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Cuprite from
QM mine, El Salvador mining district, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view QM mine, El Salvador mining district, Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:543463
Long-form Identifier:1:3:543463:3
GUID (UUID V4):f76984cc-1d31-45a0-8b91-a619aa970169
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the Kalamazooportionof the San Manuel-Kalamazoo district,Pinal County,Arizona, has presentedan unparalleledopportunityfor...drilling(Lowell,1968) of the Kalamazoo portionof the district and in exploitationof the San Manuel portion....roughlyconalteration-mineralization zoning in these large de- centric zonal patterns. The deposit is generally...cp-gal,sl Au-Ag' VEINS VEINS PERIPHERAL cp-gel-el Au-Ag VEINLETS DISSEMII• ED DISS '4- MICRO VLTS...agesinto which South American porphyry depositsfor which de- the igneoushost rocksof the respective deposits
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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...of Chile EDITED BY TERESA MORENO Earth Sciences Institute 'J aume Almera', Consejo Superior de I11vestigaciones...Grosjean 13. Field excursion from central Chile to the Atacama De<,crt. W. Gibbons & -1. Moreno 329 Refere
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.....• ••~.. lnstituto Tecnol6gico i ~ GeoMinero de Espana Special Publication No. 8 f_o_r_G~e~o-lo_g_y_...CARDOZO Universidad Nacional de lngenieria, and Newmont Peru Limited Gerente de Exploraciones Av. Jose Galvez...CEDILW Facultad de Minas, Metalurgia y Geologia, Universidad de Guanajuato Ex-Hacienda de San Matias s/n...Prof. Dr. Lwfs FONTBOTE Departement de Mineralogie, Universite de Geneve 12, rue des Maraichers CH-1211...Programa de Geologia Econ6mica Aplicada, Universidad de Concepci6n Casilla 4107 Concepci6n, Chile ISBN
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Editors. SPENCER . . R. TirLey has worked as a mining geologist in the western United States in both...tectonics in the Basin and Range Province, and work on a number of individual mining districts and on numerous...establish Tucson, Arizona, as the hub of the copper mining industry of the United States. In fact, an inscribed...especially pleased to have the privilege of various mining company executives. and Deposits have in the...this volume. C > ¢ ¢ PREFACE The copper province of the Southwest manifests itself in a variety
Report (issue)
W. T. Schaller, Afwillite NMNH 95237 Dutoitspan Mine, Kimber¬ ley, South Africa Dutoitspan Ammonioborite...Sulphate Deposits of Northern from Soda Anorthite Chile. American Mineralogist, 23:669-760. NMNH Mediter¬...(M. Vonsen, 1920) NMNH 106112 from the Hillside Mine, Yavapai County, Ari¬ L. G. Berry, 1947. Composition...Aluminocopiapite NMNH 93834 Island Mountain, Mountain, from Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona (L. J. Cabri, 1976) Island...the Jarosite American Mineralogist, 12:424-426. Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada Copiapite Tus¬ See reference
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label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...and CopperGold Deposits at Los Pelambres, Central Chile José Perelló, Richard H. Sillitoe, Constantino...History of the Río Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest Known...Chuquicamata District, Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern...Northern Chile Geology of the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Utah Geology and Exploration Progress
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Pierre Bariand ! iM Conservateur de la Collection des Mineraux de la Sorbonne Translated by David Macrae...eclogitic region of the mantle, thus producing, by de- 6 1 I J compression, the rising basalt dikes...fluorite, etc.) and derived forms: octahedrons (cuprite), rhombododecahedrons, or solids with twelve rhomboid...Chalcopyrite . . . 90 90 Tetrahedrite . . . 92 Cuprite 94 Cumengeite .... 94 Caledonite .... Malachite...84 Corundum/Ruby 32 Cumengeite 94 Crysoberyl 34 Cuprite 92 Curite 114 Cyanotrichite 98 Cuprosklodowskite
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Cordillera Porphyry Copper Deposits from Alaska to Chile Dear Field Trip Participants: On behalf of the...the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., and the U. s. Geological...We also want to thank collectively, all of the mining companies and staff who graciously allowed us to...visiting Cyprus Bagdad's active porphyry copper mine. We will then visit Phelps Dodge Corporation' s...BYEDDEWITT Road Log from Bagdad, Arizona, to the Bruce mine, 5.2 miles Cumulative mileage 0.0 Copper Plaza in
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Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA). Jeffrey de Fourestier (Canada). Robert Gault (Canada), Joel...ACGAEC Acra del XV Co11greso Geologico Argentino, El Ca/afate ACSc Acta Clremica Sca11di11a1•ica AE...\lim•ra/ogica ASG ASJS,\' Arc:hil-1.•s de Science G,•111.½·e Atti de/la Sod,•ta ltalicma di Scienze Natura/i...1·exactas,jisicos y natura/es. Unil'ersidad nacicmal de Cordoba Bulletin of the Geologica/ Society of Finland...Geo/ogical Sciences Bulletin de ,\lineralogie and its precursors Boletin de Minera/ogia (Sociadad Mexicana
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
0016-7037/92/$5,00 Geochimica el Cosmochrmica Actn Vol. 56, pp. 3987-4013 Copyri&t 0 1992 Pergamon Press...include brochantite, tenorite, native Cu, and cuprite as secondary Cu minerals in addition to the minerals...minerals br~hantite, tenorite, native Cu, and cuprite as well as those in the first example. In the final...equilibrium constant K,,, and the ion activity product Qm according to A, = -RT In K&I,,, (16) where the...ion activity product is defined by n (Y,Kj)“im, Qm = (17) and R and T denote the gas constant and
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Wilson Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ..................................................Friends of Mineralogy COVER: COPPER from the Ray mine, Arizona. The specimen is 3 inches wide, and was...article beginning on page 311 for more on the Ray mine. n o te s fr o m t h c j EDITOR ARIZONA This...Old Dominion mine, the Morenci-Metcalf district, the San Manuel mine, the Inspiration mine, Monument Valley
Journal (issue)
glory hole, B & B mine, Esmeralda County CALIFORNIA: burnt ore dump, Oceanic mine, San Luis Obispo County...County TEXAS: Chisos furnace, Terlingua district, Brewster County The Texan material was used in the initial...Museum. The mineral is named for Curt N. Schuette, a mining geologist who specialized in mercury deposits....August Stetefeldt (1838-1896), a German-American mining engineer. References: RIOTTE, E. N. (1867) Stetefeldit...(Schlangenberg), Altai INDONESIA: Tambang Sawah, Benkoelen district, Sumatra Chemical work was done on specimens from
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peruse at willf BRAND NEW MINERAL SPrEQM ARQUNQ JHE WOR D: UU'il9W sp cimene for our caia...good stuff that used to come out of the Marencl mine, ~ut the price is a whole lot better. specimens...00 eaoh. CLEANED COPPER AND MALACHITE: Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona: I've had these for a few years...specimen material comes from a collection from Mining Engineer Eben Bebee who first arrived in Cripple...volcanic crater 4 miles long and 2 miles wide. Mining at Cripple Creek lasted from 1891 to 1962 with
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7H2O, was recently discovered from the Centennial mine, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, USA (Crichton...Zn2+ ions (Mendels et al. 2007; Lee et al. 2007; de Vries et al. 2008; Colman et al. 2008, 2011; Freedman...diameter, and mineral standards (i.e., diopside, cuprite, and tugtupite for Ca, Cu, and Cl, respectively)...dimensionality (Lee et al. 2007; Mendels et al. 2007; de Vries et al. 2008; Freedman et al. 2010; Welch et... Olariu A, Zorko A, Mendels P, Trombe JC, Duc F, de Vries MA, Harrison A, Hilliers AD, Lord J, Amato
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remedy recognized inadequacies or errors in existing de- by a first-hand examination of authentic specimens...the most part were done by Miss Mary Mrose, whose de- ates voted service has hastened the appearance...Steinsalz, Bergsalz, Germ.. Soude muriat^e, Chlorure de sodium, Sel gemme Fr. Sal mare Beudant (1832). Halites...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
Report (volume)
geology and mineral deposits of the Berenguela district, northwestern Bolivia By Alan R. Wallace, Richard...of gold-associated skarn from Nambija, Zamora Province, Ecuador: A reconnaissance study By Jane M. Hammarstrom...White River National Forest and the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado By Margo...deal more specifically with mineral deposits or mining districts (see Ayuso and Foley (Chapter E); Offield...the thermochronology of fluid inclusions in mining-district-scale studies. When technologies have been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Miocene monzonite to quartz-monzonite porphyry stock |(Qm; Figures 3(a,b) and 4) intruded Upper Cretaceous...intruded and cross-cut by two barren porphyry stocks (Qm) of monzonite (mz) and diorite (Di). Furthermore...Petrography and petrology of the Sungun porphyry stock (Qm) The porphyritic quartz-monzonite stock is the main...chalcocite, minor amounts of bornite, native copper and cuprite, and an upper oxidized and leached zone containing...common in other giant porphyry Cu–Mo deposits, such as El Teniente (Maksaev et al. 2004; Spencer et al. 2015)
Report (issue)
Cordillera Porphyry Copper Deposits from Alaska to Chile THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK Dear Field Trip...of the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., and the U. s...We also want to thank collectively, all of the mining companies and staff who graciously allowed us to...a near surface chalcocite blanket deposit, (2) a de~p level bulk sulfide deposit and (3) a copper-molybdenum...· quo,'z monzonll. 10 "onodio,il. compo. Ilion. El "- , , ...... '-, - ~- "'e',' I, <,,' "",
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articles of interest to mineralogists, collectors and mining historians. Contributions or suggestions for articles...advertising. FRONTISPIECE 3 Fluorite from Frazer's Hush Mine 4 THE SUSSEX MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SOCIE1Y EDITOR...RASPITE, STOLZITE AND PHILIPSBORNITE FROM CLIGGA MINE, CORNWALL David Green • Andrew Tindle 33 THE LEVERS...identified using square brackets e.g. [Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall] and a note is included with...recentlapidarycompetition organisedby SMLS. UK Journal of Mine,& M111cr.1bNo. 34 -4- accessible; most of these
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____________ ----- _______________ .._______ History of mining ____ --------- _________________________ -----__...Honduras-------------~----------------------------------- El Quetzal mine_______________________________________..._________ Siria mine ________________________ ------------- __ ----Los Hornitos mine ______ ;_______...mine____________________________________ La Uni6n mine ________________ -----------------------(}uatem...Tablas deposit_____________________________________ El Carrizal prospect ___ --------------------------
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kg/sq. mm. The mineral occurs at the Martin Lake mine, Uranium City, Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan. The...mineral occurs in specimens from the Robb Montbray mine, Montbray Township, Quebec. f . A. Mand'arino NeYite...90-96. 1. A mineral from the Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine, Wells, British Columbia, contains Pb, Bi, Cu, Ag...Dadsonite J. L. Jeueon (1969) Dadsonite (minerals Q and QM), a new lead sulphantimonide Minaal' Mog.37,437'Ul...Jambor , Can. Mi.neral.9, 791-213 (1967) (Mineral QM) from Nevada and from Madoc, Ontario. The name is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the High-Grade Copper Orebodies of the Kennecott District, Alaska Jason B. Price,†,1,* Murray W. Hitzman...Denver, Colorado 80225 Abstract The Kennecott district, Alaska, contained three important copper-(silver)...Introduction The Cu-(Ag) ore deposits of the Kennecott district in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park of eastern-southern...(1932). Little work was conducted in the area after mine closure in 1938 until the late 1960s and 1970s when...Creek Formation Fig. 1. Location of the Kennecott district, shown by the star, within the Wrangellia composite
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• t --•- """"" ' The Lornex copper-molybdenum mine and plant, Highland Valley, British Columbia. (By...measurements have been retained in specific cases such as mine levels when measured in feet, values of gold and...inhabited continent. Also, to those exploration and mining geologists, and the personnel of foreign geological...Cheney, F. W. Christiansen, W. J. Christiansen, G. de V. Klein, E. Erickson , M. P. Erickson, R. R. Shrock...L. Jensen Salt Lake City, Utah CONTENTS "The mining industry is infinitely worse off today than it
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For the Student of Elementary Mineralogy, the Mining Engineer, the Geologist, the Prospector, the Collector...Tetrahedrite Type 2. Plagiohedral Class (4). Cuprite Type Tetartohedral Class (5). Ullmannite Type ...Physical Mineralogy * EARLY WORKS include those of Rome de Flsle, 1772; Haiiy, 1822; Neumann, Krystallonomie...Physikalische Krystallographie, 1891. Mallard. Traite de Cristallographie geometrique et physique; vol. 1...the Ore Minerals, 1920. Duparc and Pearce. Traite de Technique Mineralogique et Petrographique, 1907.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
936 936 937 939 939 ABSTRACT The Copper Basin district, Yavapai County, Arizona, contains a "porphyry...monzoniteporphyry units. Mineral depositsof the district have a rough zonal arrangement with copper-molybdenum...separatesthe Colorado Plateau from the Basin and Range Province. The terrane is essentiallya complexof igneousand...West Spruce Mountain at the northern edge of the district. Major ore depositsof Precambrianage in nearby...to the northeastand the currentlyactive Iron King mine near Humboldt, about 15 miles to the east (Fig.
 
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