Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Cena Del Depósito Concession, Cerro Minado Mines, Cuesta Alta, Huércal-Overa, Almería, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 19

mindat Locality ID: 65989
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65989.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Cena Del Depósito Concession, Cerro Minado Mines, Cuesta Alta, Huércal-Overa, Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°22'22"N
Longitude: 1°57'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.372777777778,-1.9538888888889

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	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Clay	Cobaltite	Connellite	Copper	Covellite	Hydrotalcite	Malachite
Mica	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

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 Co Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn N Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn N Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Clay Cobaltite Connellite Copper Covellite Hydrotalcite Malachite
Mica Mixite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Vivianite Wurtzite

77 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Adamite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arseniosiderite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Atacamite ()*	Auriacusite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Belloite ()*	Bobkingite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*	Capgaronnite ()*	Carrollite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Clinoatacamite ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Eglestonite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gerhardtite ()*
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Gold ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Hörnesite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Juanitaite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Luanheite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mercury ()*	Mixite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nantokite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Paraschachnerite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Reevesite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Rouaite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schachnerite ()*
Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Spherocobaltite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Tyrolite ()*
Zálesíite ()*	Zincolivenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	23	19	2793
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	23	19	254
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	23	19	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	23	19	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	23	19	3250
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	23	19	194
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	23	19	143
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	23	19	544
Auriacusite ()*	Andalusite	Fe³⁺Cu²⁺(AsO₄)O	23	19	6
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	23	19	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	23	19	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	23	19	11547
Belloite ()*	None	Cu(OH)Cl	23	19	6
Bobkingite ()*	None	Cu₅Cl₂(OH)₈·2H₂O	23	19	3
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	19	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	23	19	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	19	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	23	19	91
Capgaronnite ()*	None	AgHgClS	23	19	11
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	23	19	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	19	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	19	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	23	19	90
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	23	19	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	23	19	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	23	19	2600
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	23	19	43
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	23	19	127
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	23	19	966
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	23	19	363
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	23	19	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	23	19	3846
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	23	19	175
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	19	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	23	19	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	23	19	9895
Eglestonite ()*	None	([Hg¹⁺]₂)₃OCl₃(OH)	23	19	36
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	23	19	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	19	24243
Gerhardtite ()*	None	Cu₂(NO₃)(OH)₃	23	19	24
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Malachite	CuNi(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	19	25
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	19	30554
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	23	19	111
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	23	19	103
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	23	19	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	23	19	2228
Juanitaite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Cu,Ca,Fe)₁₀Bi(AsO₄)₄(OH)₁₁·2H₂O	23	19	4
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	23	19	149
Luanheite ()*	None	Ag₃Hg	23	19	17
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	19	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	23	19	397
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	23	19	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	19	17380
Nantokite ()*	Sphalerite	CuCl	23	19	35
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	23	19	492
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	23	19	767
Paraschachnerite ()*	None	Ag₃Hg₂	23	19	11
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	23	19	105
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	19	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	19	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	23	19	48
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	19	454
Rouaite ()*	None	Cu₂(NO₃)(OH)₃	23	19	11
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	23	19	5614
Schachnerite ()*	None	Ag_1.1Hg_0.9	23	19	14
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	23	19	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	23	19	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	23	19	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	23	19	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	23	19	2473
Spherocobaltite ()*	None	Co(CO₃)	23	19	52
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	23	19	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	23	19	1101
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	23	19	83
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	23	19	245
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	23	19	84
Zincolivenite ()*	Andalusite	CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)	23	19	60

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
	Kristen002528	23	19	Alpine Orogeny		age of metamorphism					Yes			Co	241637	Cerro Minado Mines, Cuesta Alta, Huércal-Overa, Almería, Andalusia, Spain	Betic Cordilleras	Zeck 1989	10.1016/0040-1951(89)90196-0	T169_215	Cerro Minado deposit hosted in the Alpujarride complex (Amores et al. 2013)(SGABM12_1). Alpujarride complex characterized by low grade alpine metamorphism (Egeler 1964)(GR53_260). Alpine orogeny occurred in this region during the restricted period of 19-23 Ma (Zeck et al. 1989)(T169_215).

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