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Locality Name:
La Grande Vein, Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31

mindat Locality ID: 122317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Grande Vein, Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Clay	Clinozoisite	Enargite	Epidote	Germanite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

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 As Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si Sn V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si Sn V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Clinozoisite Enargite Epidote Germanite Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Sphalerite Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Bornite ()*	Ceruleite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Colusite ()*
Dickite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	33	31	966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	33	31	5516
Ceruleite ()*	None	CuAl₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₈(H₂O)₄	33	31	19
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	33	31	5707
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	33	31	110
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	33	31	651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	33	31	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	33	31	8173
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	33	31	92
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	33	31	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33	31	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	33	31	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	33	31	61156

1 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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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