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Locality Name:
Ujina Deposit, Collahuasi Mine (Collaguasi Mine), Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31

mindat Locality ID: 189175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ujina Deposit, Collahuasi Mine (Collaguasi Mine), Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°59'34"S
Longitude: 68°38'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.992777777778,-68.636944444444

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Enargite	Feldspar	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dickite ()*	Enargite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Enargite Feldspar Kaolinite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	35.5	34.4	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	35.5	34.4	966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	35.5	34.4	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	35.5	34.4	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	35.5	34.4	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	35.5	34.4	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	35.5	34.4	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	35.5	34.4	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	35.5	34.4	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	35.5	34.4	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35.5	34.4	651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	35.5	34.4	910
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	35.5	34.4	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35.5	34.4	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	35.5	34.4	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	35.5	34.4	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	35.5	34.4	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	35.5	34.4	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	35.5	34.4	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35.5	34.4	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	35.5	34.4	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	35.5	34.4	61156
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	35.5	34.4	1803

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-00210	35.5	34.4	35.2±0.3–34.7±0.3									Albite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Malachite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite	Cu	189175	Ujina Deposit, Collahuasi Mine (Collaguasi Mine), Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile	Ujina	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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