El nuevo escenario que deja el accidente en San José 10 • Consejo Editorial: Felipe Azócar Ricardo...Loyola, Ricardo Pastén • Impresión: World Color Chile S.A. • Tirada: 11.000 ejemplares. MINERIA CHILENA...Canadá US$ 250; Europa y Resto del Mundo US$ 285. En Chile, la revista se distribuye en forma gratuita a profesionales
Book (edition)
Erbium Europium Fluorine Gadolinium Gallium Gennanium Gold Hafnium Helium Holmium Al Sb A As Ba Be Bi B Br...Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de... tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the San Rafael swell about 47...Achavnlitc, FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza, Argentina. l'UM...a seri Qlh·enite. compare E\Clte. Chanårcillo. Chile . .\U 6. 320-328 (str.) witb 0/ivenite 0 Adamsite-(\')
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Origin of Copper-bearingTourmaline BrecciaPipes, Chile R. H. SILLITOEAND F. J. SAWKINS Abstract In northandcentralChile...pipesandthelatterstages of theearliestTertiarymagmatic cycle in Chile. This studyincludes groupsof tourmaline breccia...NEAR-VERTICAL columnsof brecciacementedby tour- tinela, San Pedro de Cachiyuyo,Cachiyuyode maline,quartzandsulfides...wide distribution in Chile and workedon a relativelysmall scalefor copper,gold the additionaloccurrenceselsewhere...undertakenbecausethis classof depositis closely centeredon the San Pedro de Cachiyuyogroup of associated in time and
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Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...Locality: Salar de Carcote deposit, El Loa province, Antofagasta, Chile. Description: Colourless crystal from...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta province, Argentina (type locality). Description: Colourless...Bandylite 27 CuB(OH)4F Locality: Palestina, Atacama, Chile. Description: Blue crystals from the association...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:
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Germantown, NY, and thought to be native platinum. Small gold nuggets are known from this placer. Both minerals...Transylvania, Romania). A new mineral for this famous gold mining locality and Romania. The mineral is associated...Kladno on the dumps of a long time closed uranium mine at Slavkovicc, western Moravia, Czech Republic....lavendulan from Santa Catalina Mine. Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Chile. The lavendulan is not present...sampleite in Chile; first reported in Mineral News, March, 1997 issue from the El Guanaco gold mine near Taltal
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as much as 3 0 - 4 0 % Ag (Omiste 1893). Silver mining reached a peak during the sixteenth and seventeenth...prices about 1891 resulted in a change from mining silver to mining tin (Evans 1940), and Potosi was mined...from then until the tin market collapsed in 1985. Gold is not known to be present in the deposit in recoverable...some of which now host small-scale mining operations, and many mine dumps, two of which are being leached...similar grade is present in alluvium/colluvium and mine dumps (Bernstein 1989). Cerro Rico is situated within
Report (issue)
1977. Geologic map of the central part of the San Francisco Volcanic Field, northcentral Arizona. Reston...unconsolidated and moderately consolidated deposits of San Mateo County, California. [Reston, Va.?] : U.S. Geological...D only Geology around the margins of the eastern San Bernardino Mountains. Calif. : Inland Geological...resources of the Morongo Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino county, California. Washington : U.S....Geologic map of the El Portal quadrangle, west-central Sierra Nevada, California. Reston, Va. : U.S. Geological
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Av. Jose Galvez Barrenechea 218, Urb. Corpac Lima-San Isidro, Peru Prof. Dr. ESTEBAN CEDILW Facultad de...Geologia, Universidad de Guanajuato Ex-Hacienda de San Matias s/n Apartado Postal 347 Guanajuato, Gto. 36020...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...Huaman, E. Antunez de Mayolo and A.M. Rivera 129 Gold Deposits in Lower Paleozoic Sediments of the Cordillera
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maand worden specimens van boleiet van de Amelia mine in Mexico aangeboden. Meer details hierover vind...BUDAPEST. Óbudai Kulturális Központ Nonprofit Kft., San Marco utca 81. www...from the Woods mine, NSW, Australia 21-24 Coulselite, a new mineral from the Cleveland mine, Luina, Tasmania...Australia 39-46 Gold in South Australia 47-52 The supergene zone of the Peak Hill gold mine, NSW, Australia...Australia 53-60 The gold nugget bonanza of Goanna Patch, W. Australia 61-62 Obituary : Ernest H. Nickel (1925-2009)
Book
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
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Ingeniero Civil Estructural de la Universidad de Chile, miembro de la Comisión de Norma Sísmica Nch. 2369.../ Ciudad Empresarial / Huechuraba / Santiago de Chile / Teléfono: (56-2) 948 4485 / E-mail: contacto@ingeconstur...Canadá US$265; Europa y Resto del Mundo US$300. En Chile, la revista se distribuye en forma gratuita a profesionales...Argentina Mining Los vaivenes que enfrenta la minería en Argentina 93 Minero Fotos: Argentina Mining 2012...este año 157 Fotografía: Gentileza Barrick Sierra Gorda avanza en prestripping y construcción El proyecto
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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...metallogenetic province of Ruiz and Ericksen (1962), and parts of it are in the overlapping gold, silver, and...hypogene ore deposits in Chile are represented in the central part of Atacama Province. However, most of the...References cited 317 Figure 1. Index map of Atacama Province, Chile . . . 306 2. Locations of figures in Plates
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proyectos para SQM, Codelco, AMEC International Chile S.A. Ofrecemos: • Campamentos para la minería...Mineras Mantos de Oro y Maricunga y para Yamana Gold, Meridian Ltda. • Know How, personal capacitado...Infraestructura: Bodegas y Equipos a lo largo de todo Chile. Nos regimos bajo Estándares Mineros. Calidad y...Recabal, Jorge Loyola • Impresión: World Color Chile S.A. • Tirada: 19.000 ejemplares. Ministro Golborne:...193 Minería subterránea: Equipos a toda prueba Chile, sus minas y sus hitos 106  Minero Noticias
Report (issue)
Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria, Santiago, Chile Open-File Report 87- 634 1987 This report is preliminary...deposits associated with stratovolcanos in Bolivia and Chile ........................ 5. 12A 15A Distribution...northwestern Argentina, western Boliva, northern Chile, and southern Peru, are potential targets for hydrothermal...central Andean region of southern Peru, northern Chile, western Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina. The...and world-class resources of lead, zinc, silver, gold, antimony, bismuth, tin, and tungsten. Obviously
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scorodite, and some scorodite from the large Gold Quarry mine in Nevada contains significant phosphorus...at the cobalt mine at Great Hill north of Cobalt, Middlesex County; the Booth bismuth mine at Monroe, Fairfield...Fairfield County; and the arsenic mine between Seymour and Derby on the west bank of the Naugatuck River...Januzzi 1976). It has also been found in the Wheeler mine, Merrimack County, and in the Parker Mountain pegmatite...the old arsenic mine at Warwick, Orange County, and similarly at the arsenopyrite mine at Pine Pond near
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Mineral Collector's Newsletter $3.00 The Rock Dam Gold Prospect A New Quartz Locality, Dickinson Co., Mich~g_an...shawncarlson@hotmail.com markelder@juno.com The Rock Dam gold prospect is located in central Dickinson County...these quartz veins contain small quantities of free gold, as does also the quartzite in their vicinity."...News Rock Dam Gold Prospect (Continued from page I) The lack of a single known gold fleck on matrix...sample) from this locality suggests that the placer gold in nearby streams may be exogenous (no local source)
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the Thomas Vein, Central l(entuclry Fluorspar District Alan Goldstein 1607 Washington Blvd. Louisville...of the more famous Illinois-Kentucky lluorspar district. (Despite the editor-produced title in Goldstein...mineral name.) The Central Kentucky lluorspar district is certainly less wellknown, having been sporadically...northern end of district. For a review of the ,eneral geology of history of the district, see Anderson...minerals were found on one of the umps of the Diamond Mine northeast of Grand Rapids, Minesota. Although not
Report (issue)
Annual report 2014 INTRODUCTION ANTOFAGASTA IS A CHILEAN COPPER MINING GROUP WITH SIGNIFICANT BY-PRODUCT...DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF COPPER MINING OPERATIONS. THE GROUP IS COMMITTED TO GENERATING...COMMODITY CYCLE. For further information on the mining lifecycle, please see page 12 INSIDE THIS REPORT...01 The business 02 Creating value through the mining lifecycle 12 04 The marketplace 20 Key inputs...05 Key relationships 25 08 Strategy for the mining business 28 Key performance indicators 30 Risk
 
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