Phyllosilicate from South America


Argentina
Jujuy Province Rinconada Department Mina Pirquitas ⓘ Chinchillas Mine	Mercado, Maximiliano, Beaufort, D., Caffe, P.J., Patrier, P., Franchini, M., Caranza, H., Zapata, R.I. (2025) New insights into hydrothermal alteration in the Ag-Pb-Zn Chinchillas deposit, Northwestern Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 157. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2025.105467 Mercado, Maximiliano, Beaufort, D., Caffe, P.J., Patrier, P., Franchini, M., Caranza, H., Zapata, R.I. (2025) New insights into hydrothermal alteration in the Ag-Pb-Zn Chinchillas deposit, Northwestern Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 157. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2025.105467 Mercado, Maximiliano, Beaufort, D., Caffe, P.J., Patrier, P., Franchini, M., Caranza, H., Zapata, R.I. (2025) New insights into hydrothermal alteration in the Ag-Pb-Zn Chinchillas deposit, Northwestern Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 157. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2025.105467 Mercado, Maximiliano, Beaufort, D., Caffe, P.J., Patrier, P., Franchini, M., Caranza, H., Zapata, R.I. (2025) New insights into hydrothermal alteration in the Ag-Pb-Zn Chinchillas deposit, Northwestern Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 157. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2025.105467

Brazil
Goiás Cavalcante ⓘ Buraco do Ouro mine	Pires, G.L.C., Renac, C., Bongiolo, E.M., Neumann, R. (2020) Gossan mineralogy, textures, and gold enrichment over the Au (As, Bi, Ag) deposit in the Buracão Area (Brasília Fold Belt, Brazil): Implications for gold prospecting in weathering profiles. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 218. 106615pp. doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2020.106615
Mato Grosso do Sul Aquidauana ⓘ Fazenda São Roque	Costa-Silva, André Renan; Ishida, Débora Ayumi; Teixeira, Ingred Nóbrega; Lucas, Yves; Melfi, Adolpho José; Montes, Célia Regina (2026) Spatial Organization and Mineral Transformations of 2:1 Phyllosilicates in Saline–Alkaline Soil–Lake Systems of the Pantanal (Nhecolândia, Brazil). Minerals, 16 (5). doi:10.3390/min16050466
Minas Gerais Sabará ⓘ Cuiabá mine	Peterle, Daniel T.; Lobato, Lydia M.; Ulrich, Stanislav; Pinto, Suellen O.C.; Ferraz, Edson R.M.; Tessalina, Svetlana; Ribeiro, Bruno V.; Santos, Thales J.C. (2026) Rediscovery of the high-grade Viana orebody: a missing link in the Archean Cuiabá microbasin framework and the timing of a world-class BIF-hosted gold system. Ore Geology Reviews, 195. p.107413. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2026.107413
ⓘ Serra do Sapo deposit Conceição do Mato Dentro	Porter Geoconsultancy website
Pará Canaã dos Carajás ⓘ Alvo 118 Cu-Au deposit	Santos, Pabllo Henrique Costa dos; Costa, Marcondes Lima; Ferreira, Nilson S; Camarena, Mariella Alzamora; Silva, Rayara do Socorro (2025) Weathering-Controlled Copper Retention in the Saprolite of the Alvo 118 Deposit, Carajás, Brazil. Minerals, 15 (5). doi:10.3390/min15050501

Chile
Atacama Copiapó Province Tierra Amarilla ⓘ El Volcán Mine	Lohmeier, Stephanie, Lehmann, Bernd, Hodgkin, Andrew, Schneider, Albrecht (2025) The Cerro Maricunga (Fenix) porphyry-style gold deposit, Maricunga belt, northern Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 152. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105328
ⓘ Dorado sector	Lohmeier, Stephanie, Lehmann, Bernd, Schneider, Albrecht, Hodgkin, Andrew, Burgess, Raymond (2022) Ore Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Dating (Re-Os, Ar-Ar) of the El Volcán Porphyry/Epithermal System, Maricunga Gold Belt, Northern Chile. Economic Geology, 117 (1) 25-55 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4856

Colombia
Boyacá Department Western Boyacá Province Quípama ⓘ La Pava emerald mine	González-Durán, Andrés F; Garcı́a-Toloza, Javier; Bonilla-Osorio, Germán E; Cedeño-Ochoa, Carlos J; Angarita-Sarmiento, Luis G (2019) Geology of the La Pava emerald mine, Colombia. Proceedings of the 15th SGA Biennial Meeting Glasgow, Scotland, 2-901

Venezuela
Aragua Santos Michelena ⓘ Loma de Hierro	Domènech, Cristina, Galí, Salvador, Soler, Josep M., Ancco, Marite P. Ancco, Meléndez, Williams, Rondón, José, Villanova-de-Benavent, Cristina, Proenza, Joaquín A. (2020) The Loma de Hierro Ni-laterite deposit (Venezuela): Mineralogical and chemical composition. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 72 (3) doi:10.18268/bsgm2020v72n3a050620

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