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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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: 
ClayClinozoisiteEnargiteEpidoteGermaniteKaoliniteMicaNonePyritePyrophyllite
QuartzSphaleriteWurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Bornite  (*)Ceruleite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Colusite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)633310966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4333105516
Ceruleite  (*)NoneCuAl4(AsO4)2(OH)8(H2O)43331019
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S333105707
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S1633310110
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)433310651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS433310910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)333108173
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS83331092
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23331017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23331039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)233310771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23331061156



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00147333133–31     YesAlbite, Alunite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Dickite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Rutile, StanniteCu39273Collahuasi Mine (Collaguasi Mine), Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, ChileCollahuasiSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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