Aurora mine, Arqueros Ag mining district, La Serena, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chilei
Regional Level Types | |
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Aurora mine | Mine |
Arqueros Ag mining district | Mining District |
La Serena | Commune |
Elqui Province | Province |
Coquimbo | Region |
Chile | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
29° South , 70° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~40km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
194777
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:194777:2
GUID (UUID V4):
c746482d-d754-4862-9c0a-30e161aeec1a
Name(s) in local language(s):
Mina Aurora
An old Ag mine in the Arqueros district, now completely exhausted. Recently some Djurleite has been idenfied from this locality.
(Special thanks must be given to Dr. Jochen Schluter, curator of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum in Germany, who has carry on the analysis of the material from this locality)
Ref:
M.Dini
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
---|---|---|---|
ⓘ | Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Djurleite | 2.BA.05 | Cu31S16 |
ⓘ | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
List of minerals for each chemical element
S | Sulfur | |
---|---|---|
S | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
S | ⓘ Djurleite | Cu31S16 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Djurleite | Cu31S16 |
Ag | Silver | |
Ag | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
Ag | ⓘ Silver | Ag |
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