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

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

mindat Locality ID: 299170
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299170.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monctezuma 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.

Acanthite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Cubanite	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Au C Cu Fe Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Cu Fe Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Cubanite None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	33	31	2793
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	33	31	53
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	33	31	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	33	31	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	33	31	30554
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	33	31	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33	31	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	33	31	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	33	31	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	33	31	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	33	31	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	33	31	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	33	31	5317

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

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