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Halotrichite from
Alcaparrosa Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Halotrichite
Formula:FeAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Halotrichite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alcaparrosa Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:465306
Long-form Identifier:1:3:465306:6
GUID (UUID V4):9635fc34-764b-44ee-8b3e-c50cd3f86af4
Nearest other occurrences of Halotrichite
33.0km (20.5 miles) Queténa Mine (Queténa Prospect), Toki Cu deposit (Toki Cluster), Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
37.9km (23.5 miles) La Compañia Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
48.1km (29.9 miles) Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1 Rhomboclase Alcaparra, Chile ML-S85 29.1.1.1 Rhomboclase Alcaparra, Chile ML-S89 29.1.1.1 Rhomboclase...Cerritos Bay, Alcaparrosa, Chile ML-S84 29.4.4.1 Ferrinatrite Sierra Gorda, Cahacoles, Chile R6214 29.4...Ferrinatrite Sierra Gorda, Antofagaste, Chile VZO105/106 29.4.6.1 Metavoltine Mina Alcaparrosa, Calama, Atacama...Atacama Desert, Chile G2677 29.4.6.1 Metavoltine Cetine Mine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy VZO1142 29.5.1.1...Italy 123922 29.5.3.2 Amarantite Los Pintados, Chile G37754 29.6.10.1 Melanterite Locality unknown; Mount
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Alcaparrosa mine, Calama, El Loa province, Antofagasta region, Chile. 8.10 (100), 5.04...10.66 100.00 (1) Alcaparrosa mine, Calama, El Loa province, Antofagasta region, Chile; average of 8 electron...Coquimbite, römerite, metavoltine, tamarugite, halotrichite, szomolnokite, rhomboclase, ferrinatrite, krausite...Distribution: From the Alcaparrosa mine, Calama, El Loa province, Antofagasta region, Chile. Name: For Calama...commune and Calama city, the capital of El Loa province, where the first specimens were collected. Type
Report (issue)
95.2(1)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Cerro Pintados, Chile. 4.223 (100), 4.207 (80), 3.647 (59), 3.964 (32)...30.87 Total [100.33] 100.00 (1) Cerro Pintados, Chile; original total 100.36% (2) NaAl(SO4 )2 • 6H2 O...potassium alum, epsomite, halotrichite, halite, gypsum, anhydrite. Distribution: In Chile, from Cerro Pintados...Tarapacá; in Antofagasta, at the Compania mine, eight km south of Sierra Gorda; from Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos...Lipari Islands; at the Furtei gold mine, Sardinia; from the Cetine mine, near Rosia, Tuscany, and at the
Report (issue)
arid conditions. Association: Rhomboclase, halotrichite, fibroferrite, römerite, copiapite, voltaite...Czech Republic. From the Staszic mine, Rudki, Poland. In the Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, Black Forest...of Calama, and Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama, Antofagasta, Chile. From the Santa...Santa Elena mine, Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa, San Juan Province, Argentina. In the USA, from the Tintic...Tintic Standard mine, near Dividend, East Tintic district, Utah Co., Utah; at Bisbee, Cochise Co. and in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY OF THREE SULPHATE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN CHILE* Moss' Menr C. BaNov, HaraardUniaersity,Combri'd'ge...Chuquicamata, euerena, and Alcaparrosa, three sulphate deposits near calama, in Northern chile. The sulphate and...of these minerals are known only from northern chile and twelve are known only from these three deposits...mineralogy of Chuquicamata, euetena and. Alcaparrosa in Northern chile forms the basis of this paper. The writer...the deposits in the field. rn 1935 he returned to chile in behalf of Harvard University and the United States
Report (issue)
Fe2+ Al2 (SO4 )4 • 22H2 O Halotrichite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data:...262(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Középső-György mine, Hungary. 4.78 (100), 3.484 (75), 6.02 (35), 4.29...44.51 Total 99.25 100.00 (1) Középső-György mine, Hungary; after subtraction of ferrohexahydrite...Mineral Group: Forms a series with pickeringite. Halotrichite group. Occurrence: As efflorescences in weathering...Naples, Campania, Italy. From the Középső-György mine, Recsk, Mátra Mountains, Hungary. At Falun, Sweden
Report (issue)
27.254(8) Z = 16 X-ray Powder Pattern: Konomai mine, Hokkaido, Japan. 3.54 (10), 3.41 (9), 5.57 (7)...also be a post-mining product. Association: Halotrichite, pickeringite, alunogen, metavoltine, römerite...Italy. Large crystals in the Rio Tinto mine, Huelva Province, Spain. In Slovakia, at Smolnı́k (Szomolnok)...Kremnica (Kremnitz), Czech Republic. At the Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar, Harz Mountains, Germany. In the Rozdol...district, Iran. In Chile, at Chuquicamata, Quetena, west of Calama, and Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
O)2, a new hydrophobic Ti4+ sulfate from Alcaparrosa, Chile A. R. KAMPF1,*, S. J. MILLS2, R. M. HOUSLEY3... Australia Pasaje San Agustin 4045, La Serena, Chile [Received 28 September 2011; Accepted 19 December...mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile (IMA2011-024). The...sulfate, crystal structure, hydrophobic, Alcaparrosa mine, Chile. * E-mail: akampf@nhm.org DOI: 10.1180/minmag...herein was first discovered at the Alcaparrosa mine near Cerritos Bayas, Chile (approximately 22º39’S, 69º10’W)
Report (issue)
90◦ 32(10)0 X-ray Powder Pattern: Island Mountain mine, California, USA. 4.79 (10), 4.03 (9), 5.05 (5)... Total 99.76 100.00 2+ 3+ (1) Tierra Amarilla, Chile; corresponds to Fe0.97 Fe2.02 (SO4 )3.98 • 13.81H2...Association: Copiapite, melanterite, voltaite, halotrichite, szomolnokite, kornelite, rozenite, siderotil... Distribution: In Germany, from the Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar, Harz Mountains; at Pfaffenreuth, near...Tmavýdůl coal mine, near Rtyně, and from Přı́bram, Czech Republic. In the Kamariza mine, Laurium, Greece
Report (issue)
Szomolnokite, copiapite, römerite, voltaite, epsomite, halotrichite, melanterite, chalcanthite, pyrite. Distribution:...Ukraine. At the Esperanza mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru. In Chile, from Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest...southwest of Calama, Antofagasta. Large crystals in the Socavon mine, Oruro, Bolivia. In the USA, from...from the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., and in the Magma mine, Superior district, Pinal Co., Arizona
Report (issue)
Association: Melanterite, alunogen, fibroferrite, halotrichite, botryogen, butlerite, amarantite. Distribution:...material from: in Chile, at Tierra Amarilla, southeast of Copiapó, Atacama; from Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos...Bayos, southwest of Calama, and at Chuquicamata, Antofagasta. In the USA, in California, from Coso Hot Springs...Springs, Inyo Co., Sulphur Bank, Lake Co., the Alma mine, Leona Heights, Alameda Co., and elsewhere; from...Virginia City, Storey Co., Nevada; in the Dexter No. 7 mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael district, Emery Co., Utah;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Museum, London, Great Britain, from the Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (29°48′N, 109°40′W)....silver mine, Andreasberg, Harz mountains, Germany (BM57605) and freibergite from Beschert Glück mine, Freiberg...titanium sulfate from the Alcaparrosa mine, Calama, Antofagasta region, Chile. European Journal of Mineralogy...hand-sized sample with bytízite was found at the mine dump of shaft #16 (49°40′33.7″N, 14°03′30.5″E),...abandoned Alcaparrosa sulfate mine, Calama commune, El Loa province, Antofagasta region, Chile, an area
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...Silver City district, Owyhee County, Idaho, Poorman mine, where masses weighing many pounds were especially...Finistere, France. Found abundantly at Chanarcillo, Chile (megabromite, iodembolite, pt.) associated with
Journal (issue)
pit and saw the ore car and track but no mine. To me a mine was an underground digging but as I I ater...(Continues on next page) Mineral News 8 The amethyst mine is located about six miles west of Red feather lakes...11po~;11m.s .uul t~ollecting nips ro q11.111·ies,mine clumps, .u1d mines .,cross the co,mr')·. FM lus...Dorris family·s Smoky Hawk mine and topaz at their Topaz Mountain Gem Mine. along with Rich Frenerd"s...demonslrations. For lhe kids: Wheel of Fortune. Gem Mine and Jewelry Making for S1 each. Free Fluorescent
Report (issue)
71 Total 100.45 100.00 (1) Quebrada de La Alcaparrosa, Argentina. (2) NaMg2 Fe5 (SO4 )7 (OH)6 • 33H2...in shales and slates. Association: gypsum. Halotrichite, pickeringite, fibroferrite, copiapite, melanterite...the Servette mine, Saint Marcel, Val d’Aosta, Piedmont, Italy. From the Santa Elena mine, Quebrada de...de La Alcaparrosa, San Juan Province, Argentina. At Alum Cave Bluff, Sevier Co., Tennessee, USA. Name:
Report (chapter)
closed-basin lakes, in rock outcrops, and in mines and mine wastes has been noted since early antiquity. The...rocks, coal deposits, metallic ore deposits, and mine wastes. The composition of the salts reflects the...have been found in arid regions, as at Copaquire, Chile; chalcanthite was also a minor ore in the oxidized...was shipped in large quantities from the Bluestone mine, Nevada (Palache et al. 1951). Many of the soluble...is a massive sulfide that hosts extremely acidic mine waters, some with negative pH values (Nordstrom
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
szomolnokite, copiapite, coquimbite, hexahydrite and halotrichite, together with gypsum, have been identified...paragenetic sequence with the inclusion of minor halotrichite, indicating natural dehydration and decomposition...resulting in the formation of aluminocopiapite, halotrichite, coquimbite, voltaite and gypsum. K EY WORDS...This process is characterized by the term ‘acid mine drainage’. Oxidation is a complex process that proceeds...river is named, and is a classic example of acid mine drainage. The river water often precipitates soluble
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2015-4762 66 acid mine drainage environments; conversely, many Fe2+ sulfates...Fe(SO4)(OH)·3 H2O R6254-A; ε ch; R <45 μm Sierra Borda, Antofagasta, Chile; Collection of the Smithsonian-National...H2O C5525-3; ε ch; R <45 μm Mina Quetena, Calama, Chile; Collection of the Smithsonian-National Museum...FeFe4(SO4)6(OH)2·20 H2O SPT125; ε ch; R <45 μm Sierra Gorda, Chile; Collection of Ed Cloutis ferricopiapite)c...Coquimbited Fe2(SO4)3·9 H2O ML-S46; ε ch; R <125 μm Alcaparrosa, Chile Goldichite (pure) KFe(SO4)2·4 H2O 123922;
Book (edition)
MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...dist., China Fluomatromicrolite, x 25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As...Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite, 5 111111...Veta Negra, Chile Page 2: Anorpiment on D!piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page...CCM CM DANR EJM JMPS MM MP NJMA ZRMO Republic province prefecture county departement departamento
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
different from that of a magnesiocopiapite from Alcaparrosa (Chile) reported by Siisse (1970). Lattice parameters...studied by this author seem to indicate that Alcaparrosa crystals are actually pseudocopiapite. The possibility...secondarymineralssuch as melanterite,alunogen, fibroferrite, halotrichite, botryogen, butlerite, amarantiteand other sulfates...the depositsof Alcaparrosaand Quetena(Northern Chile), where the mineral is one of the earliestbasicmineralsoriginating...the space group of copiapite is Pi, it is camata (Chile) crystalsand the morphologicaldata interestingto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and to achieve a better understanding of the acid mine drainage (AMD) systems associated with pyrite oxidation...reported the presence of gypsum, melanterite, halotrichite, alum-(K), goslarite, and, possibly, coquimbite...identified. The sulfate assemblages from the Fornovolasco mine were the first to be systematically studied using...iron phosphate-sulfate from the Buca della Vena mine and named it bohuslavite, Fe3+ 4 (PO4 )3 (SO4 )(OH)(H2...a sulfate assemblage found at the Monte Arsiccio mine, where well-crystallized sulfate specimens were
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Piute Co., UT Anglesite§ PbSO4 S53, xl, cg Excepcion Mine, Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico S9 Near Carson...Co., AZ Antlerite Cu3(SO4)(OH)4 S72 Chuqicamata, Chile S30, xl, cg Kuh-e-Namak, Region de Qom, Iran Aphthitalite...Potosi, MO Barite BaSO4 S2, m, cg Northumberland Mine, Toquima Mtns., Nye Co., NV S7 Near St. George,...Claims, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, NM Brochantite Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 S34 Douglas Hill Copper Mine, Lyon Co., NV...Fe2(SO4)3·9 H2O S46, m, cg Alcaparrosa, Chile Coquimbite# S63 Atacama, Chile S28 Navidad, Durango, Mexico
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
O)2, a new hydrophobic Ti4+ sulfate from Alcaparrosa, Chile. Mineralogical Magazine, 76(4), 851–861....mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile. Alcaparrosaite...botryogen, copiapite, cuprocopiapite, fibroferrite, halotrichite, jarosite, krausite, metahohmannite, metavoltine...Alcaparrosaite is named for the locality, the Alcaparrosa mine. Three cotype specimens are deposited in the...The first Cr-dominant amphibole from the Akaishi Mine, Higashi-Akaishi Mountain, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Book (edition)
Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the...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-(\')...AgardJte-(Ce), CeCu.(AsO4)i(OH).-3H1O, hex., Clara mine, central Black Forest, Gennany,A1ifSS(2004),17-23...(Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO.)i(OH).-3H1O. hex., Bou-Skourcoppcr mine, Ouarzazatc. Morocco,SS, 1447 □ Mixite group AgrelUte
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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)...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
 
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