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Locality Name:
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: 39273
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39273.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Collahuasi Mine (Collaguasi Mine), Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Collahuasi Rosario Pit
Collahuasi Ujina Pit
Huinquintipa Deposit
Rosario Deposit
Ujina Deposit

Latitude: 20°58'30"S
Longitude: 68°42'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.975,-68.709444444444

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Germanite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Colusite ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Stannite ()*	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 Pb S Si Sn Ti V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sn Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Germanite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	35.5	31	2	36747,36748	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	35.5	31	2	36747,36748	966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	35.5	31	2	36747,36748	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	33	31	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	35.5	34.4	1	36748	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	35.5	31	2	36747,36748	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	35.5	31	2	36747,36748	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	35.5	31	2	36746,36748	3531
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	33	31	1	36747	110
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	35.5	31	0		363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	35.5	34.4	1	36748	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	35.5	31	2	36747,36748	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	35.5	34.4	1	36748	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35.5	31	2	36747,36748	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	33	31	0		1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	33	31	1	36747	4135
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	35.5	31	2	36747,36748	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	33	31	1	36747	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	33	31	0		24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	35.5	34.4	1	36748	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35.5	31	2	36746,36748	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	35.5	31	2	36747,36748	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	35.5	34.4	1	36748	12537
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	33	31	1	36747	92
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	35.5	31	2	36747,36748	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	35.5	34.4	1	36748	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	35.5	31	2	36747,36748	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35.5	31	2	36747,36748	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	35.5	31	2	36747,36748	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	35.5	31	2	36747,36748	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	33	31	0		5614
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	33	31	0		668
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	35.5	31	2	36747,36748	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									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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