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Sphalerite from
Loreto Mine, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Loreto Mine, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:783498
Long-form Identifier:1:3:783498:1
GUID (UUID V4):e5817d4d-15f8-4711-9116-97f9b93922b8
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at Bargone, Boccassuolo, Campegli, Casali–Monte Loreto, Corchia, Reppia and Vigonzano. This question of... Monte Loreto and their stockwork ore in gabbro (4b), while Boccassuolo, Casali, Monte Loreto and ReppiaReppia...most important minerals chalcopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite and pillow basalt (2),(2), tootoo [12]. The most...sulfide lenses or the in the stockwork ore. Local sphalerite andand rarely pyrrhotite either in the massive...Accessories Bargone 4b Pyrite, chalcopyrite (sphalerite) prehnite (calcite, chlorite) Bornite, covellite
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)
and Andeanregions,extendingalmostfrom Ecuadorto Chile. Cretaceous anthracite is the most abundant; it...othertributariesof the Amazonin the departmentof Loreto. Var•adium.--Minasgragra(1) in Junin produced99...feetbelowthe surface. The oreis cut by a porphyrydike. The mine yieldedmany thousandtons of a shippingproductsgradingbetter...quartz-filledfracturescontaining wolframite,pyrite, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, enargiteand galena,locallywith...individual depositsare said to be small. The Buena Suerte mine in Puno has probablybeen the largest producer.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
normally dominated by sulfides like pyrite, galena, sphalerite and whereas gold normally occurs as “electrum”...1988) or Gold Deposits from the Sonoran Desert Province (Pérez-Segura, 1993); nevertheless, previous names...dissected by the current extensional Basin and Range province, and originated in the active North American...basement rocks and, most especially, with the province of Yavapai Paleoproterozoic granitc rocks, and...Also, the same authors postulate that the Yavapai province represents a crustal weakness area that might
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bornite, neodigenite, pyrite, pyrrhotite and sphalerite are the ore minerals associated with quartz and...mainly defined by pyrite and chalcopyrite, whereas sphalerite, pyrrhorite, marcasite, magnetite, hematite,...13-Bargone 14-Gallinar~a 15-Casali 16-Campegli 17-M. Loreto 18-Pi.... 19-M. Rossola . Mesco in the northern... Bardeneto, Libiola, Gallinaria, Casali and M. Loreto. T h e stratiform deposits (M. Bardeneto and M...Reppia p.p., L e Cascine, Libiola, Gallinaria and M. Loreto) Stockwork structures are sometimes are connected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralsare wolframite,tetrahedrite/tennantite, sphalerite,galena, and pyrite in a gangue of quartz, fluorite...veinsystem (N-S cross section), andC. Consuzo (Loreto)veinsystem (NW•SEcross section) shown. Dotsindicate...PastoBuenomineralparagenesls(Fig. 7A) meters in width, but mine files record past exposure is basedon more than...underground of unusualveins 8 to 10 meters wide. Very few mine observations, mapping,and sampling,and subrugs were...paragenesis sequencepresented. Dedrite, galena,sphalerite,pyrite, and quartz. In some tailed quartz zo
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . 51 Copper Metallurgy in Northern Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1984; Venturelli et al., 1981). In the Modena province, including the Boccassuolo ophiolite, basaltic...higher Cu/Zn ratio, due to low modal proportion of sphalerite, and low Co/Ni reflecting the composition of pyrite...monotonous sulfide assemblage pyrite–chalcopyrite–sphalerite with accessory pyrrhotite, in a gangue of quartz...massive pyrite and chalcopyrite; (Sph) = massive sphalerite. (*) Except galena-rich samples. 76.8 514 61...location in circles: 1) Due Livelli mine, 2) Lumaca prospect, 3) Allagata mine, 4) Dolicopoda–Pipistrello prospects
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Seabed Sediments of the Chiloé–Taitao Area, Southern Chile, and Implications for Ore Deposits Marisol Pérez...Area, Southern Chile, and Implications for Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8370450...8370450, Chile; marisol.perez.h@ing.uchile.cl (M.P.); btownley@ing.uchile.cl (B.T.); kdeckart@ing.uchile...Technology Center (AMTC), Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8370451, Chile Correspondence: mgarciagodoy@ing.uchile...has been documented for the seabed offshore of Chile, which is particularly interesting due to its geodynamic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
may not be available for the specific geological province, and regional-scale overprinting by syn- or postmetamorphic...scheelite, srp  serpentine, sd  siderite, sp  sphalerite, tlc  talc, tnt  tennantite, ttr  tetrahedrite... Montecatini Val di Cecina 18. Piazza 17. M. Loreto 15. La Reale (Piamprato, Valprato Soana) 16. Libiola...major exception is a very Pb-poor sample from M. Loreto (sample LOR_M2prph; Table S1), which suggests recent...isotopic variability (Fig. 4). The four bornite ± sphalerite samples have relatively low 206Pb/204Pb ratios
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
small crystals from the Fundgrube vein at the Anna mine, formula 2(Ag2S)Sb,S, + 4(Cu2S,PbS,ZnS,FeS)Sb,S3...associated with alaskaite (Analysis 11) in the Alaska Mine, Ouray Co., Colorado. The two minerals are so intimately...quartz. Sp. gr. 6.565. It was found at the Old Lout Mine. The calculated formula is 6(PbAgz)S Bi2S3,that...Min., 11,286).-This mineral was found a t the Loreto Mine in the Sierra Madre Mountains, Mexico. It is...18.60 100.00 A mineral found in the Syrjanowsk mine (Altai) and described as turquoise has since proved
Report (issue)
cyanide and toxic metals released from the Summitville mine on downstream water supplies and crops. The distribution...framework and ore genesis from Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and the Venezuelan Andes. Our cosponsors...cordillera, southern Peru, western Bolivia, and northern Chile Edwin H. McKee (USGS), Peter Craig Gibson, Donald...J.A., and Smith, K.S.-lmpact of the Summitville mine on Aleinikoff, J.N., Peterman, ZE., Widmann, B...concentrations in the wetland vegetation receiving acid mine drainage from St. Kevin Gulch, Leadville, Colorado
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kambalda mining districts in the Eastern Goldfields Province, a continental-margin orogen subdivided into the...districts are located in the Eastern Goldfields Province (EGP) of the Yilgarn Craton, a composite orogenic...Kambalda (Compston et al. 1986) suggest that the province represents a continental-margin orogen. The EGP...inner selvages of D4 quartz veins Mt Charlotte mine, 21 and 22 levels, combined data 6597760N, 354840E...Kanowna Belle gold mine, sample KWA-1, 6612322N, 363994E Kanowna Belle gold mine, hole DDH-429, 260–262
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to St. Genevieve, Misteca to Yanhuitlan. deros, Chile to Maria Elena, Nejed to Gibeon, Mt. Stirling to...Grove (reheated artificially to 1000°C) Loreto Maria Elena (Chile) Mart Mayodan Merceditas Monahans Morito...Quantitative electron microprobe analyses of coexisting sphalerite, daubreelite and troilite in the Odessa iron
Journal (issue)
Islet Famous mineral localities: the Silver Islet mine, O n ta rio ............... 49 by W. E. Wilson ...photo © SILVER crystals, 3.3 by 4.5 cm, from the mine, Kongsberg, Norway. (See the this issue.) Keith...silver mines at all in Asia. He does mention a silver mine in Macedonia that used to yield a talent of the...January-February, 1986 Figure 2. Interior of a German silver mine, 1830s. Photo Deutsches Museum, Miinchen. hillside...Wieden Near the village of Wieden is the old Anton mine, records of which date to 1786 (though mining in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
be located (Wilson 1994). Born was a miner and a mine-oriented mineralogist. Thus, he not only taught...Mottana et al. hand lens in a specimen from the Boiza mine in Transylvania, which is in our cabinet [i.e. the...samples of "oro piritoso" from the S. Maria di Loreto mine near Fazerbayer in Transylvania. He asserts that... the gold sample from the Immaculate Conception mine near Nagyág present now in the collection (n. 17;...ore in association with sphalerite on quartz, from the Immaculate Conception mine near Nagyág (Sacarâmb)
Journal (issue)
0026-4628 ‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ..............................Valley Road Watsonville, California 95076 The Outlaw mine has long been known as an occurrence o f rare and...benjaminite, fo r which it is the type locality. The mine has been idle fo r more than 60 years, and because...More than 30 minerals have been identified from the mine and studies continue on the sulfosalt mineralogy...mineralogy. INTRODUCTION Our interest in the Outlaw mine, the type locality for benjaminite, began in the early
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sampling in the few accessible parts of the old mine. Selected samples underwent mineralogical and micro-textural...Ni–Co–Pb–Zn–Cu–Ag–Bi veins, exploited in the old mine areas of Sa Menga, Acqua Is Prunas and Pira Inferida...metasediments, with the exception of the Acqua Is Prunas mine area, where the km-long veins are enclosed in Silurian...exploited at the Perdu Cara [18] and Santa Vittoria mine sites (Figure 1b). These veins (presently still...(e)Inferida); galena-rich galena-rich (withand sphalerite and tetrahedrite) ore veinlets in quartzcementing
Book
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...Society, London, 21-114. The Geology of Chile EDITED BY TERESA MORENO Earth Sciences Institute 'J aume...Grosjean 13. Field excursion from central Chile to the Atacama De<,crt. W. Gibbons & -1. Moreno 329
Report (issue)
zoning and the geochemistry of tetrahedrite and sphalerite in the Cananea-Duluth breccia pipe, Cananea,...geochemistry and mineralization of the Washington mine area, Huepac, Sonora [abs.] in Najera-Garza, J....related to pegmatites at the San Antonio tungsten mine, Baviacora, Sonora, Mexico [abs.]: Geological Society...1982, A study of manganese ore composition, Lucifer mine, Baja California, Mexico [abs.]: Geological Society...Garcia-Gutierrez, L., 1969, The manganese metallogenic province in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico in Cordoba,
Book
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
Report (volume)
Barbara mine, Huancavelica quicksilver district. 3. Geologic map and section of the Botija Punco mine, Huancavelica...Roque mine, Huancavelica quicksilver district. 5. Geologic map and section of the Pucacapa mine, Huancavelica...6. Geologic map and section of the Quichcahuayjo mine, H uancavelica quicksilver district. 7. Topographic...of the principal mine workings at Canoas. 10. Map showing the distribution of the mine openings at Canoas...Atacocha mine area. Map of the 4,103 level, Atacocha mine. Map of the 4,000 level, Atacocha mine. Map of
Book
produced specimens from such places as the La Fé Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the...WIC ' ' (OSE INSET) Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein...Mexicali Show & Nensengdo Figure 4. The mineral province of Sonora. (Mod ors ified from Berstein, 1964...University of New York, Albany) Provinces / 5 The province of Sonora, located in the northwest corner of...4) is an extension of both the basin and range province, and the copper porphyry belt of the western United
Book
produced specimens from such places as the La Fe Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in the...CALl[NTCS ... I MI ( Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein...University of New York, Albany) Figure 4. The mineral province of Sonora. (Modified from Berstein, 1964, back...Ttcolote • S 0 R A Sor • Provinces I 5 The province of Sonora, located in the northwest corner of...4) is an extension of both the basin and range province, and the copper porphyry belt of the western United
Report (volume)
based on considerations that extend far beyond the mine itself, in some instances relating to the overall...subject, as in a scale model of the workings of a mine, to a unifying concept that explains or describes...government believed might someday be economic ta mine. Stratiform deposits of large areal extent, such...EXAMPLES High Plateau, Del Norte Cty, USCA Coto Mine, Luzon, PLPN (Wells and others, 1946) (LeBlanc...DEPOSITS Name Ace of Spades Adobe Canyon Gp. Ajax Alice Mine Allan (Johnson) Alta Hill Althouse Alyce and Blue
 
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