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Cuprite from
Llano mine, Carrizal Alto district, Huasco 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 Llano mine, Carrizal Alto district, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:572606
Long-form Identifier:1:3:572606:6
GUID (UUID V4):36b6ac7f-cfe7-404c-86f7-58166bf5f001
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Journal (issue)
BARITE 13 cm, from Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. Doug Fiske collection;...Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China. Keith & Diane Brownlee collection; Joe...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...from Katlang, Mardan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Jeff Starr collection; Joe Budd photo
Book
Universidad de Concepci6n Casilla 4107 Concepci6n, Chile ISBN 978-3-642-88284-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-88282-1.... . . . 37 The Metalliferous Ore Deposits of Chile and Argentina, and Their Geologic Framework J. Oyarzun... . . . . . . . . 147 X Contents El Aguilar Mine: An Ordovician Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Lead-Zinc...Sulfides in the Greenstone Belt of South-Central Chile - An Overview G. Alfaro and S. Callao . . . . ....Formation and Massive Sulfide Orebodies, South-Central Chile: Geologic and Isotopic Aspects S. Callao, G. Alfaro
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF SUPERGENE OXIDATION, COPIAPo MINING DISTRICT, NORTHERN CHILE R. H. Snr.rroE, Deportnlentof Geology...numerous deposits of the Copiap6 mining district of northern Chile copper and copper-iron sulfides persist...copper deposits in the Copiap6 mining district of northern Chile (Sillitoe, 1969a), in which the relations...InvestigacionesGeol6gicas, Casilla 10465,Santiago,Chile. 1684 COPPERSULFIDES 1685 which has been adequatel-vdefined...extensive major planation surface in northern Chile, the Atacama Pediplain, which developedin responseto a
Report (volume)
Prof. A. F. Rogers, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut...working in pure white clay at Eureka V ALABAMA. 7 mine 4 miles northeast of Valley Head. Etowah County...County, Blue and Rock creeks. x Clay County, Idaho district. Cleburne County, Arbacoochee, Chulafinnee, Kemp...Pinetucky district. Talladega County, near Waldo. Tallapoosa County, Goldville, Hog Mountain district, Silver...iron ore of State; 1 to 5 beds. Greatest mining district, Jefferson County between Bessemer and Birmingham;
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A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, José Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm...Malawi * 10 x 10 x 7 cm Calcite, San Sebastian Mine, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico * 10 x 8 x 6.5
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Prof. Arthur S. Eakle, University of California...portion of coarse-grained granite veins in Piedmont Province from alteration of feldspar. In Calhoun County...STATES ALABAMA. H ing in pure white clay at Eureka mine, 4 miles northeast of Valley Head. Etowah County...County, Blue and Rock creeks. Clay County, Idaho district. Cleburne County, Arbacoochee, Chulafinnee, Kemp
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rare-earth pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake...Lake Buchanan in 1938. The Terlingua mining district is noted for its rare mercury minerals. Mining here...from 1900 to the middle 1940s; but the Mariposa mine, which produced most of the rare minerals, ceased...wrote for Rocks & Minerals on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April...70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 30 Live Oak \ Llano \ Madison Mason Matagorda Nolan Pecos Presidio Real
67 crocidolite 100 crocoite 62, 63 cryolite 22 cuprite 22, 23 curite 36 cuspidine 85 cyclosilicates 90...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...found at Butte, Montana, and the Copper River district of Alaska. A much rarer mineral is covellite,...brown opaque octahedrons in clay at Destricella Mine near Raddusa (Enna) in Italy. A brief mention should
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67 crocidolite 100 crocoite 62, 63 cryolite 22 cuprite 22, 23 curite 36 cuspidine 85 cyclosilicates 90...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...especially near Ki1nberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimber/ite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Pren1ier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to
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67 crocidolite 100 crocoite 62, 63 eryolite 22 cuprite 22, 23 curite 36 cuspidine 85 cyclosilicates...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...found at Butte, Montana, and the Copper River district of Alaska. A much rarer mineral is covellite,...brown opaque octahedrons in clay at Destricella Mine near Raddusa (Enna) in Italy. A brief mention should
Journal (issue)
Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than...scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas...hilly region thereabouts, known geologically as the Llano Uplift. Fine topaz crystals continued to come from
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periods of stability PLANET | 114 San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 om are uncommon...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26x 16 cm 22...* 20 x 18 x 14. cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1x 1 om Acicular...hematite with iridescent limonite coating, Parcocha Mine, Bilbao, Spain * 19 x 19 x 16 cm Goethite, Tintic...Brazil + 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, José Pinto Mine, Jaguaragu, Minas Gerais, Brazil + 12 x 19 x 6 em
Book (edition)
Fayette Court-house, Fayette county, and near Gold Mine in Marion county. These localities are at a distance...ties. Gold. 692 MINERAL RESOURCES. ALABAMA — Mine d — Continued. Mineralogical name. Common name...Wood's mine, Cleburne county, a bedded lode with pyrite, copper ore. in mica schist; Smith's mine, near...Coosa counties. Smelting works erected at wood's mine, Cleburne county j not now in operation. Emery....copper mine, Cleburne county, with other ores of copper; T. 20, R. 7 E., Clay county (Copper Mine). per
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On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ore deposits from the Michilla mining district, northern Chile: a 40Ar/39Ar geochronological approach...Springer-Verlag 2007 Abstract The Michilla mining district comprises one of the most important stratabound...deposits of the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile, hosted by the Middle Jurassic volcanic rocks of...minerals from volcanic and plutonic rocks in the district allow Editorial handling: R. King V. Oliveros...Departamento de GeologĂ­a, Universidad de Chile, P.O. Box 13518-21, Santiago, Chile e-mail: volivero@ing.uchile.cl
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OF THE TAKILMA-WALDO DISTRICT, OREGON INCLUDING THE BLUE CREEK DISTRICT BY PHILIP J. SHENON Contributions..._Location and topography of the Takilma-Waldo district.-__----__----. Geology______..._._...___..____...rocks.__________-__--____-_-__-__--___.___-___ Llano de Oro formation.--..---.----...---.-----...---...____,-___ Queen of Bronze mine.________________________________ Waldo mine.--_.-_____--___-'_______________...mine__-_--'-____----.--_____________.._.__.____ Lyttle mine._________________________________________ Origin
Journal (issue)
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...stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite
Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and...Park. Also near Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California...unusual crystals at Carn Brea Mine, Cornwall, England. Found at Wanlockhead Mine in Scotland, and also at...regions. In U.S., fine crystals in calcite at Cahill Mine, Nevada. Also at New Almaden and New Idria Mines
Book (edition)
Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production...Park. Also near Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California... England. Found at La Bufa, Brea Mine, at Wanlockhead Mine Scotland, and also at Wallaroo, South...regions. In USS., fine crystals in calcite at Cahill Mine, Nevada. Also at New Almaden and New Idria Mines
Book (volume)
instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel, on the W...outcrops and ridgesFairhill agates;  in Bull Moose mine dump 5 mi. SE Barbosalite, exceptional reddish-violet...Broken Butte Gold MineArsenopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite. Visitors tour the mine from May through...through Sept. each year (fee);  the Rattlesnake Jack mine at the bottom of Strawberry Gulch, 4 mi. SEAlunite
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stood atop the "mother” mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock....crystal, still imbedded in the country rock, to the mine manager, Mr. F. Wells. With his pocketknife Wells...Cullinan in honor of the superintendent of the Premier Mine in which it had been found, it was sold to the Transvaal...attractiveness. Miners working the Proprietary Block 14 Mine discovered and removed the matrix from its pocket...1886, when he went underground into a Cornish tin mine in search of crystals. During his lifetime he collected
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stood atop the “mother” mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock....crystal, still imbedded in the country rock, to the mine manager, Mr. F. Wells. With his pocketknife Wells...Cullinan in honor of the superintendent of the Premier Mine in which it had been found, it was sold to the Transvaal...attractiveness. Miners working the Proprietary Block 14 Mine discovered and removed the matrix from its pocket...1886, when he went underground into a Cornish tin mine in search of crystals. During his lifetime he collected
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stood atop the “mother” mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock....crystal, still imbedded in the country rock, to the mine manager, Mr. F. Wells. With his pocketknife Wells...Cullinan in honor of the superintendent of the Premier Mine in which it had been found, it was sold to the...attractiveness. Miners working the Proprietary Block 14 Mine discovered and removed the matrix from its...1886, when he went underground into a Cornish tin mine in search of crystals. During his lifetime he collected
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nuggets Include one of 153kg (3371b), found in Chile, and one of 93kg (2051b), found in Hill End (Australia)...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...(Montana, USA), Bisbee (Arizona, USA), Chuquicamata (Chile), Tsumeb (Namibia), Peru and Russia. Colour: black...quantities are mined in the USA, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Australia and Zambia. Colour: copper-red or bronze...stannite when zinc-rich. Stannite is found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA)
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nuggets Include one of 153kg (3371b), found in Chile, and one of 93kg (2051b), found in Hill End (Australia)...(Peru). Almaden Is the oldest and largest mercury mine In the world. Hg Colour: t in-white Lustre; opacity:...(Montana, USA), Bisbee (Arizona, USA), Chuquicamata (Chile), Tsumeb (Namibia), Peru and Russia. Colour: black...quantities are mined in the USA, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Australia and Zambia. Colour: copper-red or bronze...stannite when zinc-rich. Stannite is found at Etna Mine (South Dakota, USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA)
 
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