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Nitratine from
Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Commune
Classification
Species:Nitratine
Formula:NaNO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nitratine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:21622
Long-form Identifier:1:3:21622:1
GUID (UUID V4):aa8bcfb3-9bc2-496c-9d93-e659302fb762
Localities for Nitratine in this Region
San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Caracoles mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
La Vendida Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Oficina Chacabuco, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Pampa Unión mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
= 4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta, Atacama Desert, Chile. 5.553 (100), 2.758 (52),...26.35 7.47 5.96 96.70 (1) Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta, Atacama Desert, Chile; average electron microprobe...Occurrence: In a desert at abandoned copper mines (Chile). An alteration product of fumarolic sublimates...(Russia). In a desert guano deposit (Chile). Association: Nitratine, montmorillonite, paratacamite, atacamite...abandoned mine [TL], near Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta, Atacama Desert, Chile. At Pabellón de Pica Mountain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the village of Sierra Gorda, northeast of Antofagasta, 2nd region, northern Chile. Occurrence: In a...tourmaline rock. Other associated minerals are: nitratine, montmorillonite, paratacamite, atacamite, gunningite...and first rector of the Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Comments: IMA No. 1998–054. In the presence...Belloite, Cu(OH)Cl, a new mineral from Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta, Chile. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte
Journal (issue)
water to botall ack.ite and atacam ite found with nitratine and paratacamite in quartz-feldspar~ tourmaline...tourmaline rock at an abandoned mine at Sierra Gorda, near Antofagasta, Chile, the name is for Andres Bellow (17801865)...founder and first rector of the Universidad de Chile. Reference Schlilter, J .• et al. 2000, Belloite...Belloite, Cu(OH)Cl , a new mineral from Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta, Chile: Neues Jahrb. Mineral. Mon .. 67-73
Report (issue)
computer program were synthetic, reagent-grade nitratine [NaNO3], halite [NaCl], and niter [KNO3] and high-purity...abundant minerals in typical nitrate ore are nitratine and halite. Each of the sulfate minerals listed...minerals, none of which are as abundant as either nitratine or halite even though the total 804 might be greater...percent each of NaNC>3 and NaCl, representing nitratine and halite; the other samples were prepared as...accuracy at the 5 percent level, relative to nitratine, for niter, darapskite, gypsum, and bloedite,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reflectance of nitrate minerals from the Atacama Desert, Chile, and implications for Mars Fan Wang1,2, Brenda B...nitrate-bearing field samples from the Atacama Desert, Chile, to identify diagnostic spectral features of nitrate...Processes Introduction The Atacama Desert in northern Chile has been proposed as an important Mars analog due...commonly existing in the Atacama Desert, including nitratine (NaNO3), to the remotely sensed spectra of the...pit 1), three mine tailings (Baquedano mine, Sierra Gorda mine and Tama mine), and two salars (Salar de
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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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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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
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brownish-yellow, green, white, etc. Chanarcillo, Chile. H= 3.5, Djj4= 4.434, Dq= 4.45, VHB 04. Friedel...Hex. Metallic grey/white. Algodones, Coquimbo, Chile. H=4, Dn4=8.38, D(;=8.72, HG 01. Field, 1857. Dana...KAl4(As04)3(0H)4*6.5H20, E Cub. Translucent white. Guanaco (NE), Chile. H=?, Din=?, Dc= 2.676, VIID 14b. Schmetzer et al...Vitreous red, brownish-red, orange-red. Sierra Gorda, Caracoles, Chile (?). H= 2.5, Djjj=2.2, D(.= 2.14, VID...(greenish tint). Tierra Amarilla, Copiapo (near), Chile. H= 2.5-3, Djjj=2.19, D(,=?, VIC 07. Ungemach, 1933
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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...Osarizawaitebeaverite intergrowths from Sierra Gorda, Chile 11: 101-104 BURR, PETERS. Further notes on...Chaiiarcillo, Chile (by R. B. Cook) 10:197-204 Collector's diary: Iquique,Copiapo and Chaiiarcillo [Chile] (by
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Broken Hill, New South Wales; Chanarcillo, Atacama, Chile; and in the states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua,...crystals from Landsberg, W. Germany; and Coquimbo, Chile. Diamond C The transparent, crystalline form of...the Orange Free State. Also found in Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Zaire, Botswana, South-West Africa...Domeykite has been found in several localities in Chile, and from the Mohawk mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan;...SG 8.3 Localities. Algodonite has been found in Chile and from the area of Lake Superior. Antimony Sb
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mineralogist who discovered the mineral at Chanarcillo, Chile; author of Tableau minéralogique (1869). Friedel...locality, in the Alacran deposit, Pampa Larga, Chile. Popova, V.|. et al. (1986): Zap. Vses. Mineral...discovery locality, at Algodones silver mine, Coquimbo, Chile. Field, F. (1859):J.Chem. Soc. 10, 289. Bayliss...at Ziryanovsk, Altai Mountains, Semipalatinsk Province, Kazakhstan. Rose, G. (1828) In Haidinger, W....aluminous analogue of pharmacosiderite. Guanaco, Chile. Schmetzer, K. et al. (1981): Neues Jahrb. Mineral
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spectrum of hydroniumjarosite from Morro Mejillones, Chile (the spectrum S320 in this book) shows an asymmetric...of melanophlogite from Rio Fortullino, Lovorno province, Tuscany, Italy contains a strong band at 2330-2336...the Mt. Pabellón de Pica, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile (Bojar et al. 2010). Now four valid...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta province, Argentina (type locality). Description: Colourless...Santa Rosa mine, Iquique, I Region, Atacama desert, Chile (type locality). Description: Blue crust from the
Journal (issue)
109- Potosi 110- Tanspaca I l l - Chuquicamata; Sierra Gorda 112- Chanarcillo; Copiapo 113- Coquimbo 114-... F.De Moutke, 1989); ! lead — Wilson prospect, Sierra Co. — masses up to10 x 20 cm; ! smithsonite; !...grossular — 1) Xalostoc, Morelos — rose xis 2) Sierra de la Cruz — rose and orange — red; • legrandite...onyx — marble — Tecali, Puebla; ! vesuvianite — Sierra de la Cruz, east of Lake Jaco, Coahuila—xis (colour-zoned...unite — Los Aleros, San Luis; *1873 - famatinite — Sierra de Famatina, La Rioja; *1868 — mendozite — St.
Book (edition)
Laurium , Greece. Other occurrences are found in Chile, Italy , France, Germany, Turkey , and Algeria....the lapis lazuli mine at Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. It forms the core of a crystal of...Keweenaw County, and also from Baraga County. In Chile it is found in the Cerro de Los Seguas, Rancagua...Lake, Ontario, and at other places in Canada; in Chile at Coquimbo; at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; and...occurs at Paracutin , Mexico; in Canada, Peru, Chile, France, Italy, Czechoslovakia; and in New South
Journal (issue)
Turkish Kammererite, Afghan pegmatites, Chuquicamata (Chile) $10 v.9/#6 Libethenite (Zambia), Quartz & Pyrite...(Mapimi) v $10 $10 \ $10 .14/#6 Chuquicamata (Chile), Univ. of Delaware Mineral Museum $10 $10 Brochantite...Minerals of Peru v.28/#5 Hall’s Gap (KY), Szenicsite (Chile), Glossary Additions $10 v.28/#6 Kingsbridge Q...and first rector of the Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Comments: IMA No. 1998-054. In the presence...Belloite, Cu(OH)Cl, a new mineral from Sierra Gorda, Anto­ fagasta, Chile. Neues Jahrbuch fu r Mineralogie
Book (edition)
Norway; Germany; Tsumeb; Namibia; Chanarcillo, Chile; and Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It...Laurium, Greece. Other occurrences are found in Chile, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, and Algeria. SELECTED...Keweenaw County, and also from Baraga County. In Chile it is found in the Cerro de Los Seguas, Rancagua... antimony, tel- at other places in Canada; in Chile at Coquimbo; at Kalgoorlie and Kambalda, Western...encrustation on a sample from near Guanaco, northeast Chile, associated with ceruleite, schlossmacherite, olivenite
Book (edition)
Norway; Germany; Tsumeb; Namibia; Chaiiarcillo, Chile; and Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It...Laurium, Greece. Other occurrences are found in Chile, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, and Algeria. SELECTED...Keweenaw County, and also from Baraga County. In Chile it is found in the Cerro de Los Seguas, Rancagua...Lake, Ontario, and at other places in Canada; in Chile at Coquimbo; at Kalgoorlie and Kambalda, Western...encrustation on a sample from near Guanaco, northeast Chile, associated with ceruleite, schlossmacherite, olivenite
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are in northern Chile, where the principal mineral is nitratine, also known as Chile saltpetre or soda...with the enclosed depressions to the east of the Sierra Nevada. Boron could again be described as a ‘space-age’...world's largest copper workings, at Chuquicamata, Chile At the start of many mining operations, secondary...Broken Hill, New South Wales; Chanarcillo, Atacama, Chile; and in the states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua,...crystals from Landsberg, W. Germany; and Coquimbo, Chile. Diamond C The transparent, crystalline form of
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spec. from Durango. Mexico]. (TL) Chaiiarcillo. Chile. Named for M. Adam. Syn. Adamine. Var. Cuproadamite...found by A.H. Clark at (TL) Alacran. Pampa L1rga. Chile. Then at the caldera of Uzon volcano. Kamchatka...Michigan ). (TL) Algodones silver mine. Coquimbo. Chile. Named for locality. Syn. y-Domeykite. Var. Argentoalgodonite...A111a. J. Sri. 27. 387. (TL) Mina Grande. Coquimbo. Chile. Probably a mixIure. Named for R.E. Alison Alite...ti:igo de Chile. 43. 433: Zeils. Prak/. Ceo/. ( 1932) 40. 1 1 0. (TL) Near Salamanca. Chile. Named from
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British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...Elena, Venezuela; the coastal ranges of northern Chile and scattered localities in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador;...Copiapo, Huantaya(*), Chanarcillo(*), and Chanca, Chile; Tsumeb, Namibia. BM DI:96, R:313, P&J:71, ABI:475...Namibia. Andacolla, near Coquimbo, and Chuquicamata, Chile; Corocoro(*), Bolivia. Alteration: Alteration of...Indio mine, east of Coquimbo, Tetraauricupride Chile. BM FM 28:69(1950), AM 62:595(1977), R:334, ABI:36
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are in northern Chile, where the principal mineral is nitratine, also known as Chile saltpetre or soda...panned enclosed depressions to the east of the Sierra Nevada. Boron could again be described as a for...world's largest copper workings, at Chuquicamata, Chile At the start of many mining operations, secondary... Czechoslovakia; Wales; Chanarcillo, Atacama, Chile; and and Guanajuato of states the in Chihuahua,...crystals from Landsberg, W. Germany; and Coquimbo, Chile. Localities. Diamond rock cavities, usually in
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Badenweiler - Schwarzwald (FRG), in large masses in (Chile) and (Bolivia)• Application: copper ore. Kermesite... Andreasberg (FRG), Prfbram (Czechoslovakia), (Chile), (Mexico), (USA) and (USSR) • Application: silver...200 kg (USSR), San Sebastian (Mexico), Coquimbo (Chile), Red Cloud (Colorado) and Calaveras Co. (California)...(USA), Broken Hill - New South Wales (Australia), (Chile)• Application: Ag ore. • Halide Agl lodargyrite...descloizite (260) • Occurrence: rare; Dernbach (FRG ), (Chile), (Mexico), Broken Hill (New South Wales, Australia)•
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from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The powder diagram is near that...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...yellow monoclinic crystals from Tierra Amarilla, Chile. Named from the locality. [M.A., 5, 390.] 13th List...from the Wilagedera iron ore body, North-Western Province, Ceylon is related to the brittle micas, but contains
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Badenweiler — Schwarzwald (FRG), in large masses in (Chile) and (Bolivia) e Application: copper ore. Kermesite... Andreasberg (FRG), Pribram (Czechoslovakia), (Chile), (Mexico), (USA) and (USSR) e Application: silver...200 kg (USSR), San Sebastian (Mexico), Coquimbo (Chile), Red Cloud (Colorado) and Calaveras Co. (California)...Application: Hill — New South Wales (Australia), (Chile Halide Agl lodargyrite (lodyrite) 17 Named...descloizite (260) e Occurrence: rare; Dernbach (FRG), (Chile), (Mexico), Broken Hill (New South Wales, Australia)
 
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