 | Ossandon C., G., Freraut C., R., Gustafson, L. B., Lindsay, D. D., Zentilli, M. (2001) Geology of the Chuquicamata Mine: A Progress Report. Economic Geology, 96 (2) 249-270 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.2.249 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology of the Chuquicamata Mine: A Progress Report GUILLERMO OSSANDÓN C., CODELCO-Chile, Gerencia Exploraciones...Santiago, Chile ROBERTO FRÉRAUT C., CODELCO-Chile, Superintendencia Geología, Chuquicamata, Chile LEWIS... DARRYL D. LINDSAY, SRK Consultores, Santiago, Chile AND MARCOS ZENTILLI Department of Earth Sciences...Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3J5 Abstract Chuquicamata, in northern Chile, is the world’s greatest copper orebody...contain the overwhelming proportion of copper at Chuquicamata in all alteration zones and assemblages, including |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALOGY OF THREE SULPHATE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN CHILE* Moss' Menr C. BaNov, HaraardUniaersity,Combri'd'ge...of Chuquicamata, euerena, and Alcaparrosa, three sulphate deposits near calama, in Northern chile. The...of these minerals are known only from northern chile and twelve are known only from these three deposits...study of the mineralogy of Chuquicamata, euetena and. Alcaparrosa in Northern chile forms the basis of this...this paper. The writer worked for five years at Chuquicamata and had ample opportunity to study the deposits |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | •EOLO•ISTS JUNE-JULY, 1944 OXIDATION No. AT CHUQUICAMATA, 4 CHILE. O. W. JARRELL. CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction........... 255 General Geological Features at Chuquicamata .................... 258 Location and Physiography...Mineralization ........... The Groundwater at Chuquicamata .............................. The Relation...oxidation at Chuquicamata. Following is a description of the general geological features at Chuquicamata which...zone of partial oxidation which over much of the mine separatesthe sulphideand oxidized orebodies. Finally |  | | 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...History of the Río Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest Known...Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposits of the Chuquicamata District, Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida...Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern Chile Geology of the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Plutonic Complex of the Coastal Cordillera, Northern Chile José Zambra1,*, Shoji Kojima1, Sergio Espinoza1...Catholic University, Antofagasta and 2Minera Tocopilla, Barros Arana, Tocopilla, Chile Abstract The Angélica...the Coastal Cordillera of the Tocopilla district, Northern Chile, and those are classified fundamentally...intruding into the formation. In the Tocopilla district there is a peculiar copper deposit named Angélica...since 1960 by ENAMI (National Mining Company of Chile). Because of recent exploitation of the deposit |  | | Book (volume) | | After moving to Australia in 】 979, Ross, as a District Manager with CRA Exploration, led the team that...existence o f a new unconformity-vein style uranium province in the Proterozoic of the Great Sandy Desert............................................ 65 T he El T eniente M egabreccia D eposit，th e W o rld ’s L...the largest deposits in any established porphyry province. For a discussion of the accepted terminology...localised in the U.S. “South-west”， and in northern Chile and southern Peru，and were Cu-Mo orebodies (Gilmour |  | | Journal (issue) | | Arlesheim, Switzerland Articles Collector’s diary: Chuquicamata and the Nitrate Pampa ........................in Redfield, Iowa, to begin the long journey to Chile. The diary o f his three-month expedition in search...Smithsonian makes interesting reading. O Traveling to Chile in 1935 was a major undertaking, beginning with...—minerals that he would most likely encounter in Chile —and to obtain his passport and Chilean visa. From...Tocopilla, Chile. The voyage took from July 27 to August 10. The entire collecting trip in Chile lasted from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | complete porphyry coppersystems. Examples from Chile, Argentina, and elsewhereare used to aid in the...systemspossessvertical extensionsas great as 8 km. At Chuquicamata,Chile, a major high-anglefault may have cut the...porphyry systemis believedto be exposedat Los Loros, Chile. There a zone of molybdenum-rich and copper-poorpotassiumsilicate...erodedstratovolcanoes, as at Cerro Marquez in northern Chile. Such zones are interpreted as the columns of a...exemplifiedby the Los Pelambresdeposit(Fig. 2) in Chile (Sillitoe, 1973). Knowledgeof the characterand |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE PRIMARY MINERALIZATION CHUQUICAMATA, AT CHILE, S. A. VICTOR M. L(•PEZ. ABSTRACT. The structural...alteration and sulphide mineralization of the Chuquicamata Mine are desc. ribed in detail. Attention is directed...SpecularHematite at Chuquicamata............................. SulphideMineralization at Chuquicamata.............relations and zonal distribution determined in Chuquicamata,which are outlined in this paper, have been...debtfor allowingthe useof suchinformation. • To the Chile Exploration Companythe writer is under obligation |  | | Journal (issue) | | Feature articles Kammererite from the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey .............................J. F. Poullen Famous Mineral Localities: Chuquicamata, Chile ........... 321 by Robert B. Cook Departments...Record Inc. COVER: KAMMERERITE from the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey. The crystals, from the collection...(Columbiana, Alabama). The owner o f the fine Old Yuma mine vanadinite pictured on page 195 is Ray DeMark; Ray...y 270 W est n e a r A n im al W o n d erlan d . T el. 501-767-4800 Hot Springs, Arkansas The M ineralogical |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CUPROTUNGSTITE FROM THE LINDGRENITE SEVEN DEVILS DISTRICT, IDAHO* Rar-pn S. Cawwow,Jn., axo Fnexr S. Gnruarpr...described only from the copper deposit at Chuquicamata in Chile. The Idaho lindgrenite, like that at the...associated cuprotungstite from the Seven Devils district reported here are in accord with the original...specimensfrom the great porphyry copper deposit at Chuquicamata, Chile, by Palache (1935). Since then it has been...molybdenum minerals in the oxidized zone of the Chuquicamata ore body (Bandy, 1938;L6pez, 1939; Jarrell, |  | | 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 |  | García, M., Maksaev, V., Townley, B., Dilles, J. (2017) Metallogeny, structural evolution, post-mineral cover distribution and exploration in concealed areas of the northern Chilean Andes. Ore Geology Reviews, 86. 652-672 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.01.025 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Universidad de Chile. Av. Tupper 2007, Santiago, Chile. (2) Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Plaza...Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile. (3) College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University...at depths greater than 1,000 m (e.g., Superior district; Manske and Paul, 2002), as well as new drilling...known, allowing better criteria for decisions on mine concession acquisitions, plan geophysical and geochemical... Quellaveco and Toquepala, whereas in northern Chile, the main deposits are Mocha, Cerro Colorado, Spence |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SAMPLEITE, A NEW MINERAL FROM CHUQUICAMATA, CHILE Mass.* C. S. Hunr-rur, Jn., Hantard Uniaersity,Combrid...)rCl'sHrO]. Chile. of the ChileExplorationCompany, Chuquicamata, Early in 1940 the Chile Exploration...several unidentified minerals from its mine at Chuquicamata, Chile. One of these minerals, a copper iodate...purification of a sample for chemical analysis. The Chile Exploration Company kindly offered to make the analysis...Assistant General Manager of the Chile Exploration Company at Chuquicamata, Chile. The name seemsmost fitting |  | | Catalog/List | | and masses. 3x4½x2½" $125. 00. 2. SILVER Amethyst mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado. Dull silvery metallic...$125. 00. 7. GOLD Mina St. Georges, Province of Antonio) Chile. vein in pyrite and quartz mat.rix. l½x2¾:...grams. $150. 21. HEXAHEDRITE Tocopilla, Antofagasta, Chile. Found 1927. Superb polished rartial slab...terminations. 3x3½x2" $35.00. 30. ANHYDRITE Eagle Picher mine, Niaca, Chihuahua, Mexico. radiating elongated etched...minor muscovite. 2½x3½xh" $150. 00. 33. AZURITE Czar mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona. Choice dee~ blue | | | Catalog/List | | and masses. 3x4½x2½" $125. 00. 2. SILVER Amethyst mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado. Dull silvery metallic...$125. 00. 7. GOLD Mina St. Georges, Province of Antonio) Chile. vein in pyrite and quartz mat.rix. l½x2¾:...grams. $150. 21. HEXAHEDRITE Tocopilla, Antofagasta, Chile. Found 1927. Superb polished rartial slab...terminations. 3x3½x2" $35.00. 30. ANHYDRITE Eagle Picher mine, Niaca, Chihuahua, Mexico. radiating elongated etched...minor muscovite. 2½x3½xh" $150. 00. 33. AZURITE Czar mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona. Choice dee~ blue |  | Mote, T. I., Becker, T. A., Renne, P., Brimhall, G. H. (2001) Chronology of Exotic Mineralization at El Salvador, Chile, by 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Copper Wad and Supergene Alunite. Economic Geology, 96 (2) 351-366 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.2.351 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 351–366 Chronology of Exotic Mineralization at El Salvador, Chile, by 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Copper Wad and Supergene...copper deposit. At the El Salvador porphyry copper deposit in northern Chile the majority of the exotic...samples from exotic deposits within the El Salvador district were characterized and dated by 40Ar/39Ar...The 40Ar/39Ar dating of exotic mineralization at El Salvador indicates that supergene and exotic mineralization...reconnaissance date of exotic mineralization at the Chuquicamata porphyry copper deposit yielded an age of 17 |  | | Book | | ................. 61 ， The Mankayan Mineral District, .Luzon Philippines. Artemio F Disini, Bruce M...Radomiro Tomic Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile. Patricio Cuadra and Francisco Cam us.............Agua Rica Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit，Catamarca Province, Northwestern Argentina. Part 1 : Exploration...Rosario Copper Porphyry Deposits, CoUahuasi District Chile. Claudio Bisso B, Manuel Durdn andAquiles Gonzales...a deposit, but rather the engineering ability to mine on a large scale at low cost, and simultaneously |  | Braxton, D. P., Cooke, D. R., Ignacio, A. M., Rye, R. O., Waters, P. J. (2009) Ultra-Deep Oxidation and Exotic Copper Formation at the Late Pliocene Boyongan and Bayugo Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposits, Surigao, Philippines: Geology, Mineralogy, Paleoaltimetry, and their Implications for Geologic, Physiographic, and Tectonic Controls. Economic Geology, 104 (3) 333-349 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.104.3.333 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | intrusion-centered gold-rich deposits in the Surigao district of northeast Mindanao, Philippines. Exhumation...Rosario (Cl) Morenci; NW extension (Az) El Salvador (Cl) Chuquicamata (Cl) Inspiration (Az) Toquepala (Pe)...(Pe) Cerro Colorado (Cl) Ok Tedi (PNG) El Abra (Cl) Mocoa (Co) Boyongan (Ph) La Escondida (Cl) 0 FIG...Locality abbreviations: Az = Arizona (USA), Cl = Chile, Co = Colombia, NM = New Mexico (USA), Pe = Peru...neo = neotocite (Cu-Mn oxides), pitch = pitch limonite (copper pitch), rx = roxbyite, ten = tenorite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brief business meeting, Mr. James L. Head of the Chile Exploration Company addressed the Club upon the...Development of Copper Mining at Chucluicamata, Chile." Mr. Head is well qualified to speak upon this...intimately associatedwith the development of the mine during the last 16 years. Some porphyry mines may...may produce more tons of ore per day, but Chuquicamata is at present the greatest copper deposit on earth...long with a maximum width of 3300 feet. Chuquicamata is an old mine and even its name is of uncertain origin |  | | Report (issue) | | Ancient Perú A translation of Minería y Metalurgia en el Antiguo Perú Arqueológicas 12 Publications of the...Petersen G., Georg, 1898–1985. [Minería y metalurgia en el antiguo Perú. English] Mining and metallurgy in ancient.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Catalog/List | | arsenopyrite. 3x2~x1t", £13.00 . 5. Hingston Down Mine: nr. C~llington, Cornwall. Rich apple green micro...Attica district, Greece. Light green small sharp crystals lining small cavities in calcite/limonite matrix...Specimen B, 1~1fx1", £3.2Sp 17. CASSITERITE. Seal Hole Mine, St. Agnes, Cornwall. Bright deep brownish sharp... 1-tx1tx1" , £12.00 1B. CASSITERITE. Blue Hills Mine, St. Agnes, Cornwall. Rich heavy light brown mass...matrix. 2-tx2tx2~", £3.7Sp 21. CERUSSITE. Redgill Mine, Caldbeck, Cumberland. Lustrous creamy-~~ite ljackstraw |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Enrichmentat La Escondida, Atacama Desert, Northern Chile CHARLES 1•. ALPERS* AND GEORGE H BRIMHALL Departmentof...leachedcappingof the porphyrycopperdeposit at La Escondida,Chile, permitsreconstruction of the paleohydrologic andchemicalevolution...focuson the porphyry copper depositat La Escondida,Chile, a depositas yet unmined, where 229 230 c. N...enrichmenteffects(Locke,1926; Bateman,1950; A1- limonite minerals(hematite,goethite,and jarosite) pers...Quantitaextentof supergenecopperleachingandenrichment tive limonite mapping over chalcocite-pyriteores at La Escondida |  | Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York. | Book (volume) | | 100. Found at several mines in the Huantajaya district, calcite, embolite, cerargyrite, bromyrite, iodyrite...unstable and AgCl exsolves on standing.^^ Tarapacd, Chile, associated with Sylvite 7 Ref. 1. 015 Goldschmidt...various sulfates in the nitrate deposits of Tarapaca, Chile, and similarly in Peru. In the United States sylvite...with native silver, iodyrite, jarosite, wad, and limonite; also cerussite, atacamite, malachite, pyromorphite...amounts at many places in Chile, as at Caracoles in Antofagasta, the Huantajaya district in Tarapaca, and especially |  | Reich, Martin, Barnes, Jaime D., Breecker, Daniel O., Barra, Fernando, Milojevic, Catalina, Drew, Dana L. (2019) Chlorine isotope fractionation recorded in atacamite during supergene copper oxidation. Chemical Geology, 525. 168-176 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.07.023 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FCFM, Universidad 2 US de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile Millennium Nucleus for Metal...Tracing Along Subduction, FCFM, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, † Department of Geological Sciences...University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA M 3 AN Chile. now at Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division... ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT In the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, large amounts of the copper hydroxy-chloride mineral...of Cu deposits in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, whereas in similar deposits elsewhere, it is rare |
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