Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sierra Almagrera, Cuevas Del Almanzora (Cuevas De Vera), Almería, Andalusia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 20501
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20501.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Almagrera, Cuevas Del Almanzora (Cuevas De Vera), Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
El Arteal Tunnel
Encantada Mine
Fumarole Field
Georgina Mine
Jaroso Ravine
Las Herrerías
Niña Mine
Ramo De Flores Mine
San Andrés Mine

Latitude: 37°17'18"N
Longitude: 1°45'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.288333333333,-1.7563888888889

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.

Allargentum	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brackebuschite
Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Carminite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Spangolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Zinkosite

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Bournonite Brackebuschite
Brochantite Brookite Calcite Carminite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite
Cyanotrichite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Halotrichite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Spangolite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite Zinkosite

68 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsentsumebite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Beudantite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carminite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinoatacamite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorcalcioroméite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gartrellite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Macedonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Osarizawaite ()*	Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pharmacoalumite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Segnitite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Spangolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Veenite ()*	Zinkosite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	107721,107723	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	107723	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	107719,107723	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	107721	9052
Arsentsumebite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Cu(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)	1	107723	37
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	107723	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	107721,107723,107726	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	9	107717,107719,107721,107723,107726,107727,107728,107729,107730	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	1	107723	172
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	107723	413
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	107721	1966
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	107721	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	107721,107722	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	107723	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	107717	700
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	107719	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	107719,107721	27770
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	107723	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	107719,107723,107726	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	107717,107721	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	107723,107726	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	107721	2600
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	107723	43
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	107726,107727	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	107723	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	107726	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	1	107723	179
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	2	107719,107727	180
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	2	107721,107728	551
Fluorcalcioroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Ca,Na)₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₆F	1	107726	8
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	107726	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	107717,107721,107722,107723,107726,107727,107729	24243
Gartrellite ()*	None	PbCuFe³⁺(AsO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O	1	107723	41
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	9	107717,107719,107721,107723,107726,107727,107728,107729,107730	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	107717,107721,107723,107726	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	107721	409
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	107719	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	107721,107727	14640
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	2	107717,107719	73
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4	107717,107721,107723,107728	2228
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	107723	581
Macedonite ()*	Perovskite	PbTiO₃	1	107727	5
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	107723,107726	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	107717	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	107721	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	107723	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	107719	17380
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	107723	64
Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb₂O₇	1	107726	33
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	107721	767
Pharmacoalumite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KAl₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6.5H₂O	1	107723	17
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	107723	428
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	107719	265
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	107723	170
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	107719,107727	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	107721	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	107721	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	107717,107719,107721,107726,107728	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	107723	1153
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	107721	134
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	7	107717,107721,107723,107727,107728,107729,107730	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	107726,107727	5186
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	1	107719	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	107717,107721,107722,107729	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	107723	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	107717,107721,107722,107728	5317
Veenite ()*	None	Pb₂(Sb,As)₂S₅	1	107721	9
Zinkosite ()*	Zinkosite	Zn(SO₄)	1	107721	2

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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