| Locality type: | Deposit |
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| Species: | Alunite |
| Formula: | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Alunite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Spence Cu deposit, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 548185 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:548185:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e39b1808-b1ee-4d17-92da-32f6c6c31356 |
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| 35.9km (22.3 miles) | ⓘChimborazo prospect, Escondida, Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 49.4km (30.7 miles) | ⓘLa Escondida Mine, Escondida, Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 53.8km (33.5 miles) | ⓘFortuna de Cobre porphyry copper mine, Lomas Bayas mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 55.0km (34.2 miles) | ⓘLomas Bayas Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 60.9km (37.8 miles) | ⓘEl Peñón Mine, Escondida, Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
| 64.0km (39.8 miles) | ⓘAngelina prospect, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
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 | Palacios, Carlos, Rouxel, Olivier, Reich, Martin, Cameron, Eion M., Leybourne, Matthew I. (2011) Pleistocene recycling of copper at a porphyry system, Atacama Desert, Chile: Cu isotope evidence. Mineralium Deposita, 46 (1) 1-7 doi:10.1007/s00126-010-0315-6 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | copper at a porphyry system, Atacama Desert, Chile: Cu isotope evidence Carlos Palacios & Olivier Rouxel...present Cu isotope data of hypogene and supergene minerals from the Late Paleocene Spence Cu-Mo porphyry...porphyry in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Chalcopyrite displays a restricted range of δ65Cu values...values within the values reported for primary porphyry Cu sulfides (+0.28‰ to +0.34‰, n=6). Supergene chalcocite...with previous models of Cu leaching and enrichment in porphyry systems. Secondary Cu minerals from the oxide |
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