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Brochantite from
Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Commune
Classification
Species:Brochantite
Formula:Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Brochantite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1210443
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1210443:3
GUID (UUID V4):af0f7783-c823-4753-a261-aab1b151078f
Localities for Brochantite in this Region
Aconcagua mine (ex Bella Esperanza), Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Angela mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
La Compañia Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
La Paloma mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Lomas Bayas Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Fortuna de Cobre porphyry copper mine, Lomas Bayas mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Pampa Unión mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
environments. It is commonly associated with cuprite, brochantite, antlerite, linarite, caledonite, malachite,...Saskatchewan, where it occurs as powdery coatings with brochantite and devilline on sulfides and volcanic rocks...from this locality. The arid regions of northern Chile and western Peru have furnished exceptional atacamite...at Sierra Gorda, the Carolina mine at Michilla, and the famous mine at Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, where...mineral occurring with abundant antlerite and brochantite and lesser krohnkite, turquoise, COLOR SPONSORS
Report (issue)
= 7.509(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Chuquicamata, Chile. (ICDD 19-1189). 2.797 (10), 6.57 (8), 3.44 (8)...7.26 Total 100.12 100.00 (1) Chuquicamata, Chile. (2) NaCu2 (SO4 )2 (OH) H2 O. • Mineral Group:... antlerite, brochantite, chalcanthite, blödite, atacamite, gypsum (Chuquicamata, Chile); kröhnkite...kröhnkite, brochantite (Capo Calamita, Italy). Distribution: In Chile, from Chuquicamata, at the Fortuna mine...and from the Santiagina mine, Sierra Gorda, southwest of Calama, Antofagasta. At Capo Calamita, Elba, Italy
Report (issue)
c = 9.85 Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: San Juan, Chile. 9.77 (100), 3.11 (70), 4.87 (50), 7.01 (40), 4...75 Total [100.0] [100.0] 100.00 (1) San Juan, Chile; H2 O by difference. (2) Dome Rock mine, Australia;...Erythrite, cuprite, malachite, cobaltian wad (San Juan, Chile); chalcophyllite, cyanotrichite, parnauite, mansfieldite...tennantite, covellite, chalcanthite, antlerite, brochantite, geminite (Cap Garonne mine, France); cuprian...crystals from Pastrana Hill, Mazarrón area, Murcia Province, Spain. At Qued Mahisser, Tunisia. From the Talmessi
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...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...Capricornio property is located 60 km ENE of Antofagasta (23831 0 S latitude, 69850 0 W longitude), in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dredmetersof the 12 majorporphyrycopperdeposits in Chile was substantiated furtherby Alpersand Brimhall ...supergene alunitefromthe Eseondida porphyry copper province. Indeed,perhaps onlytwoof thesemajordepositsdeposit(Fig...Salvador(Gustafsonand Hunt, 1975) in northern Chile Chile,duringthe late Oligocene to earlyMioceneinterval...0361-0128/96/1809/164-1655.00 164 CHILEAN Cu PROVINCE: OXIDATION & ENRICHMENT in controlling anyagedifferences...36-31 19-15 SIERRA 33-32'•20-21 120 BAYAS 64 I •5-31 18-15 ANGELINA 3' ½'*• I ß CHILE ?5 ø ,,,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
proximity include: atacamite, baryte, bornite, brochantite, chalcopyrite, copiapite, covellite, cyanotrichite...changoite from La Compañia mine, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta, Chile and Namib Lead mine, Karibib District...Changoite (La Compañia Mine, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta, Chile; representative analysis). Changoite...Changoite (La Compañia mine, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta, Chile); (d) Cobaltoblödite (cotype...period of time. Instead, in arid localities in Chile and Namibia, the geochemical conditions favour the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals in the Esperanza porphyry deposit, Antofagasta Region, Chile Shoji Kojima1 | María Constanza San...Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile 2 Tohoku University Museum, Sendai, Japan...Minera Los Pelambres Ltd., Provincia de Choapa, Chile 5 Bruker Nano GmbH, Berlin, Germany Correspondence...Universidad Católica del Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile. Email: skojima@ucn.cl Funding information...approximately 160 km northeast of the city of Antofagasta, northern Chile, and lies within the Eocene– Oligocene
Journal (issue)
TiebaghiNickel Mine,TiebaghiMassif,Koumac Commune,Northern Province,NewCaledonia.RichardGodinphoto. 2 Mineral News...Nickel Mine (fig. I on page I) in the Northern Province of New Caledonia is a very rich mine with the...barite, olivenite, middlebackite, moolooite, brochantite, cuprite, devilline, malachite, azurite, zeu...Boumonite: China. Hunan. Yaoganaxian, 34-11:9 p Brochantite: USA. Nevada. Lyon, Yerington. Dougla.s Hill...Pershing. Majuba Hill 34-1 I :9 p Chalcopyrite: Chile. Coquimbo. Higuera. 34-4:2 p Chaleopyrite: Russia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been characterized using natural specimens from Chile and Iran and is named herbertsmithite. The other...spectroscopy, XRD, Cu chlorides, Anarak, Iran, Sierra Gorda, Chile. Introduction IN 1972, Adib and Ottemann...‘‘zincan paratacamite’’ from Herminia mine, Sierra Gorda, Chile, with a composition close to Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2...and Generosa mines, Sierra Gorda, and the Bolaco mine, San Cristóbal, all in Chile. Chemical analysis...collected from Mina Los Tres Presidentes, Sierra Gorda, Chile, and which he had analysed. The consequent
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were relatively rare. Linarite, caledonite and brochantite have been reported from the nearby Reward Mine...El Penon pegmatite, Nevados de Palermo, Salta Province, Argentina, as nodules enclosed in quartz or feldspar...with gypsum and paratacam.ite from Sierra Gorda. Antofogasta, Chile; name is for the "changos," early...early former inhabitants of northern Chile. Reference Schlilter, J, et al, 1999, Changoite. Na 2Zn(SO 4)i•4H2O...analogue of blodite, a new mineral from Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta, Chile: Neues Jahrb. Mineral.Mon., 97-103
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1062-1085 Geology oftheE1AbraPorphyry CopperDeposit, Chile JOZSEF A•IBRUS Abstract The E1 Abra porphyryCOl)per...1972to 1975,the Corporaci6nNacionaldel Cobrede Chile completedan evaluation programknownas the E1 Abra...major porphyrycopperdeposit,located in E1 Loa Province, Chile, 42 kilometers north of the Chuquicamataopen-pit...area stoppedaround 1925, and at that time the Chile ExplorationCompany,a subsidiaryof the AnacondaCompany...mines. In 1971 the Chilean Governmenttook over the Chile Exploration Companyproperties,includingthe E1 Abra
Book (edition)
Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite, 5 111111...Utah Page I: Miguelro111eroite,5mm, Veta Negra, Chile Page 2: Anorpiment on D!piment pseudomo,phs after...CCM CM DANR EJM JMPS MM MP NJMA ZRMO Republic province prefecture county departement departamento ...yellow. H ~4. D = 3.53. Found with aragonite, brochantite, rutherfordite, etc., at Jachymov, Bohemia, Czech...the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, Antofagasta region, Chile. MM 76, 851861, 2012. Aldrigeite (Cd,Ca)(Cu
Journal (issue)
Turkish Kammererite, Afghan pegmatites, Chuquicamata (Chile) $10 v.9/#6 Libethenite (Zambia), Quartz & Pyrite...Benstonite (IL), L&ngban (Sweden) Chuquicamata (Chile), Univ. of Delaware Mineral Museum $10 Pribram...Kremsmiinster $10 v.17/#6 Bleiberg (Austria), Brochantite (OK), Arsenopyrite (Ont.) Author’s Guide $10...Issue! $15 v.28/#5 Hall’s Gap (KY), Szenicsite (Chile), Glossary Additions $10 v.28/#6 Kingsbridge Q...mineral specimens since 1987. Fine specimens of brochantite, creedite, cyanotrichite, fluorite, linarite
Book (edition)
FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza, Argentina. l'UM.\11972. 276-280...a seri Qlh·enite. compare E\Clte. Chanårcillo. Chile . .\U 6. 320-328 (str.) witb 0/ivenite 0 Adamsite-(\')...:). As,S.,. mon.. , 1ina Alacrån, Pampa Larga. Chile, 73. I 89. 88, 1796-1800 (sir.). EJ.\/ 15. 283-288...Barlumpharmacoslderilc, near Guanaco,northeastemTaltal,Chile, 66. 1099 PharmacoJideritegroup D Alumotantite...Provvidenzakaolinquarry,Allumierc,Tolfa Mount district,Roma Province,Lazio,ltaly,NJMM 1976,40~17 (str.),AC 18, 249-252
Book (volume)
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...large amounts at many places in Chile, as at Caracoles in Antofagasta, the Huantajaya district in Tarapaca...Finistere, France. Found abundantly at Chanarcillo, Chile (megabromite, iodembolite, pt.) associated with...Taltal, and Spencer, Min. Mag., from Br and I. Chile, free 6. Int. Grit. Tab. 1, 123 (1926). 13, 184
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reported by Arzruni from Mina San Rafael, Sierra Gorda, Chile, but Smith quickly established the identity...Azurite l)ioptase Linarite Wherryite Boleite Brochantite Embolite Malachite. Willemite Fluori~ Matlockite...given, but Bolivia is believed to be a mistake for Chile. No such locality as Caracoles was discoverable...the well-known mining locality of that name in Chile was probably the source of the original rafaelite...of f o r m s . Form. Memsured c r y s t a l s . Chile 7 t r y s t . ' Rafaelite'. Arizona 9 cryst. e
Book (volume)
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...District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Description: Grey grains from the...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Argentina. Description: Colourless crystal. Identified
Journal (issue)
sizes of 2 to 3 inches from Darrah Pech Kunar Province, Afg hanistan. Also from Darrah Pech, was ~ decent...brown mica schist from Gamithu Mountain. Laghman Province. This new deposit started producing about two...at the lapis and sodalite mines in the Northern Province of Afghanistan was a bit different, wit11 the...ummit County. Utah a nd Canca rix . A lbaccte Province in S pain . The specime n is now preserved at...from ~ he Sa n Francisco mine. near Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province. C h ile. The minera l is no t an
Book (edition)
expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...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...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION...conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern Ontario and Quebec. Some genetic problems
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Geology, FCFM, Universidad de Chile Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile E-mail: mreich@ing.uchile.cl 2...Excellence (CEGA), FCFM Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile 3 School of Earth Sciences, The University...encountered are cuprite (Cu 2O), tenorite (CuO), brochantite [Cu4SO4 (OH) 6 ], chalcanthite [CuSO 4 ·5H 2...hypogene grades, and in the world-class northern Chile Examples of supergene mineral assemblages. (A)...iodide marshite (CuI) from Mina Sur (Chuquicamata, Chile). FIGURE 2 The presence of enriched supergene
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16-3: 1,6.7 Adamite Mapimi. Mexico 16-3: 1.4.5; Sierra Mojada. Mex ico 16-3: I .4.5: El Buho, Magdalena...Gerais. Brazil 16 -8: 1.3-5 Apophyllite Hebei Province. China 16-8:1.3-5 Aragonite San Antonio Mine....Prefccrure. Japan 16-1 : 1.2.6,7 Belloite Sierra Gorda, Chile 16-10:1 .3- 10 Bertrandite Emmons pegmati1e...Negra Mine. Atacama Province. Chile 16-1:1.2.6.7; Veta Negra Mine. Atacama Prov .. Chile 167:1.4 Brazilianite...Corrego Frio. Mina., Gerais. Brazil 1610:1,3- 10 Brochantite Dan Creek. Fairbank., . Alaska 16-1 : 1.2.6,7;
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Osarizawaite-beaverite intergrowths from Sierra Gorda, Chile (by W. H. Paar & J. Burgstaller) 11:101-104...Ilmenite epitaxial on bixbyite from [Paramount Canyon] Sierra County, New Mexico (by W. A. Henderson, Jr.) 20:54-55...occurrence of creedite at Colquiri, Inquisivi province, department of La Paz, Bolivia (by R. B. Cook...Giancarlo Brizzi, 56 (by R. Bode) 23:457 BROCHANTITE Brochantite and other minerals from the Paoli, Oklahoma...Osarizawaitebeaverite intergrowths from Sierra Gorda, Chile 11: 101-104 BURR, PETERS. Further notes on
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bassanite (hemihydrate), bloedite (blodite), brochantite, burkeite, celestine (celestite), coquimbite/paracoquimbite...Co., AZ Antlerite Cu3(SO4)(OH)4 S72 Chuqicamata, Chile S30, xl, cg Kuh-e-Namak, Region de Qom, Iran Aphthitalite...Blanchard Claims, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, NM Brochantite Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 S34 Douglas Hill Copper Mine, Lyon...Fe2(SO4)3·9 H2O S46, m, cg Alcaparrosa, Chile Coquimbite# S63 Atacama, Chile S28 Navidad, Durango, Mexico Creedite...Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico S35, m, fg, pc Sierra Gorda, Chile Ferricopiapite (Fe,Al,Mg)Fe5(SO4)6 (OH)2·20H2O
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Jianghshan, Guangdong Province. I have seen others listed as coming from Hebei Province. Regardless of where...4 Fig. 1. Apophyllite, Jianghshan, Guangdong Province, China, photo by Dan Weinrich. neat piece. To...December 1998 Continued from page 1 • in Guangdong Province. Gemmy, orange-red to almost opaque lustrous black...future. The calcite twins from Guiyan in Hunan Province continue to come out, but in much lesser quantities...smoky quartz, Guangdong Province, photo by Dan Weinrich. raina, Diego Suarez Province. Associations include
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transparent, prismatic crystals, resembling brochantite in appearance. The system is orthorhombic ; [a...schwartzembergite and arzrunite, from Mina San Rafael, Sierra Gorda, Chili. Goniometrical and optical measurements
 
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