Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Copaquire Cu Deposit, Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31

mindat Locality ID: 205862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copaquire Cu Deposit, Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°54'6"S
Longitude: 68°53'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.901666666667,-68.885277777778

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	Atacamite	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cyanotrichite	Devilline
Epidote	Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spangolite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Alunite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Serpierite ()*
Spangolite ()*	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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Atacamite Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cyanotrichite Devilline
Epidote Gypsum Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Smectite-vermiculite Spangolite
Spinel Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	36	34	966
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	36	34	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	36	34	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	36	34	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	36	34	925
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	36	34	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	36	34	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	36	34	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	36	34	3531
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	36	34	179
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	36	34	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	36	34	345
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	36	34	6890
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	36	34	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	36	34	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	36	34	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	36	34	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	36	34	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	36	34	771
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	36	34	292
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	36	34	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	36	34	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-00299	36	34	36–34									Alunite, Atacamite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Gypsum, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	205862	Copaquire Cu Deposit, Collahuasi District, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile	Copaquire	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

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