| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Covellite |
| Formula: | CuS |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Covellite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Michilla Mine (Lince Mine), Michilla District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 544871 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:544871:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 4a28f8a4-576d-4f97-9de3-4a2f2f000e47 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Covellite |
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| 51.1km (31.7 miles) | ⓘMantos de la Luna Cu-(Ag) deposit, Punta Blanca area, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 54.8km (34.0 miles) | ⓘUnnamed Cu mine [1], Mejillones peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 55.9km (34.7 miles) | ⓘSanta Ana Mine (Chapacase Mine), María Elena, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 71.2km (44.2 miles) | ⓘIvan Mine, Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 81.8km (50.8 miles) | ⓘMantos Blancos Mine, Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 85.2km (52.9 miles) | ⓘFaride Mine, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 89.6km (55.7 miles) | ⓘSan Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Caracoles mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| References |
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Oliveros, V., Tristá-Aguilera, D., Féraud, G., Morata, D., Aguirre, L., Kojima, S., and Ferraris, F. (2008): Mineralium Deposita 43, 61-78. |
| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geological Sciences, North Catholic University, Antofagasta, Chile, 2Earth Evolution Sciences, Graduate School...Introduction In the Coastal Cordillera of Northern Chile (north of Santiago, <34°S), numbers of volcanic-hosted...economically important cupriferous metallogenic belt in Chile. Similar type of deposits in North America are named...principally in the northwest Canada and north Michigan district (e.g. White, 1968; Wilton & Sinclair, 1988). Most...del Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, Casilla 1280, Antofagasta, Chile. Email: skojima@caliche.ucn.cl *Present address: |  | Reich, Martin, Chryssoulis, Stephen L., Deditius, Artur, Palacios, Carlos, Zúñiga, Alejandro, Weldt, Magdalena, Alvear, Macarena (2010) “Invisible” silver and gold in supergene digenite (Cu1.8S) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74 (21) 6157-6173 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.07.026 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fı́sicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile b Advanced Mineral Technology Laboratory...Fı́sicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile Received 12 April 2010; accepted in revised...the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, the world’s premier Cu province, were determined in detail using...minerals that range in composition from CuS (covellite) to Cu2S (chalcocite) (Skinner, 1966; Morimoto...Mid-Atlantic. In the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, which holds bout 40% of the known Cu resources |
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