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Brochantite from
La Verde Mine, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Brochantite
Formula:Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Atacamite1 photo of Brochantite associated with Atacamite at this locality.
Limonite1 photo of Brochantite associated with Limonite at this locality.
Goethite1 photo of Brochantite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Brochantite data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Verde Mine, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:868405
Long-form Identifier:1:3:868405:9
GUID (UUID V4):2b8476ae-03a2-4c2e-8f5a-3ff0f47311d3
Nearest other occurrences of Brochantite
3.9km (2.4 miles) Jote Mine, Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
4.3km (2.7 miles) Maria Catalina mine, Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
19.3km (12.0 miles) La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
25.0km (15.5 miles) Dos Adrianas Mine, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
26.3km (16.3 miles) Cerro Carrizalillo, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
41.4km (25.7 miles) Los Azules mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
58.5km (36.4 miles) Dulcinea de Llampos Mine, Cachiyuyo de Llampos mining district, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
65.8km (40.9 miles) San Samuel Mine ("San Manuel Mine"), Carrera Pinto, Cachiyuyo de Llampos mining district, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Brochantite Downloaded by [Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi]...Universitesi] at 20:25 14 March 2016 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico T here once was a time when most green...acicular copper minerals were routinely labeled brochantite, a seemingly inexhaustible supply of such specimens...originating at what was then known only as the Blanchard mine, Bingham, New Mexico. Oh, for those simpler times... and although the once implied abundance of brochantite may be burned permanently into the minds of older
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
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Berkshire RG11 2PY, England Van Nostrand Reinhold 480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia...Especies Minerales de Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez’s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of...pa Biren vem, nM cad tomas ies ery £5 ao hebe, La iOd aay Am gle Pha yy i;sian, WRT a ss] ae " re...1) produced specimens from such places as the LaMine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in...WIC ' ' (OSE INSET) Figure 3. The mineral province of Sierra Madre Occidental. (Modified from Berstein
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Berkshire RG 11 2PY, England Yan Nostrand Reinhold 480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia...£species Minerales de Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez's La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of...1) produced specimens from such places as the La Fe Mine in the state of Chiapas and Santa Rosalia in...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
Journal (issue)
Azurite with malachite, 5.4 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Fine Minerals International...minerals of Mexico is devoted entirely to the Milpillas mine, a relatively new locality which has yielded a virtually...quantities. We published a preliminary report on the mine by Tom Moore and Marcus Origlieri back in 2008,...and went underground with the miners. Since the mine has now shut down permanently, we are taking this...Overload, to say nothing of world-class malachite, brochantite, volborthite, olivenite and an array of other
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: The Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec ................................Ontario M3C 1NB COVER: ADAM ITE from the Ojuela mine near Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Collection of Wayne...white cover. 67 MORGANITE ON TOU R M A L I N E PA LA, C A L I FOR N I A 68 The Mineralogical Record...famous mineral locali ties : The JeffreyAsbestos, Mine Quebec by J. D. Grice and R. Williams The National...crystals of exceptional quality from the Jeffrey mine at Asbestos, Quebec, are to be found in collections
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: The Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Q u ebec...............................people: telephone: COVER: ADAMITE from the Ojuela mine near Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Collection of Wayne... famous mineral localities: The JeffreyAsbestos, Mine Quebec by J. D. Grice and R. Williams The National...crystals of exceptional quality from the Jeffrey mine at A s b e s t o s ,Qare to be found in collections...collections throughout the world and have made this mine one of Canada’s best known mineral localities. In addition
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut......................................in the U.S.A. notesfrom th r EDITORS OLD YUMA MINE Another great mineral locality has now been closed...longfamous Old Yuma mine near Tucson (see R. L. Jones, “Famous mineral localities: the Old Yuma mine,” in vol....period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro...and Mining Company for the sum of $558,000. The mine is now owned outright by the Federal Government
Report (issue)
(presumably without the shrine) to a European in La Paz, Bolivui. Rolf Wein bought the specimen on July...ophyllite; 5. 2 cm tall Cerro Rico, Potosi, B,atillo province, Potosi Andy Seibel col/action Jejf-SC,m/.plwto...wp11�. Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt (ex Marv...Anthony R. Kampf Brian Kosnar, Saul Krotki, Jesse La Plante, Gary Moss, Bendeguz Nagy Gunther Neumeier...cassiterite 4.3 cm; Huanuni Dave Bunk specimen Jesse La Plante photo Map: Oruro Department ............
Book
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...of the Río Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest Known Concentration...Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern Chile Geology of...N. Moreto, André Luiz Silva Pestilho, Mineral Province, Brazil Gustavo Henrique Coelho de Melo, Marco
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Caucasus - crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine - Nevada (USA) •Application: ore (extraction of...Badenweiler - Schwarzwald (FRG), in large masses in (Chile) and (Bolivia)• Application: copper ore. Kermesite... Andreasberg (FRG), Prfbram (Czechoslovakia), (Chile), (Mexico), (USA) and (USSR) • Application: silver...200 kg (USSR), San Sebastian (Mexico), Coquimbo (Chile), Red Cloud (Colorado) and Calaveras Co. (California)...- aggregation of crysta ls from pil e of a coal mine; Kladn o (Czechoslovakia - width of field 15 mm)
Report (issue)
Union of South Africa:Traasvaal ••• ••• • •• Cape Province ... ••• ••• Orange River Colony ... ••• Natal...tends to give way. to the leaner primary 0!fes as mine s get deeper. It is importa,,n t to realize that...enrichecl deposits ha,v e yielded i11 the pa.s t a la-r·ge part of the world's productio1n and tha,t ,... rolling and dra,wing. Blister copper includes Chile bars and contains aniything from 94 to 99 per cent...increase was ma,i nly from the United States, Canada., Chile, Peru, Japan, Africa and Germa-n y. The production
Book
illustrated Encyclopedi of the World’s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...Caucasus — crystals up to 1.5 cm (USSR), Getchell Mine — Nevada (USA) e Application: ore (extraction of...Badenweiler — Schwarzwald (FRG), in large masses in (Chile) and (Bolivia) e Application: copper ore. Kermesite... Andreasberg (FRG), Pribram (Czechoslovakia), (Chile), (Mexico), (USA) and (USSR) e Application: silver...200 kg (USSR), San Sebastian (Mexico), Coquimbo (Chile), Red Cloud (Colorado) and Calaveras Co. (California)
Catalog/List
...... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen with minor...AERINITE Calcium magnesium iron aluminum silicate ~ Province of Huesca, Estopinian Blue massive in an_cient...silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite .....Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...... ALLOPHANE Hydrous aluminum silicate Seain Province of Barcelona, Station Creu Elorde Waxy yellow-green
Report (issue)
geologicas-mineras sobre cobre en los prospectos de "Los Alisos", "La Caridad" y "El Alacran"- Reconocimiento geologico...L., and Gomez Caballero, A., 1986, Resultados de la evaluacion del deposito de boratos del area Tubutama...hierro de La Perla y La Negra, municipio de Camargo, Chihuahua [Iron deposits of La Perla and La Negra,...Cendejas F., C., and Barcenas R., A., 1978, Geologia de la region cuprifera del Transvaal, municipio de Cumpas... and Ortlieb, L., (eds.), Primero simposio sobre la geologia y potencial minero del estado de Sonora
Journal (issue)
363 by J. Fisher History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . ....cap” tourmalines discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and...web site at www.wmtucson.com DANBURITE – Aurora Mine, Charcas, SanLuis Potosi, Mexico When in Tucson...since their discovery over 100 years ago. The province ranks among the major gem-producing and specimen-producing...pegmatite minerals are also found throughout the province. Since the beginning of organized gem mining in
Catalog/List
sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls imbedded in syenite CROSSITE...iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite ..... . GRUNERITE...GRUNERITE Basic iron silicate Michigan Champion, Spons mine White-tan fibrous aggregates in magnetite with stilpnomelane...manganese silicate New York Fowler, Arnold Tale mine Lavender prismatic crystalline mass ...... . LB...mass .............. South Dakota Custer, Bull Moose mine Pure white cleavable mass ........... . MM Fl
Book (edition)
AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH...British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...Monogr The Mineralogical Society, 1980 Bulletin de la Commission Geologique de Finlande XXXVii XXXViii...Bulletin de Minéralogie (pre-1978, vol. 101, Bulletin de la Société Francaise de Minéralogie et Crystallographie...South African Speleological Association Bulletin de la Société Belge de Geologie Boll. Sci. Cons. Acad.
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affects its present characteristics as a minera1 province, because of the exposure of the various depth...Teniente K\ ^ΐ&^" 4km tourmaline f breccia pipes Chile Fig. 27-4. + + + Porphyry Cu and Mo deposits...sills), if they are exposed in outcrop or in the mine workings at all. The Climax Mo complex is the best...Coastal Batholith near Arequipa, Toquepala-Cerro Verde district; in the centre, Morococha and in the north...known (e.g. the Montana Tunnels deposit, Obelisk Mine). The former locality contains disseminated pyrite
Book
affects its present characteristics as a mineral province, because of the exposure of the various depth...600 . 3 1 100m__ M U IV 11 pp ah ry tsii ac la l dd e a tt iaot ni o n , eh f oyrdmr a •H 4-1...sills), if they are exposed in outcrop or in the mine workings at all. The Climax Mo complex is the best...Coastal Batholith near Arequipa, Toquepala-Cerro Verde district; in the centre, Morococha and in the north...known (e.g. the Montana Tunnels deposit, Obelisk Mine). The former locality contains disseminated pyrite
Journal (issue)
. . . . . . . . .89 by W. E. Wilson The Palomo mine, Huancavelica Department, Peru . . . . . . . . ...White Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil . ....BaCa2(CO3)2F2, a new mineral species from the Kirovskii mine, Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 3.5 cm, from the Mashamba West mine, atanga, Republic of the Congo. Rob Lavinsky (The...morganite-and-quartz specimen from the Cryo-Genie mine in San Diego County, California. Al’s main interest
Journal (issue)
O S IT E fro m th e N ’C h w a n in g m ine , K a la h a ri M a n g a n e s e F ie ld , C ape P ro v in...on the Benitoite Gem mine, it was stated that the Mina Numero Uno, a nearby mine having a similar mineralogy...Another rope-climbing strahler who had France’s “Mine Des Farges,” now known worked the high altitudes...Massif Mont Tondu (range), in France’s Savoie province. The deep blue crystals were sharply terminated...from Chile. The atacamite on chrysocolla doubly terminated. Colors ranged from rel­ from Mina La Farola
 
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