Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Quebrada Blanca Mine, Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31

mindat Locality ID: 188053
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188053.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quebrada Blanca Mine, Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°'6"S
Longitude: 68°48'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.001666666667,-68.808333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Dufrénite	Epidote
Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Leucophosphite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphofibrite
Pyrite	Quartz	Roselite	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Turquoise

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P S Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P S Si Ti U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Dufrénite Epidote
Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Leucophosphite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Phosphofibrite
Pyrite Quartz Roselite Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Turquoise

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Andalusite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Gerhardtite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kröhnkite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Libethenite ()*
Likasite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Meurigite-K ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrodufrénite ()*
Neotocite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strengite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Torbernite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	38	34	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	38	34	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	38	34	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	38	34	272
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	38	34	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	38	34	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	38	34	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	38	34	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	38	34	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	38	34	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	38	34	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	38	34	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	38	34	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	38	34	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	38	34	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	38	34	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	38	34	77
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	38	34	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	38	34	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	38	34	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	38	34	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	38	34	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	38	34	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	38	34	300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	38	34	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	38	34	2740
Gerhardtite ()*	None	Cu₂(NO₃)(OH)₃	38	34	24
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	38	34	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	38	34	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	38	34	14640
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	38	34	144
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	38	34	5591
Kröhnkite ()*	Roselite	Na₂Cu(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	38	34	27
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	38	34	110
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	38	34	234
Likasite ()*	None	Cu₃(NO₃)(OH)₅·2H₂O	38	34	11
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	38	34	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	38	34	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	38	34	443
Meurigite-K ()*	Phosphofibrite	KFe³⁺₈(PO₄)₆(OH)₇·6.5H₂O	38	34	21
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	38	34	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	38	34	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	38	34	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	38	34	17380
Natrodufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	NaFe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	38	34	46
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	38	34	186
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	38	34	2273
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	38	34	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	38	34	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	38	34	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	38	34	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	38	34	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	38	34	21482
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	38	34	263
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	38	34	1101
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	38	34	1059

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00147	33	31	33–31							Yes		Albite, Alunite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Dickite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Rutile, Stannite	Cu	39273	Collahuasi Mine (Collaguasi Mine), Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile	Collahuasi	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00209	38	34	38–34									Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	188053	Quebrada Blanca Mine, Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile	Quebrada Blanca	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060941	Quebrada Blanca Mine, Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile	https://rruff.info/R060941

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