Atacamite in the Oxide Zone of Copper Deposits in Northern Chile: Involvement of Deep Formation Waters?

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Atacamite in the Oxide Zone of Copper Deposits in Northern Chile: Involvement of Deep Formation Waters? Miner Deposita (2007) 42:205–218 DOI 10.1007/s00126-006-0108-0 ARTICLE Atacamite in the oxide zone of copper deposits in northern Chile: involvement of deep formation waters? Eion M. Cameron & Matthew I. Leybourne & Carlos Palacios Received: 12 October 2006 /Accepted: 21 October 2006 / Published online: 28 November 2006 # Springer-Verlag 2006 Abstract Atacamite, a copper hydroxychloride, is an occur both in the oxide zones and in contiguous gravels. important constituent of supergene oxide zones of copper We suggest that atacamite-bearing oxide assemblages are deposits in northern Chile, whereas in similar deposits more likely to have been a replacement of preexisting oxide elsewhere, it is rare. In Chile, it has generally been assumed phases after the onset of hyperaridity at about 9 Ma. A to be a primary constituent of the supergene zones. There hyperarid climate made possible evaporation and concen- are two difficulties with this supposition. The first is that tration of chloride in meteoric waters. In this paper, we atacamite requires saline water for its formation, whereas discuss another source of saline waters to modify oxide supergene oxidation was caused by percolating, oxygenated zones. Dewatering of the Domeyko Basin expelled brines meteoric water, mainly rainwater. The second is that along faults, some of which had earlier guided the location atacamite dissolves rapidly or undergoes phase change of porphyry deposits. At the Spence porphyry copper when exposed to fresh water. Supergene enrichment of deposit, saline waters, which δDvsδ18O isotope analyses copper deposits in northern Chile extended over a long identify as basinal brines, are presently rising through the period, 44 to 9 Ma, being terminated by the onset of deposit, then flowing away along the base of the covering hyperaridity. During this period, there was at least inter- gravels. Compositions of these waters lie within the mittent rainfall, exposing previously formed atacamite to stability fields of atacamite and brochantite, the two dissolution or phase change. Furthermore, atacamite-bear- minerals that comprise the oxide zone. Evidence is ing oxide zones in several deposits are directly overlain by presented for other porphyry deposits, Radomiro Tomic thick Miocene alluvial gravels; the stream waters that and Gaby Sur, that basinal brines may have been involved transported these gravels would have permeated the oxide in the late formation of atacamite. zones. In some deposits, atacamite-bearing assemblages Keywords Atacamite . Copper deposits . Northern Chile Editorial handling: B. Lehmann E. M. Cameron (*) Introduction Eion Cameron Geochemical Inc., Carp, Ottawa, ON K0A 1L0, Canada The most notable occurrences of the dark green mineral, e-mail: [email protected] atacamite [Cu2Cl(OH)3], are in supergene zones of copper deposits in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Atacamite M. I. Leybourne is present in variable proportions with other oxide minerals Ocean Exploration, GNS Science, Box 30-368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand in several major porphyry deposits, including Cerro Colo- e-mail: [email protected] rado, Chuquicamata, El Abra, Escondida, Gaby Sur, Lomas Bayas, Radomiro Tomic, and Spence and in other types of C. Palacios copper deposit, including Michilla, Mantos Blancos, and Department of Geology, Universidad de Chile, P.O. Box 13518-21, Santiago, Chile Sierra Miranda (Fig. 1). In porphyry deposits elsewhere, e-mail: [email protected] atacamite is rare, an exception being the Florence deposit, 206 Miner Deposita (2007) 42:205–218 Garrels 1986). Both forms occur in Chilean copper deposits, with atacamite apparently being more common. In this paper, we refer to both crystal forms as atacamite. Atacamite is unstable in fresh waters, so that it is rarely preserved in near-surface environments. Assemblages of cupric hydroxy minerals, atacamite, brochantite, malachite, and tenorite, respond rapidly to changes of solution composition, within, at most, weeks (Woods and Garrels 1986). MacFarlane et al. (2005) describe continuous leach experiments on samples of soils, rocks, and ores. In these experiments, leach solutions, starting with water, then a series of nitric acid solutions of increasing concentration, were allowed to flow through 50 mg of powdered sample into an inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS). The flow rate was kept low, 100 μl/min, to distinguish peaks in the dissolution of different elements. One of the samples tested was atacamite-bearing exotic ore from northern Chile (K. Kyser, personal communication). The resulting profile (Fig. 2) showed that all Cl and most of the Cu in the sample was removed in less than an hour during the passage of water. In the hyperarid climate of the Atacama Desert (Fig. 1), there is negligible recharge of groundwater through the vadose zone by direct precipitation. Instead, groundwater is derived by inflow from the Andes to the east (Magaritz et al. 1990). Thus, atacamite is preserved. Supergene alter- ation of porphyry copper deposits in the central Atacama Desert occurred over a long period extending from 44 Ma, reaching a maximum at 14–21 Ma, and ending near 9 Ma with the onset of hyperaridity (Arancibia et al. 2006). Supergene enrichment required significant rainfall. Alpers and Brimhall (1988) estimated a groundwater recharge rate Fig. 1 Distribution of copper deposits in northern Chile containing of about 8 cm/year, necessitating rainfall rates one to two atacamite in the oxide zone. DFZ is the Domeyko Fault Zone and ACL is Antofagasta–Calama Lineament. The land between the High orders of magnitude greater than at present; Clark et al. Andes and the coast is the hyperarid central Atacama Desert, as shown (1990) suggested rates >10 cm/year, compared to the by the precipitation trend from the coast to the High Andes. present rainfall of <10 mm/year. In this paper, we review Precipitation data from Houston and Hartley (2003) Casa Grande, Arizona (Nelson and Johnston 1994). In northern Chile, atacamite is widely believed to be a primary product of supergene oxidation, (e.g., in situ oxidative replacement: Chavez 2000). However, its presence in supergene zones is enigmatic because it requires high chloride activity, whereas supergene enrichment of porphyry deposits is believed to be by oxygenated meteoric water percolating through sulfides in the vadose zone. High chloride activity accounts for other important occurrences of atacamite, e.g., as a product of seafloor weathering of copper-bearing sulfides (Hannington 1993) and as a corro- sion product of copper and its alloys in marine environ- ments. The dimorph of atacamite, paratacamite [Cu4Cl2(OH)6], precipitates under acidic conditions; ataca- Fig. 2 Continuous leach extraction of a sample of atacamite-bearing mite precipitates under more alkaline conditions (Woods and ore from northern Chile. Modified from MacFarlane et al. (2005) Miner Deposita (2007) 42:205–218 207 data that suggest atacamite is a secondary product resulting The atacamite–brochantite assemblage is continuous from the flushing of preexisting oxide zones with saline through the leached cap into the basal gravels, indicating water after the onset of hyperaridity. that oxide deposition continued after supergene oxidation and gravel deposition. Oxides occur in the gravels only south of 7,495,000 N (Fig. 4); elsewhere, the gravels rest Spence deposit on leached cap. As the gravel surface is even, sloping to the west at 30 m/km, the thickness of the gravels (Fig. 4a) is a Geological features proxy for basement topography. The water table lies in the gravels except in the south. Here, within the 50-m gravel The Spence deposit, discovered by RioChilex in 1996, is contour, the deposit forms a ridge and the water table located along the prominent Antofagasta–Calama Linea- passes through the deposit. Water flow is to the west– ment (Fig. 1). Porphyry intrusion and hypogene minerali- southwest. zation took place during the Palaeocene. The long axis of porphyry intrusion and mineralization is orientated north– Groundwater geochemistry northeast, subparallel to the lineament. Copper minerals are atacamite and brochantite within the oxide zone, and We carried out sampling of groundwaters and soils within chalcocite, covellite, and pyrite in the enriched zone. and around the deposit in 1999 and 2000 (Cameron et al. Primary sulfides comprise chalcopyrite, bornite, molybde- 2004; Cameron and Leybourne 2005). A detailed descrip- nite, tennantite, and pyrite. Reserves recoverable by open- tion of sampling and analytical methods for the ground- pit mining are 79 Mt of oxide ore at 1.18% Cu and 231 Mt waters and the results are given by Leybourne and Cameron of sulfide ore at 1.13% Cu. Based on laser 40Ar–39Ar (2006). The groundwater samples discussed here were measurements of supergene alunite, Rowland and Clark collected in 1999 from drill holes using a bailer. Chloride (2001) identified a long period of supergene activity from contents show two types of groundwater: low-salinity water 44.44±0.54 to 27.74±5.42 Ma, which was extended by a east and up gradient of the long axis of the deposit, and K–Ar date of 20.9±2.2 Ma. The deposit is covered by saline water west and down gradient from the axis. Over the piedmont gravels of Miocene age. The gravels are middle of the deposit is a zone of mixed waters (Fig. 4b). indurated, and for the most part, are poorly sorted with a There is more than an order of magnitude difference in the fine-grained matrix that makes them impermeable, except Cl content of the two waters; the low-salinity waters where fractured, or in better sorted layers, as near their average 356 mg/l, whereas the saline waters average base. In a section through the southern part of the deposit 11,600 mg/l. The maximum for the saline water is (Fig. 3), andesitic country rock is intruded by porphyry, 21,200 mg/l, compared to seawater with 19,000 mg/l Cl.
Recommended publications
  • Salvador Allende Rea
    I Chronology: Chile 1962-1975 Sources: Appendix to Church Committee Report reproduced on the Internet by Rdbinson Rojas Research Unit Consultancy <http:// www. soft.net.uk/rrojasdatabank/index.htm> [the "Church Committee," named after its chairman Senator Frank Church, was the U.S. Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations in Respect to Intelligence Activities]; James D. Cockcroft, Latin America: History, Politics, and U.S. Policy, 2"d ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing/Thomson Learning, 1997), 531-565; Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, "Chile: A Chronology," Appendix A of United States and Chile During the Allende Years, 1970-1973: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs o] the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975); Hedda Garza, Salvador Allende (New York and Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989); "HI and Chile," Report of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations, June 21,1973; NACLA Report on the Americas, May-June 1999. 1962 Special Group [select U.S. government officials including the CIA approves $50,000 to strengthen Christian Democratic Party (PDC) subsequently approves an additional $180,000 to strengthen PDC anc its leader, Eduardo Frei. Throughout early 1960s, the U.S. Depart ment of the Army and a team of U.S. university professors develop "Project Camelot," which calls for the coordinated buildup of civilian and military forces inside Chile, with U.S. support, into a force capable of overthrowing any elected left-coalition govemment. 1963 Special Group approves $20,000 for a leader of the Radical Party (PR); later approves an additional $30,000 to support PR candidates in April municipal elections.
    [Show full text]
  • Washington State Minerals Checklist
    Division of Geology and Earth Resources MS 47007; Olympia, WA 98504-7007 Washington State 360-902-1450; 360-902-1785 fax E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/geology Minerals Checklist Note: Mineral names in parentheses are the preferred species names. Compiled by Raymond Lasmanis o Acanthite o Arsenopalladinite o Bustamite o Clinohumite o Enstatite o Harmotome o Actinolite o Arsenopyrite o Bytownite o Clinoptilolite o Epidesmine (Stilbite) o Hastingsite o Adularia o Arsenosulvanite (Plagioclase) o Clinozoisite o Epidote o Hausmannite (Orthoclase) o Arsenpolybasite o Cairngorm (Quartz) o Cobaltite o Epistilbite o Hedenbergite o Aegirine o Astrophyllite o Calamine o Cochromite o Epsomite o Hedleyite o Aenigmatite o Atacamite (Hemimorphite) o Coffinite o Erionite o Hematite o Aeschynite o Atokite o Calaverite o Columbite o Erythrite o Hemimorphite o Agardite-Y o Augite o Calciohilairite (Ferrocolumbite) o Euchroite o Hercynite o Agate (Quartz) o Aurostibite o Calcite, see also o Conichalcite o Euxenite o Hessite o Aguilarite o Austinite Manganocalcite o Connellite o Euxenite-Y o Heulandite o Aktashite o Onyx o Copiapite o o Autunite o Fairchildite Hexahydrite o Alabandite o Caledonite o Copper o o Awaruite o Famatinite Hibschite o Albite o Cancrinite o Copper-zinc o o Axinite group o Fayalite Hillebrandite o Algodonite o Carnelian (Quartz) o Coquandite o o Azurite o Feldspar group Hisingerite o Allanite o Cassiterite o Cordierite o o Barite o Ferberite Hongshiite o Allanite-Ce o Catapleiite o Corrensite o o Bastnäsite
    [Show full text]
  • Final Report FAD-2010-0046 TBCC
    EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements European Union Reference Laboratory for Feed Additives JRC.DG.D.6/CvH/PRO/ag/ARES(2011)473276 EURL Evaluation Report on the Analytical Methods submitted in connection with the Application for the Authorisation of Feed Additives according to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 Dossier related to: FAD-2010-0046 CRL/100051 Product Name: Tribasic copper chloride (TBCC) Active Substance(s): Di copper chloride tri hydroxide; crystal form atacamite/paratacamite Rapporteur Laboratory: European Union Reference Laboratory for Feed Additives (EURL-FA) Geel, Belgium Report prepared by: Piotr Robouch (EURL-FA) Report revised by: Gerhard Buttinger (EURL-FA) Date: 02/05/2011 Report approved by: Christoph von Holst Date: 02/05/2011 EURL Evaluation Report on “Di copper chloride tri hydroxide” EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the current application authorisation is sought under articles 4(1) for Di copper chloride tri hydroxide under the category "nutritional additives", functional group 3(b) "compounds of trace elements", according to the classification system of Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Authorisation is sought for the use of the feed additive for all animal species and categories. Di copper chloride tri hydroxide (Cu2Cl(OH)3, also called tribasic copper chloride – TBCC) is a pure form of crystalline copper (II) chloride hydroxide containing a minimum of 95 % of a defined ratio of the polymorphs atacamite and paratacamite - equivalent to a minimum content of total copper of 58 %. The feed additive is intended to be incorporated into premixtures and feedingstuffs. The Applicant suggested the following maximum levels of total copper in the feedingstuffs ranging from 10 to 170 mg/kg depending on the species of interest.
    [Show full text]
  • The United States, Eduardo Frei's Revolution in Liberty and The
    The Gathering Storm: The United States, Eduardo Frei's Revolution in Liberty and the Polarization of Chilean Politics, 1964-1970 A dissertation presented to the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of Ohio University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy Sebastian Hurtado-Torres December 2016 © 2016 Sebastian Hurtado-Torres. All Rights Reserved. 2 This dissertation titled The Gathering Storm: The United States, Eduardo Frei's Revolution in Liberty, and the Polarization of Chilean Politics, 1964-1970 by SEBASTIAN HURTADO-TORRES has been approved for the Department of History and the College of Arts and Sciences by Patrick Barr-Melej Associate Professor of History Robert Frank Dean, College of Arts and Sciences 3 ABSTRACT HURTADO-TORRES, SEBASTIAN, Ph.D., December 2016, History The Gathering Storm: The United States, Eduardo Frei’s Revolution in Liberty, and the Polarization of Chilean Politics, 1964-1970 Director of Dissertation: Patrick Barr-Melej This dissertation explores the involvement of the United States in Chilean politics between the presidential campaign of 1964 and Salvador Allende’s accession to the presidency in 1970. The main argument of this work is that the partnership between the Christian Democratic Party of Chile (PDC) and the United States in this period played a significant role in shaping Chilean politics and thus contributed to its growing polarization. The alliance between the PDC and the United States was based as much on their common views on communism as on their shared ideas about modernization and economic development. Furthermore, the U.S. Embassy in Santiago, headed by men strongly committed to the success of the Christian Democratic project, involved itself heavily in the inner workings of Chilean politics as an informal actor, unable to dictate terms but capable of exerting influence on local actors whose interests converged with those of the United States.
    [Show full text]
  • Volborthite Cu3v2o7(OH)2 • 2H2O C 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, Version 1
    Volborthite Cu3V2O7(OH)2 • 2H2O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic, pseudohexagonal. Point Group: 2/m. Typically as rosettelike aggregates of scaly crystals, which may have a hexagonal or triangular outline, to 5 mm. Physical Properties: Cleavage: One, perfect. Hardness = 3.5 D(meas.) = 3.5–3.8 D(calc.) = 3.52 Optical Properties: Semitransparent. Color: Dark olive-green, green, yellowish green; green to yellowish green in transmitted light. Luster: Vitreous, oily, resinous, waxy, pearly on the cleavage. Optical Class: Biaxial (–) or biaxial (+). Pleochroism: Faint. Dispersion: r<v,r>v, inclined. α = 1.820–2.01 β = 1.835–2.05 γ = 1.92–2.07 2V(meas.) = 63◦–83◦ Cell Data: Space Group: C2/m. a = 10.610(2) b = 5.866(1) c = 7.208(1) β =95.04(2)◦ Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Monument No. 1 mine, Arizona, USA. 7.16 (10), 2.643 (7), 2.571 (7), 2.389 (7), 4.103 (5), 3.090 (5), 2.998 (5) Chemistry: (1) (2) (1) (2) V2O5 36.65 38.32 CuO 48.79 50.29 SiO2 1.37 H2O [11.49] 11.39 V2O3 1.70 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Scrava mine, Italy; by electron microprobe; V2O3 assumed for charge balance, H2Oby 5+ 3+ • • difference; corresponds to Cu2.89V1.90V0.11Si0.11O7(OH)2 2H2O. (2) Cu3V2O7(OH)2 2H2O. Occurrence: An uncommon secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of vanadium-bearing hydrothermal mineral deposits. Association: Brochantite, malachite, atacamite, tangeite, chrysocolla, barite, gypsum. Distribution: In Russia, originally from an unknown locality; later identified at the Sofronovskii copper mine, near Perm, and at Syssersk and Nizhni Tagil, Ural Mountains.
    [Show full text]
  • RECEIVED ABSTRACTS (73 Abstracts As of November 15, 2019)
    RECEIVED ABSTRACTS (73 abstracts as of November 15, 2019) Represented Countries (10): Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, England, Peru, South Africa and USA Lean Production (7) (A07) Use of Availability (UoA) Improvement in Minera Las Bambas Luis Reynafarge, Pável Oropeza and Juan Herrán, Minera Las Bambas, Peru (A08) Six Sigma to Enhance Operational Performance in a Concentrate Plant Jorge Arana, Rolando Quispe and Marco Gutierrez, Minera Las Bambas, Peru (A09) Hauling Payload Improvement in Minera Las Bambas Luis Reynafarge, Pável Oropeza and Juan Herrán, Minera Las Bambas, Peru (A23) Operational Experience of Autonomous Hauling System at Gabriela Mistral Mine Diego Quezada, Gabriela Mistral Division, Codelco, Chile (A28) Information Flows Impact on Productivity through Lean Initiatives Patricio Gahona, Alberto Lagos and Fabián Retamal, Gestión de la Producción, Chile (A62) Lean Transformation at MolymetNos Operation Oscar Ley and Ricardo Araya, Molymet, Chile; Diego Zamorano and Laura Mottola, Flow Partners, Chile and Canada (A73) Lean Construction Applied to Underground Mine Development Codelco Operational Excellence Team, Chile and McKinsey, USA Process Improvement and Technology Innovation (30) (A01) Improved Refuelling Assignment based on Multiple Fitted Fuel Level Models for Komatsu's 930E EDT's Matías Benavides, Angelo Hermosilla and Diego Cáceres, Komatsu, Chile (A02) Classification of Haul Truck’s Spotting Time on Shovel Double Spot Loading Pattern Sebastián Seria, Daniel González and Diego Cáceres, Komatsu,
    [Show full text]
  • Keeping the US Hand Well Hidden: the Role of the Church Committee in Rethinking US Covert Intervention in the 1970S
    Keeping the US Hand Well Hidden: The Role of the Church Committee in Rethinking US Covert Intervention in the 1970s Julia Kropa A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of BACHELOR OF ARTS WITH HONORS DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN April 2, 2018 Advised by Professor Victoria Langland TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments…………………………………………………………………………..ii Timeline……………………………………………………………………………………iii Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………1 Chapter 1: US Covert Involvement and the Death of General Schneider…………………14 The Election of 1970 and Escalation of US Involvement…………………………16 Creating an Atmosphere of Overthrow……………………………………………26 The Aftermath of General Schneider’s Death……………………………………..37 Chapter 2: The Formation of the Church Committee……………………………………..42 The Origins of the Church Committee…………………………………………….45 White House Opposition to the Church Committee……………………………….59 The Committee’s Purpose for Investigating Assassination Plots………………….66 Chapter 3: The Church Committee Investigates Assassination Plots……………………..70 The Church Committee’s Investigation…………………………………………...73 The Investigation Reaches the White House………………………………………81 The Committee’s Interim Report and its Findings………………………………...91 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………96 Appendix 1……………………………………………………………………………….102 Appendix 2……………………………………………………………………………….107 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………...109 i Acknowledgments First and foremost, thank you to my advisor, Professor Victoria Langland, for her guidance and encouragement at every stage of this project from my initial thoughts to the end product. I would like to thank the LSA Honors Program and the History Department for generously providing funding for my research and writing. I am also thankful to my writing group, Maggie and Noah, for reading my many drafts and offering feedback at every step in the process. Many thanks to Emily for listening to me for a year and a half talking and brainstorming out loud, and for forcing me to always keep on working.
    [Show full text]
  • Recent Developments and Perspectives
    BMO CAPITAL MARKETS 25th GLOBAL METALS & MINING CONFERENCE CODELCO: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND PERSPECTIVES Oscar Landerretche M. Chairman of the Board February 28 - March 2, 2016 CODELCO HIGHLIGHTS 2 Copyrights© 2015 CODELCO-CHILE. Todos los Derechos Reservados. | Copyrights© 2015 by CODELCO-CHILE. All Rights Reserved. 2015 Highlights Safety(P): total global accident frequency and severity rates deceased by 30% and 39%, reaching 0.93* and 140**, respectively. No fatal accident. Copper Own Mine Production: increased by 3.6% in 2015 to 1,732 thousand tons, compared to 2014, especially due to the new production coming from Mina Ministro Hales. Total production achieved a historical record of 1,891 thousand tons. Cost Reduction(P): C1 decreased 7.8% to 138.6 c/lb in 2015 compared to 2014, attributable to lower input prices and the intensification of the control cost program. Financial Performance(P): Adjusted Mining EBITDA Margin reached 41%, despite the 20% drop in the average copper price in 2015 compared to 2014. (S&P A+, Moody’s A1) Financing Program: In addition to the US$2 billion bond issuance in September, Codelco received US$600 million capital injection plus an approval to retain earnings for US$225 million, securing the financing for 2016. Investment Program: During 2015 Codelco reduced its capex program by US$1 billion, without affecting the execution plan for the key projects under construction. (P): All 2015 figures contained in this presentation are preliminary * Lost Time Injuries/ Million Hours worked ** Lost days & days charged / Million Hours worked 3 Copyrights© 2015 CODELCO-CHILE. Todos los Derechos Reservados. | Copyrights© 2015 by CODELCO-CHILE.
    [Show full text]
  • Articles Devoted to Silicate Minerals from Fumaroles of the Tol- Bachik Volcano (Kamchatka, Russia)
    Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 101–119, 2020 https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-101-2020 © Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Unusual silicate mineralization in fumarolic sublimates of the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia – Part 1: Neso-, cyclo-, ino- and phyllosilicates Nadezhda V. Shchipalkina1, Igor V. Pekov1, Natalia N. Koshlyakova1, Sergey N. Britvin2,3, Natalia V. Zubkova1, Dmitry A. Varlamov4, and Eugeny G. Sidorov5 1Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia 2Department of Crystallography, St Petersburg State University, University Embankment 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia 3Kola Science Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Fersman Str. 14, 184200 Apatity, Russia 4Institute of Experimental Mineralogy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academica Osypyana ul., 4, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia 5Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Piip Boulevard 9, 683006 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Correspondence: Nadezhda V. Shchipalkina ([email protected]) Received: 19 June 2019 – Accepted: 1 November 2019 – Published: 29 January 2020 Abstract. This is the initial paper in a pair of articles devoted to silicate minerals from fumaroles of the Tol- bachik volcano (Kamchatka, Russia). These papers contain the first systematic data on silicate mineralization of fumarolic genesis. In this article nesosilicates (forsterite, andradite and titanite), cyclosilicate (a Cu,Zn- rich analogue of roedderite), inosilicates (enstatite, clinoenstatite, diopside, aegirine, aegirine-augite, esseneite, “Cu,Mg-pyroxene”, wollastonite, potassic-fluoro-magnesio-arfvedsonite, potassic-fluoro-richterite and litidion- ite) and phyllosilicates (fluorophlogopite, yanzhuminite, “fluoreastonite” and the Sn analogue of dalyite) are characterized with a focus on chemistry, crystal-chemical features and occurrence.
    [Show full text]
  • Chile's Mining and Chemicals Industries
    Global Outlook Chile’s Mining and Chemicals Industries Luis A. Cisternas With abundant mineral resources, Chile’s Univ. of Antofagasta Edelmira D. Gálvez chemicals industries are dominated by mining, Catholic Univ. of the North with many of its operations among the world’s most productive and important. hile’s chemicals industries consist of 300 companies producer. Chilean mining continues to reach unprecedented and some 400 products, with sales representing 4% levels — not only the mining of copper, but particularly Cof the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) and of nonmetallic ores. Recent growth has been supported by about 25% of all industrial contributions to the GDP (1). favorable economic policies and incentives for foreign inves- Chile’s major chemical exports include methanol, inorganic tors that were intended to overcome the lack of domestic compounds (nitrates, iodine, lithium products, sodium investment after Chile’s return to democracy in the 1990s. chloride), combustibles (gasoline, diesel, fuel oil), algae Chile’s main metallic and nonmetallic ore deposits are derivatives, and plastic resins (polypropylene, low-density located in the country’s northern regions, which are rich in polyethylene). However, the mining industry — consisting copper, gold, silver, and iron deposits, as well as salt lake of 100 large and medium-sized companies and more than mineral byproducts such as nitrates, boron, iodine, lithium, 1,600 mining operations (2) — dominates Chile’s chemical- and potassium. Chile’s abundance of mineral resources is industry landscape. These companies’ primary products remarkable: Its reserves constitute 6.7% of the world’s gold, include molybdenum, rhenium, iron, lithium, silver, gold, 12.1% of the molybdenum, 13.3% of the silver, 27.7% of the and — most important — copper.
    [Show full text]
  • Vistore™ Copper Phibro Has Used Basic Copper Chloride Since It Was Introduced by Micronutrients
    Technical Bulletin Information from Phibro Technical Services Vistore™ Copper Phibro has used Basic Copper Chloride since it was introduced by Micronutrients. Our quality program monitors the efficacy and safety of our ingredients through detailed, routine analyses. These analyses go beyond the major element (Cu) and the contaminants (Pb, Cd, As, Hg, dioxins and furans) to include a 162 point elemental fingerprint and scans of the crystalline structure to confirm product consistency. The analytical history we have accumulated through our DQA® program provides us an understanding of potential quality issues and a basis for ensuring the quality of the Phibro Vistore Copper. Vistore Copper - A Single Chemical Formula Cu2(OH)3Cl Many Names: Multiple Crystalline Structures: • Basic Copper Chloride (AAFCO name) • Vistore Cu 580 (Phibro trade name) • Tribasic copper chloride • Intellibond® C (Micronutrients trade name) • Copper chloride hydroxide • Copper hydroxide chloride • Copper hydroxychloride • Dicopper chloride trihydroxide • Copper trihydroxyl chloride Downs, R.T. and Hall-Wallace, M. (2003) The American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database. A variety of names, are used for Basic Copper Chloride based on different nomenclatures. All of those listed above Vistore Cu 580 are correct and describe the same compound. Although there is only one empirical formula for Basic Copper Chloride, it can crystallize in different configurations to form four different crystalline structures. Crystalline structure is dependent on the reaction conditions at the time the crystals are formed. Phibro’s choice is to provide a product that contains a mixture of the three primary crystalline structures, thereby avoiding a shift from 100% “ ” form (Atacamite) to 100% “ ” form (Botallackite). Technical Bulletin Phibro’s Chosen Path – Providing Efficacy, Food Safety and Value We have done our homework and selected a partner that will meet the most stringent quality programs.
    [Show full text]
  • 9789566095170.Pdf
    1 2 Un protagonismo recobrado: la Democracia Cristiana chilena y sus vínculos internacionales (1973-1990) 3 4 Un protagonismo recobrado: la Democracia Cristiana chilena y sus vínculos internacionales (1973-1990) Olga Ulianova, Alessandro Santoni, Raffaele Nocera 5 Un protagonismo recobrado: la Democracia Cristiana chilena y sus vínculos internacionales (1973-1990) Olga Ulianova, Alessandro Santoni, Raffaele Nocera ISBN: 978-956-6095-17-0 Santiago de Chile, junio 2021 Primera edición https://doi.org/10.26448/ae9789566095170.3 Fotografía de portada: propiedad de Casa Museo Eduardo Frei Montalva, entidad a la que agradecemos la deferencia Diseño portada: Matías Villa Gestión editorial: Ariadna Ediciones http://ariadnaediciones.cl/ Obra bajo Licencia Creative Commons Atribución by Este libro cuenta con el auspicio del Departamento de Historia de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile 6 Índice Agradecimientos………………...………………………....………9 Prólogo……………………………………………………………11 Introducción…...…………………………………………………13 Capítulo I Los años del aislamiento, 1973-75 El Partido Demócrata Cristiano después del golpe…………………25 Las tensiones con la DC italiana y la UMDC……………………….27 La posición de la CDU alemana……………………………………39 Estados Unidos, la financiación al PDC y la gira a Europa…………46 Un partido dividido. La acción del ala disidente…………………….51 Capítulo II El giro hacia la oposición, 1975-77 El PDC bajo la represión………...…………………………………57 La reanudación de las relaciones con la DC italiana….……………...59 La batalla por los Derechos Humanos y la relación con EE.UU……64
    [Show full text]