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Chrysocolla from
Batea Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Batea Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:572735
Long-form Identifier:1:3:572735:3
GUID (UUID V4):c508f3cf-8e38-4a9f-a2b6-a86377207dce
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . 51 Copper Metallurgy in Northern Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Elementary 39 Elect. Colliery Practice . Mine-Surveying . . Mine Air, Investigation of. Mining Law . . Blasting...LARSEN J. RIEMER . . J. G. LAWN, A. R.S. M. - Mine Accounts º7 PROF. JAMES PARK, F. G.S. - - $3...de la Sociedad Nacional de Minería,” Santiago de Chile (monthly). “ Boletín del Cuerpo de Ingenieros de...corresponding substantive.) alluvial mining. Andalusia (Province), Spain. Antioquia (Department), Republic of Colombia... Bol. de la S. N. de M. . - - - - Aragón (Province), Spain. Argentine Republic. assaying. building
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Jade: Jadeite Turquoise Azurite, Malachite, and Chrysocolla 12 Mineral Oddities and Curiosities Geodes...gold mine only a few miles from his present home. He and a friend found the brush-covered mine mouth...who thus suddenly found out that he owned a gold mine. Annotated lists of magazines and books which rockhounds...the gravel in one particular sapphire-gold placer mine is passed of mesh. sapphires size. The through...years ago, as a visitor to the sapphire-gold placer mine in Montana previously described, the writer, wanting
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manufactures, in agriculture, or in commerce. It is the province of the State Mining Bureau to give general information...of arts and manufactures and products of soil and mine, in the year 1876, in commemoration of the anniversary...arts, manufactures, and products of the soil and mine; and whereas, such an exhibition should be national...Arizona, on the south by the Mexican State or Province of Lower California, and on the west by the Pacific...Named Carbonates. ARAGONITE. Etym. Aragon, a province in Spain. Carbonate of Lime. 9. 15. AZURITE. Etym
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ton $51 00 222 00 $273 00 Copper Ore, Pioneer Mine, Boliuas Bay, Marin County 3358. Silver, per ton...analysis of auriferous gravel, from Nevada hydraulic mine, Chalk Bluffs, (See Second Annual Report, 1382,...County, in May, 1880. Bowen. Crystals of gold. Banner mine, near Michigan Placer County. Two pieces, the largest...specimens of silver ore, coated with embolite. Etna mine, Globe District, Pinal County, Arizona. Loan. William...Ores containing free gold, with pyrite. Treasure mine, Placer County. Hidden Free gold in porphyry,
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61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...minerals which make lovely cabinet specimens. old mine western states, to kick up and oxidation, ...abandoned cially in the dumps not unusual for mine dumps, espe- a solid gold or silver nugget, simply...glossary and Part III is devoted to a section on small-mine development. The proper use of a geologic map...for profitable hunting or for developing your own mine are as great as ever. America needs strategic minerals
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particularly the tungsten deposits. The Sangdong tungsten mine on the southeast coast is the largest in the world...which is now operating the big Sangdong tungsten mine. Korea has 45 centuries of history, much of which...Mines at Eden Mills, Vermont, and the Wollastonite Mine at Keeseville, N. Y. Mr. E. F. St. Mary, Jr., leader...of mining as compared with today's methods. The batea and hornspoon, both used for panning gold by primitives...shortly after the third great recoinage of gold there. Mine illumination devices were shown, from the cedar
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classifications of identifications. 4 EL EMEN TARY MINE RA LOGY Like learning about the science of mineralogy...hills. Once again the elements of running a small mine were present-little effort to get the rock and an...over again. This could explain how so many lost mine stories were created in desert areas. While it is...very subtle and need closer examination to deter¬ mine if they actually deposit gold. Some, like bends...efficiency of the elevators in use at the Wild Goose Mine near Ophir Creek in Alaska was published. The principle
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California Bolivia Brazil California Central America Chile chemistry Colombia crystallography Cuba Ecuador...Bolivia Brasil California (EE.UU.) America Central Chile quimica Colombia cristalografia Cuba Ecuador frances...according to country: Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curacao Ecuador El Salvador...the legua vary from country to country: Argentina Chile Colombia Cuba Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras...monton varied from 15 to 32 quintales. 5 Except in Chile where a cajon is 6,400 libras and Peru where a cajan
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disig- norant of the methods by which a great mine should be opened, developed, and worked. A few...sulphides, and are harder to treat. fore act very mine The prospector should therewhen trying to develop...with which it can be mined. The famous Treadwell mine, on Douglas Island, Alaska, has ore that is worth...dollar a ton profit, and hundreds of thousands tin mine known as and the Burra copper mim- in Australia...with South American miners. It made of hard batea. deep in is is wood, 20 inches in diameter, 2
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evolution of the old wooden bowl, known as the "batea," used in these early diggings, is symbolized in...Dolores for milling the ores from the celebrated Ortiz mine in Santa Fe County; one at the gold camp of Pinos...Pinos Altos in Grant County; and one at the Aztec mine at the head of Ute Creek on Baldy Mountain, in Colfax...Oro, constituting what is now known as the Ortiz mine. In the Los Cerrillos district, a few miles west...water level and have been flooded ever since the mine was originally abandoned, the full extent of underground
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MEXICO NEW metallurgy. old used in these “batea,” OF RESOURCES MINERAL as the in symbolized...penetrate the water level and have been since the mine of metallurgist Mississippi appear with incline... what del Tierra. interest of Ute the Ortiz mine. as metalliferous workings as exist head famous...in Santa mine of Pinos camp The first experiments in were at Dolores one Aztec mine at Baldy... 1870 the remnants of still in evidence in the mine. is not the known. old canoe This curious
Book (edition)
spodumene crystals Dakota. of spodumene, Etta mine, near Keystone, (Photograph by South Dakota School...School of Mines.) South have been found at the Etta mine, near Keystone, South Dakota, 36 to 47 feet long...the green minerals malachite, dioptase, and chrysocolla and the blue azurite. Gem minerals with a metallic...This type of cutting is now referred to as the old mine cut (Fig. 165) and is commonly observed on stones...Chlorastrolite Serpentine Smithsonite Sodalite Chrysocolla Cyanite Sphalerite Spodumene Danburite Datolite
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interested in the God's this time, too, Gift mine at Albertham, which was discovered in 1530. Writing...since the very time "to bestow such when the mine began first riches." Agricola seems to have resigned...we obtain richer products from mines in fact, one mine is often much more beneficial to us than many fields...art of mining elegant language, these books of mine are correspond- The things ingly lacking in refinement...incurred in the machinery and the working of the mine. Sixthly, his learning must comprise Architecture
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have been mined to a Down to 52 m. (170 ft.) the mine was dry. depth of 56 m. (183 ft.) Chrysoprase,...Joseph shaft. At a southeastern. the southeast mine, this place the tuffs and marly slates Wengen...impregnated with Ore is also extracted in this part of the mine from a zone of cinnabar. impregnated rock lying...dolomite and the Wengen marly shales. In the Northwest mine, on the contrary, the succession of rocks the ent...of a dying volcanic activity. The Santa Barbara mine, close to the is the most important. The deposit
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2 PREFACE For two decades, an earlier work of mine—Practical Gemmology—has proved a useful elementary...or terraces. Emerald is recovered from the Chivor mine in Colombia by such a method. The method of recovering...diamond (4263 carats) recovered from the Premier mine * yon af TINT * . in the Transoaal. This shows how...is found in a mine they are looked upon as the greatest sign of ill luck, and the mine, no matter how...how profitable, is Aaa: The mine owner may himself not be superstitious, but nothing will induce the
Journal (issue)
Indians were using a pan-like object, called a batea, for placer mining . It was large, when compared...Because of the size and wooden construction, the batea was heavy and unwieldly, requiring a great amount...The specimen at lower right Is from the Red Ledge Mine, Nevada County , California. These three are from...encountered. Working large objects, like some of mine (a 6" or 8" bowl, or an 8" high cowboy on a horse}...that can be held with the fingers . I usually cut mine ½" or ¾" thick and about 2" long , depending on
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Manufacturing Materials 378 28. PART 33. 6 Opening a Mine 34. Mineral Processing PART Glossary Index ...testing or assaying, developing a prospect into a mine (at least in its preliminary stages), dressing and...start when the urge over again and find another mine. Part 7 contains tables of the chemical elements...illustrated by such examples as the Yerrington copper mine in Nevada, which was known in 1918 but not developed...Shirley, a prospector, discovered the Poseidon mine, even though the Western Mining Corporation had
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Award • Inclusions in agate from China’s Sichuan Province • Unusual repair of an emerald • Yellowish green...Karl Schmetzer traces the history of the Habachtal mine during the era between World Wars I and II, using...workings were called the Königskrone (“Kings Crown”) mine. The finest topaz crystals were extracted during...mining tunnel of the nearby Grube Tannenberg tin mine. Gem-quality topaz crystals worth cutting were mostly...Famous mineral localities: The Königskrone topaz mine, Schneckenstein, Saxony, Germany. Mineralogical
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washing gold or other daily in ores the pan, the batea, or on the vanning shovel. in ; precious stones...orthosilicate of copper, Dioptase Si0 2 .CuO.H 2 0. Chrysocolla Prehnite hydrated orthosilicate of copper, ...Infusible. Density, 10*6. in Canada Ontario, Mine), (Vermilion and North Carolina (Cowee Valley)...carbonates, malachite and chessylite ; the silicate, chrysocolla ; the sulphate, chalcanthite ; the sulphide,...Enargite occurs, as an ore of copper in the United mine at Butte in Montana, Tintic States (Anaconda mines
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installed in a large underground copper mine where it breaks run-of-mine ore with compressive strengths up...concentration anormale nche en eau en amont du barrage batea abaco carbon perd1do p1lar abandonado exr,lotac1on...coal abandoned p1lla• abanooned 01llars method batea, vaskpaona kvarlamnat kol ~varlamnad peiare ortrytning...Verschle1ssversuch de surface. au iour. carreau (d'une mine) au-dessus du n1veau de la mer au-dessus oe I'eau...aktivering aktivator brottbelastning 169 170 171 active mine actual evaporation actuatism gruva I drift verkhg
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vein-stones. The ignorance and prejudice of the native mine-owner prohibits use of the wheel-barrow, the windlass...wrought to advantage, now remains unbroken in the mine, and undressed at the surface. All necessaries of...MINAS GERAES. The richest part of this productive Province,situate between Congonhas do Campo on the south...and copper, in deep than in shallow parts of the mine, and contains platina near the surface only. Short...arrobas ) 78· 7 lbs. only. The entire produce of the Province from 1700 to 1860 is estimated to have exceeded
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Chemical composition_-------------Cape of Good Hope Province ____ ------------ 1 2 4 5 5 9 11 11 12 14...atinum placers _______ -------- ___ _ Narifio Province---------------------------Chemical analyses ___...Lodes--------------------------------Salt Chuck mine ___________________ _ Placers------------------...Complex_ ___________________ _ Green ~ountain copper mine ___________ _ Placers _______________________________...------------_--_ Platinum metals in ores from Falconbridge mine, Subdury district ________ -_-- _________ ---_----
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T'ung-lii-shan copper mine, China Wooden 'batea' from T'ung-lii-shan copper mine, and similar items after...Paul Middle oronze age palstave found at Godolphin Mine, Breage Working gold alluvials in California in...the Eastern Desert has proved to be a rare-metal province containing, among other things, tin (cassiterite)...accompanying table shows the importance of Rooiberg. The mine may be somewhat older than the Nigeria as a tin...14e date of c. AD 1450 obtained from some of the mine Europeans in 1901 in-the Bauchi plateau, tin was
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to become more efficient in his work. Schools of mine. and vocational schools in many Western States give...on page 7. . During the examination of a pro pect mine in K evacl a, when most of the supplies were purchased...owner of a mill or reduction works, not ow ning a mine in connection t herewith, may also receive a patent...(.£1 to £3 .S) per year for a license to mine gold or to mine gold a nd gems, Sl0 (.£2) to min e for oth...oth e r minerals, and $14 (.£3) to mine for gems . . . . R oya lties arc 50 cents (2 shillings) an ounce
 
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