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Pyrite from
El Indio deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Goldfielditeⓘ2 photos of Pyrite associated with Goldfieldite at this locality.
Rickarditeⓘ1 photo of Pyrite associated with Rickardite at this locality.
Vulcaniteⓘ1 photo of Pyrite associated with Vulcanite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Indio deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:969793
Long-form Identifier:1:3:969793:5
GUID (UUID V4):5eb3f5b3-4b9a-498b-a647-7a3ebd5eb084
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘKimberly Pit, Tambo Mine, Vicuña, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘTambo Mine, Vicuña, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘWendy pit, Tambo Mine, Vicuña, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile
48.0km (29.9 miles) ⓘPascua Lama project, Alto del Carmen, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile
74.3km (46.1 miles) ⓘEl Dorado deposit, El Sauce district, Vicuña, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile
76.6km (47.6 miles) ⓘChacritas Mine, La Higuera, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile
82.0km (50.9 miles) ⓘCarrizal Cu deposit, Angualasto, Iglesia Department, San Juan Province, Argentina
84.2km (52.4 miles) ⓘEl Sol mine, Condoriaco mining district, La Serena, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile
93.0km (57.8 miles) ⓘTalcuna Cu-Mn-Ag mining district, La Serena, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Development of the Gold-Rich, Miocene El Indio Epithermal Belt, Northern Chile a b c Roberto Oyarzun , Javier...Development of the Gold-Rich, Miocene El Indio Epithermal Belt, Northern Chile, International Geology Review...Development of the Gold-Rich, Miocene El Indio Epithermal Belt, Northern Chile ROBERTO OYARZUN,1 Departamento...Universidad de La Serena, Casilla 554, La Serena, Chile AND PABLO HIGUERAS Departamento de IngenierĂ­a...northern Chile, including the world class Au-Cu-As El Indio deposit. We discuss the formation of the El Indio
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Cenozoic Andean ore deposits, north-central Chile (30–34S) Received: 21 June 2001 / Accepted: 21...handling: R.J. Goldfarb R.M. Tosdal (&) Mineral Deposit Research Unit, University of British Columbia,...Geologı́a, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 13518, Correo 21, Santiago, Chile similar composition to those...50). Late Cretaceous veins from the Bellavista deposit have the lowest 206Pb/204Pb (18.33) of all deposits...exhibits large-scale isotopic heterogeneity within a deposit. Overall, the lead isotopic compositions of ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals of the alunite group from the Coquimboregion, Chile Gn.rrNcLr, DoN.ll,oR. Pr.q,con,Enrc J. Essrnn Department...district and the El Indio gold, silver, and copper deposit, Coquimbo region, Chile, respectively.Walthierite...quartz, and pyrite in veins. Huangite, CaortrorAlr(SOo)r(OH)6,coexistswith kaolinite, pyrite, and woodhouseitein...that is double that of alunite. Douof the El Indio deposit and the Tambo mining district, bling is causedby...causedby ordering of Pb2* and vacanciesin M Coquimbo region, Chile. The Ca end-member has been sites in plumbojarosite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Controls on Epithermal Processes in the El Indio-Pascua Au-Ag-Cu Belt, Chile and Argentina THOMAS BISSIG,* ALAN...epithermal Au-Ag-Cu deposits of the central Andean El Indio-Pascua belt, latitudes 29°20' to 30°30' S, were...Principal. The deposits of the Pascua-Lama, Veladero, El Indio, and Tambo districts are hosted by largely felsic...erosion surfaces of the Atacama desert of northern Chile and southern Peru, are considered to have formed...clear, empirical exploration guidelines for the El Indio-Pascua belt. However, it is further proposed that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
High-Sulfidation Epithermal Pascua Au-Ag-Cu Deposit, Chile and Argentina ANNICK CHOUINARD,† Department...Nevada S.A./Barrick Chile Ltda., Barrio Industrial, Alto Peñuelas, Sitio 58, Coquimbo, Chile Abstract The...epithermal Au-Ag-Cu deposit is located in the El Indio belt of north-central Chile and Argentina and was...and involved precipitation of native gold with pyrite and enargite and incorporation of Au in the structure...following minerals: (1) alunite, pyrite, and enargite; (2) pyrite; (3) pyrite and szomolnokite; and (4) native
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associated species include arsenopyrite, tennantite, pyrite, stibnite, and sphalerite. Gold tellurides in general...reported, typically on crystalline “comb” quartz, in the El Paso; C, K and N; and Gold Dollar mines. It was described...associated with chalcedony, fluorite, celestine, pyrite, stibnite, sylvanite, krennerite, and a variety...Calaverite crystals to 2 mm long and associated pyrite on quartz from an unspecified mine at Cripple Creek...mine near Rock Creek northeast of American Flat, El Dorado County, and in the Golden Rule mine, Toulumne
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Flat-Slab Region: New Ar- Ar Constraints from the El Indio–Pascua Au (-Ag, Cu) Belt, 29°20â€Č–30°30â€Č S a a...Canada b Barrick Chile Ltda. , Barrio Industrial Late 58, Alto Penuelas, Coquimbo, Chile Published online:...Region: 40 39 New Ar- Ar Constraints from the El Indio–Pascua Au (-Ag, Cu) Belt, 29°20â€Č–30°30â€Č S, International...Region: New 4 0 Ar- 3 9 Ar Constraints from the El Indio—Pascua Au (-Ag, Cu) Belt, 29°20'-30°30' S THOMAS...HEATHER Barrick Chile Ltda., Barrio Industrial Late 58, Alto Peñuelas, Coquimbo, Chile Abstract Ninety-three
Report (issue)
Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria, Santiago, Chile Open-File Report 87- 634 1987 This report is preliminary...deposits associated with stratovolcanos in Bolivia and Chile ........................ 5. 12A 15A Distribution...northwestern Argentina, western Boliva, northern Chile, and southern Peru, are potential targets for hydrothermal...central Andean region of southern Peru, northern Chile, western Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina. The...Are'q:u:|jjjj|:;:| Morococaia 'Tv5 Los ^ ^ Frailes 20 : CHILE Antofagasta 24° 24' Salta Tucuman 289 28'
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CombarbalĂĄ advanced argillic alteration zone, Chile: geology, geochemistry, mineralogy and mineralization...OyarzĂșn and V. Sucha Synopsis Central and northern Chile hosts several well-known epithermal precious-metal...alteration, but only in the CombarbalĂĄ district (Coquimbo region) is the altered rock extracted for ornamental...fractures, whereas fracture-bound chrysocolla, pyrite and chalcopyrite are found in the underlying propylitic...years. Well-known examples in Chile are the Tambo deposit in the El Indio district and the Ag–Au deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
systematics of zoned pyrite crystals from the El Indio Au–Cu–Ag deposit, Chile Dominique Tanner1,2 ·...present a comparative study between early, massive pyrite preceding (Cu–Ag) sulfosalt mineralization in high-temperature...high-temperature feeder zones (‘early pyrite’) and late pyrite that formed during silicic alteration...deposition (‘late pyrite’) at the El Indio high-sulfidation Au–Ag–Cu deposit, Chile. We use coupled in...variations across growth zones in these pyrite crystals. Early pyrite that formed in high-temperature feeder
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz in the high sulfidation copper-gold deposit at El Indio, Chile Dominique Tanner, Richard W. Henley,...quartz in the high sulïŹdation copper-gold deposit at El Indio, Chile, Chemical Geology (2014), doi: 10.1016/j...high sulfidation RI P T copper-gold deposit at El Indio, Chile. Dominique Tanner1,2*, Richard W. Henley1... T Quartz microcrystals from the El Indio Au-Ag-Cu deposit (Chile) preserve a rare glimpse into the...into the fracture array that hosts the El Indio copper-gold deposit. Modern understanding of ore-forming
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
high-sulfidation epithermal gold deposit, Western Tianshan, Xinjiang Province, P.R. China Xiao Longa,T, Nick...26 June 2004 Abstract The Jinxi–Yelmand gold deposit is located in the late Paleozoic Tulasi intra-arc...volcano-sedimentary basin in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Province of northwest China. Although all known deposits...Jinxi–Yelmand deposit is interpreted here to be a modified high-sulfidation epithermal gold deposit based on...montmorillonite+kaolinite. Gold is hosted mainly by quartz and pyrite in alteration zones 1 and 2. Fluid inclusion study
Journal (issue)
+49-6221-345-4229 e-mail: subscriptions@springer.com el.: +49-6221-487-8528 Fax: +49-6221-487-68528 Business...analysed with the same methods. The tsunami deposit layer was well preserved but in many locations...reached more than 3,300 mm as measured at Phang Nga province meteorological station (Szczucinski et al. 2006)...recognition and preservation potential of the tsunami deposit layers will be discussed. Material and analytical...(Szczucinski et al 2005). Only in the cases where tsunami deposit layer was removed (usually due to cleaning actions)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lepanto epithermal copper-gold deposit and the Victoria gold deposit, Mankayan Mineral District, Northern...principal ore minerals of the Lepanto copper-gold deposit are enargite and luzonite, with significant presence...The ore mineralogy of the Lepanto copper-gold deposit suggests high fS2 in the early stages of mineralization...enargite-luzonite-pyrite assemblage. Subsequent decrease in the fS2 formed the chalcopyrite-tennantite-pyrite assemblage...The principal ore minerals of the Victoria gold deposit are sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluids in the Tambo high-sulfidation deposit, El Indio–Pascua belt, Chile C.L. Deyella,*, R.O. Ryeb, G.P.... Landisb, T. Bissigc a Mineral Deposit Research Unit, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University...Tambo high-sulfidation deposit, located within the El Indio–Pascua belt in Chile, produced almost 25 t...Corresponding author. Present address: Centre for Ore Deposit Research, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 79...climatic and physiographic conditions specific to the El Indio–Pascua belt during the Middle to Late Miocene
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Capillitas is an epithermal-type deposit located in Catamarca province of NW Argentina. Six separate stages...in quartz, generally accompanied by hĂŒbnerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and Bi- and Sn-bearing minerals... silver, goldfieldite, mineralogy, epithermal deposit, Argentina. DOI: 10.1127/0028-3649/ 2004/2004-0176...Range in Catamarca province of northwestern Argentina. It is an epithermal-type deposit related to high-K...and precious metal ores of the Mina Capillitas deposit contain a diverse group of Te-bearing minerals
Report (issue)
.......................................... R5 Deposit Types............................................mineral occurrences discussed in the text, by deposit type.............................................0.03527 0.03215075 32.15075 2.205 1.102 0.9842 Deposit grade 0.0291667 Pressure 10 10,000 Density 62.4220...short (2,000 lb) 0.9072 ton, long (2,240 lb) 1.016 Deposit grade ounce per short ton (2,000 lb) (oz/T) 34...given in microcuries per milliliter (ÎŒCi/mL). Deposit grades are commonly given in percent, grams per
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Veladero High-Sulfidation Epithermal Au-Ag Deposit, El Indio-Pascua Belt, Argentina Elizabeth A. Holley...1516 Illinois Street, Golden, Colorado 80401 Deposit Research Unit, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences...Au-Ag deposit is located in the Andean cordillera of Argentina near the northern end of the El Indio-Pascua...Indio-Pascua metallogenic belt. The deposit comprises two nearly coalescing subhorizontal orebodies that are...ore. The Veladero high-sulfidation epithermal deposit is interpreted to have formed in the shallow part
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE BELLEROPHON-NELSON TELLURIDE-BEARING GOLD DEPOSIT, ST. IVES CAMP, YILGARN CRATON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA...discovered Bellerophon-Nelson telluride-bearing gold deposit at the St. Ives camp, Western Australia, is hosted...quartz-albite-carbonate-pyrite veins and sericitepyrite seams (Stage II), quartz-pyrite veins (Stage III),...and the gold grains are strongly associated with pyrite. Intense albite and hematite alteration surround...and account for at least 15% of the gold in this deposit. The mineral associations of PbCl(OH)–Pb2Cl3(OH)–Te–TeO2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 2014 Abstract Why no porphyry copper deposit has been discovered thus far in the islands of...ore deposits in Japan (after Ishihara, 1978). Deposit size class I, II, and III: Mo = 0.1-0.5, 0.5-1...does not hold up because in Fiji both types of deposit, of more or less the same age, occur together....preservation conditions are also important. The deposit should be neither too deeply eroded, nor covered...granitoids in major porphyry copper terranes such as Chile (average 26 to 94 ppm at SiO 2 55-64%) (Ishihara
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu–Zn intermetallic compounds in the Jingxi gold deposit, western Tianshan Mountains, NW China JIA-JUN LIU1...Jingxi gold deposit, NW China. The host rocks, siliciïŹed tuff and andesite, are cut by pyrite-bearing quartz...lower than that of Au and is more close to that of pyrite. They are weakly bireïŹ‚ectant, ranging from bright...has an over 80% Cu content. In the Jingxi gold deposit, the Cu–Zn intermetallic compounds occur as xenomorphic...As a result, Cu–Zn intermetallic minerals will deposit. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Received
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
copper–gold deposit, Macedonia D. H. M. Alderton*1 and T. Serafimovski2 The Plavica Cu–Au deposit in Macedonia...and disseminated mineralisation is dominated by pyrite, together with sulphides and sulphosalts of copper...represents a high sulphidation, epithermal deposit. Although the deposit is currently considered uneconomic,...close magmatic association suggests a porphyry Cu deposit may be present at depth. Keywords: Plavica, Macedonia...inclusions Introduction The Plavica copper–gold deposit in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has
Book (edition)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Roman Province (Italy): Example from a Continental Arc Setting... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3.1 Ladolam Gold Deposit, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea . . . . . . . ...3.2 Emperor Gold Deposit, Viti Levu, Fiji. . . . 6.3.3 Dinkidi Copper-Gold Deposit, Didipio, Philippines...Copper-Gold Deposit, New South Wales, Australia . . . . 6.3.5 Cadia Ridgeway Copper-Gold Deposit, New South...Copper-Gold Deposit, Mongolia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3.7 Peschanka Copper-Gold Deposit, Siberia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Proximal alteration minerals Silica gangue El Indio, Chile Andesite to rhyodacite Baguio, Phillipines...Ciobanu, 2004a, b), high-sulfidation deposits at El Indio, Chile (Jannas et al., 1990) and Furtei, Sardinia...2005) and the mixed high-intermediate sulfidation deposit at Kochbulak, Uzbekistan (Kovalenker et al., 1997)... rocks of the Oligocene-Miocene Greek Rhodope province (Fig. 1) (Dimou et al., 1994; Voudouris and Arikas...and ZnK. Pure elements (for Ag, Au, Bi, Se, Te), pyrite and chalcopyrite (for Fe, Cu and S), galena (for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Perama Hill high-sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag-Te-Se deposit, Petrota Graben, NE Greece Panagiotis Christos...Springer-Verlag 2011 Abstract The Perama Hill deposit is a high-sulfidation AuAg-Te-Se epithermal system...northeastern Greece. The deposit evolved from an early stage silica-pyrite rock and argillic alteration...two main ore assemblages: (a) a highsulfidation pyrite-enargite/luzonite-goldfieldite-native gold assemblage...Perama Hill telluride-enriched epithermal gold deposit is located 30 km W-NW of Alexandroupolis in the
 
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