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


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Sideronatrite
Formula:Na2Fe(SO4)2(OH) · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Clinoungemachite
Ungemachite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ungemachiteā“˜1 photo of Sideronatrite associated with Ungemachite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sideronatrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:466389
Long-form Identifier:1:3:466389:8
GUID (UUID V4):b94401aa-2964-4200-a79c-5d5740d11888
Nearest other occurrences of Sideronatrite
48.1km (29.9 miles) ā“˜Alcaparrosa Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
85.5km (53.1 miles) ā“˜La CompaƱia Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
99.51 100.00 (1) La Campania, Chile. (2) Sierra Gorda [district], Chile; corresponds to K1.98 Na6.02 3+...botryogen, ferrinatrite, coquimbite, copiapite, sideronatrite, metasideronatrite, jarosite, alunogen, pickeringite...Campi Flegrei, near Naples, Campania; in the Cetine mine, 20 km southwest of Siena, Tuscany; from the Grotto...Cochise Co., Arizona. In Chile, in Antofagasta, at Quetena, west of Calama; Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos...southwest of Calama, and at Chuquicamata. In Argentina, from the Santa BaĢrbara sulfur mine, El Palmar district
Report (issue)
Na2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)Ā·3H2O Sideronatrite Crystal Data: Orthorhombic (2O polytype) or monoclinic (2M polytype)...(2M) X-ray Powder Pattern: Sierra Gorda [district], Chile. 10.15 (FFF), 3.01 (FF), 3.38 (F), 2.68 (F)...20.95 15.43 17.33 99.31 (1) Sierra Gorda [district], Chile; corresponds to Na1.96Fe1.00(SO4)1.92(OH)1...Na2Fe(SO4)2(OH)āˆ™3H2O. (3) Xitieshan lead-zinc deposit, Qinghai Province, China; total includes K2O = 0.23, MgO = 0.1,...iron-rich deposits in very arid climates, may be post-mine; also formed by alteration of pyrite by saline water
Report (issue)
2.68 D(calc.) = 2.68 Reversibly alters from sideronatrite depending on relative humidity and exposure...002(4) c = 7.102(8) X-ray Powder Pattern: Chuquicamata, Chile. 3.680 (100), 8.05 (90), 6.682 (70), 2.749...21 12.98 Total 99.73 100.00 100.00 (1) Chuquicamata, Chile; (OH)1āˆ’ calculated for charge balance, corresponding...formed in sea-shore environments. Association: Sideronatrite, metavoltine, ungemachite, ferrinatrite, alunogen...Distribution: From Chuquicamata and the Sierra Gorda district, southwest of Calama, Antofagasta, Chile. In the USA
Report (issue)
D(meas.) = 2.55ā€“2.61 D(calc.) = 2.55 Alters to sideronatrite in moist air. Optical Properties: Transparent... c = 8.69(1) Z=6 X-ray Powder Pattern: Cetine mine, Italy. 7.78 (100), 2.909 (87), 3.430 (66), 2.938...11.57 Total 100.07 100.00 (1) Sierra Gorda, Chile; total originally given as 100.11%. (2) Na3 Fe(SO4...coquimbite, sideronatrite, tamarugite, quenstedtite, roĢˆmerite (Chile); gypsum, sideronatrite, metavoltine...rostite (Cetine mine, Italy). Distribution: From various localities in the Atacama Desert, Chile, as at Mina
Report (issue)
29(6)ā—¦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Sierra Gorda district, Chile. 7.92 (FFF), 8.69 (FF), 10.36 (F), 3.46 (F)...06 Total 99.63 100.00 (1) Sierra Gorda district, Chile. (2) Fe2 O(SO4 )2 8H2 O. ā€¢ Occurrence: An...Metahohmannite, copiapite, amarantite, sideronatrite (Sierra Gorda district, Chile); chalcanthite, picromerite,...fibroferrite, copiapite (Chuquicamata, Chile); metahohmannite, sulfur, cinnabar (Redington mine, California, USA)...Distribution: In Chile, in Antofagasta, from near Caracoles, Sierra Gorda district, and at Alcaparrosa
Report (issue)
65(2)ā—¦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Sierra Gorda [district], Chile. 11.25 (FFF), 8.69 (FFF), 3.57 (FF), 3.05...35.81 28.28 Total 100.23 100.00 (1) Paposa, Chile. (2) Fe2 O(SO4 )2 7H2 O. ā€¢ Occurrence: A secondary...coquimbite, sideronatrite. Distribution: In Chile, in Antofagasta, from the Union mine, Reventon district, near...Paposo, at the Compania mine, east of Sierra Gorda; from Quetena, west of Calama, Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos...Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama, and at Chuquicamata; at Tierra Amarilla, southeast of CopiapoĢ, Atacama
Report (issue)
95.2(1)ā—¦ 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 ā€¢ 6H2 O...Association: Pickeringite, coquimbite, quenstedtite, sideronatrite, mendozite, kroĢˆhnkite, halite, alunogen, meta-alunogen...Distribution: In Chile, from Cerro Pintados, 80 km southeast of Iquique, TarapacaĢ; in Antofagasta, at the Compania...Compania mine, eight km south of Sierra Gorda; from Alcaparrosa, near Cerritos Bayos, southwest of Calama;
Journal (issue)
Feature articles Kammererite from the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey .............................J. F. Poullen Famous Mineral Localities: Chuquicamata, Chile ........... 321 by Robert B. Cook Departments...Record Inc. COVER: KAMMERERITE from the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey. The crystals, from the collection...(Columbiana, Alabama). The owner o f the fine Old Yuma mine vanadinite pictured on page 195 is Ray DeMark; Ray...y 270 W est n e a r A n im al W o n d erlan d . T el. 501-767-4800 Hot Springs, Arkansas The M ineralogical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ā€¢EOLOā€¢ISTS JUNE-JULY, 1944 OXIDATION No. AT CHUQUICAMATA, 4 CHILE. O. W. JARRELL. CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction........... 255 General Geological Features at Chuquicamata .................... 258 Location and Physiography...Mineralization ........... The Groundwater at Chuquicamata .............................. The Relation...oxidation at Chuquicamata. Following is a description of the general geological features at Chuquicamata which...zone of partial oxidation which over much of the mine separatesthe sulphideand oxidized orebodies. Finally
Journal (issue)
Arlesheim, Switzerland Articles Collectorā€™s diary: Chuquicamata and the Nitrate Pampa ........................in Redfield, Iowa, to begin the long journey to Chile. The diary o f his three-month expedition in search...Smithsonian makes interesting reading. O Traveling to Chile in 1935 was a major undertaking, beginning with...ā€”minerals that he would most likely encounter in Chile ā€”and to obtain his passport and Chilean visa. From...Tocopilla, Chile. The voyage took from July 27 to August 10. The entire collecting trip in Chile lasted from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1 Rhomboclase Alcaparra, Chile ML-S85 29.1.1.1 Rhomboclase Alcaparra, Chile ML-S89 29.1.1.1 Rhomboclase...Bay, Alcaparrosa, Chile ML-S84 29.4.4.1 Ferrinatrite Sierra Gorda, Cahacoles, Chile R6214 29.4.4.1 Ferrinatrite...Antofagaste, Chile VZO105/106 29.4.6.1 Metavoltine Mina Alcaparrosa, Calama, Atacama Desert, Chile G2677 29...29.4.6.1 Metavoltine Cetine Mine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy VZO1142 29.5.1.1 Krausite Sulfur Hole, Mule Canyon...Italy 123922 29.5.3.2 Amarantite Los Pintados, Chile G37754 29.6.10.1 Melanterite Locality unknown; Mount
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY OF THREE SULPHATE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN CHILE* Moss' Menr C. BaNov, HaraardUniaersity,Combri'd'ge...of Chuquicamata, euerena, and Alcaparrosa, three sulphate deposits near calama, in Northern chile. The...of these minerals are known only from northern chile and twelve are known only from these three deposits...study of the mineralogy of Chuquicamata, euetena and. Alcaparrosa in Northern chile forms the basis of this...this paper. The writer worked for five years at Chuquicamata and had ample opportunity to study the deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
kroehnkite, Chuquicamata, Chile 3. X-ray diffraction data for ferrinatrite, La Campania, Antofagasta, Chile...pisanite, Chuquicamata, Chile 13. X-ray diffraction data for chalcanthite, Coquimbo, Chile 14. X-ray...data for sideronatrite, Chile 27. X-ray diffraction data for natrochalcite, Chuquicamata, Chile 28. X-ray...X-ray diffraction data for copiapite, Rammelsberg Mine, Harz, Germany 32. X-ray diffraction data for fibroferrite...johannite, Happy Jack Mine, Utah 36. X-ray diffraction data for zippeite, Happy Jack Mine, Utah 37. X-ray diffraction
Report (issue)
= 24.989(6) Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Chuquicamata, Chile. (ICDD 20-1326). 3.43 (100), 8.33 (60), 2...27 12.12 9.27 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Chuquicamata, Chile; recalculated to 100% after deduction of...jarosite, sideronatrite, metasideronatrite, metavoltine, From Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile. Name:...crystallographer who studied the natural sulfates of Chile. Type Material: Harvard University, Cambridge,...Ungemachite and clino-ungemachite: new minerals from Chile. Amer. Mineral., 23, 314ā€“328. All rights reserved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Natrochalcite (a new mineral ), and other Sulphates from Chile; by Cuarues PatacuE and C. H. Warren. THE minerals...comes from the mining district of Chuquicamata in the Province of Antofagasta, Chile. It was obtained from...atacamite, chalcanthite, copiatite, botryogen, sideronatrite, halite and gypsum. Krihnkite. Krohnkite is...in granular masses of no distinct form and sideronatrite in yellow needles. Halite in small cubes was
Report (issue)
jarosite, sideronatrite, metasideronatrite, metavoltine, fibroferrite. From Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 1679ā€“1686, 2009 Sideronatrite, Na2Fe(SO4)2(OH)Ā·3H2O: Crystal structure of...E. Orabona 4, I-70125 Bari, Italy abStract Sideronatrite, Na2Fe(SO4)2(OH)Ā·3H2O, is a secondary hydrated...consequence, an important marker of acid mine drainage pollution. Sideronatrite has been demonstrated from its...4, using 798 reflections with I > 3.0 Ļƒ(I). Sideronatrite is characterized by infinite [Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)]2ā€“...several sulfates associated with sideronatrite. Keywords: Sideronatrite, structure solution, OD character
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
celestine, goethite, hematite, sulphur, and sideronatrite. Sideronatrite is described in detail. The pyrite alteration...alteration is considered to be recent and the sideronatrite is preserved owing to climatic aridity. The...jarosite, including alunite, baryte, celestine, sideronatrite, sulphur (as a powdery mass together with gypsum...jarosite and sideronatrite are here reported for the first time from Israel. Sideronatrite has hitherto...been reported from a few localities :1 Tarapaca, Chile (the type locality; Raimondi, 1878); Cheleken Island
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
natural metasideronatrite and that produced from sideronatrite by dehydration over sulphuric acid by Cesbron...content. Powder data for metasideronatrite and sideronatrite, NanFer(SOn) n(OH),. 6HrO are distinctlv different...describedby Bandy (1938). The mineral from Chuquicamata,Chile, was describedas having a golden to straw...above formula, which is similar to that of sideronatrite. NaaFe2(SOa)4(OH)r.6H2O. According to Bandy...metasideronatrite can be producedby dehydration of sideronatrite over sulfuric acid. However, Bandy stated that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metasideronatrite: Crystal structure and its relation with sideronatrite Gennaro Ventruti, Francesca stasi, and Fernando...dehydration product of sideronatrite, Na2Fe(SO4)2(OH)āˆ™3H2O, from Sierra Gorda, Chile. The crystal structure...backbone of the structure is the same as that in sideronatrite: infinite [Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)]2ā€“ chains of interconnected...Ā°C), metasideronatrite rehydrates rapidly to sideronatrite. The structure solution has allowed us to: (1)...(1) investigate the strong relation between sideronatrite and metasideronitrite; (2) elucidate the mechanism
Book (volume)
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...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:
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)
yavapaiite, voltaite, ferrinatrite, roemerite, and sideronatrite (Xu et al., 2008). The samples of coquimbite... Utah (Dexter No.7 mine, San Rafael Swell, Utah) and Chile (La Alcaparosa, Chile). There are three nonequivalent...reported  for the samples of Vulc1, Utah and Chile  (1.8796 A, 1.8808 A, and 1.9048 A, respectively;...of Vulc1, Utah and    , 2.0018 A , 2.0008 A; Chile, i.e. (Fe(2)ā€“O: 2.0029 A    Fe(3)ā€“O: 1.9710 A...the coquimbite samples    of Vulc1, Utah and Chile (1.472 A,1.473 A,1.473 A, Demartin et al., 2010b)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
UNGEMACHITE AND CLINO-UNGEMACHITE: NEW MINERALS FROM CHILE M. A. Pnacocx, (Jniaersi'ty of Toronto,Toronto,Canada.... Occurs with sideronatrite in massive altered iron sulphates at Chuquicarnata, Chile. Named in memory...one of us (Bandy) spent four months in northern Chile colIecting minerals for the United States National...copper and iron for which the rainless region of Chile is famous. A number of well-known speciesare represented...contribution (1935 A) on the natural sulphates of Chile. The rarer of the two new minerals appears to difier
 
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