La Rosilla mine, Yerbas Buenas, Cerro Blanco mining district, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chilei
Regional Level Types | |
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La Rosilla mine | Mine |
Yerbas Buenas | - not defined - |
Cerro Blanco mining district | District |
Copiapó | Commune |
Copiapó Province | Province |
Atacama | Region |
Chile | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
28° South , 70° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
188278
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:188278:3
GUID (UUID V4):
712a8059-bb6d-48ef-bb7b-a49d703d0b70
Name(s) in local language(s):
Descubridora de La Rosilla
An old abandoned silver mine, often mentioned by I. Domeyko for his richness in silver sulphosalts and halides, arsenic bearing minerals, etc.
Ref.:
Domeyko, I. (1876): "Elementos de Mineralogía", Vol. 2, Editorial de Ferrocarril, Stgo de Chile.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Acanthite Formula: Ag2S |
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Chlorargyrite Formula: AgCl |
ⓘ Chlorargyrite var. Bromian Chlorargyrite Formula: Ag(Cl,Br) |
ⓘ Proustite Formula: Ag3AsS3 |
ⓘ Pyrargyrite Formula: Ag3SbS3 |
ⓘ Silver Formula: Ag |
ⓘ Silver var. Arquerite Formula: (Ag,Hg) |
ⓘ Silver var. Native Amalgam Formula: (Ag,Hg) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
---|---|---|---|
ⓘ | Silver var. Native Amalgam | 1.AA.05 | (Ag,Hg) |
ⓘ | var. Arquerite | 1.AA.05 | (Ag,Hg) |
ⓘ | 1.AA.05 | Ag | |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
ⓘ | Proustite | 2.GA.05 | Ag3AsS3 |
ⓘ | Pyrargyrite | 2.GA.05 | Ag3SbS3 |
Group 3 - Halides | |||
ⓘ | Chlorargyrite | 3.AA.15 | AgCl |
ⓘ | var. Bromian Chlorargyrite | 3.AA.15 | Ag(Cl,Br) |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
---|---|---|
C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
S | ⓘ Proustite | Ag3AsS3 |
S | ⓘ Pyrargyrite | Ag3SbS3 |
Cl | Chlorine | |
Cl | ⓘ Chlorargyrite | AgCl |
Cl | ⓘ Chlorargyrite var. Bromian Chlorargyrite | Ag(Cl,Br) |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
As | Arsenic | |
As | ⓘ Proustite | Ag3AsS3 |
Br | Bromine | |
Br | ⓘ Chlorargyrite var. Bromian Chlorargyrite | Ag(Cl,Br) |
Ag | Silver | |
Ag | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
Ag | ⓘ Silver var. Native Amalgam | (Ag,Hg) |
Ag | ⓘ Silver var. Arquerite | (Ag,Hg) |
Ag | ⓘ Chlorargyrite | AgCl |
Ag | ⓘ Chlorargyrite var. Bromian Chlorargyrite | Ag(Cl,Br) |
Ag | ⓘ Proustite | Ag3AsS3 |
Ag | ⓘ Pyrargyrite | Ag3SbS3 |
Ag | ⓘ Silver | Ag |
Sb | Antimony | |
Sb | ⓘ Pyrargyrite | Ag3SbS3 |
Hg | Mercury | |
Hg | ⓘ Silver var. Native Amalgam | (Ag,Hg) |
Hg | ⓘ Silver var. Arquerite | (Ag,Hg) |
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