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Locality Name:
La Encontrada Mine, Molvizar, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 11534
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11534.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Encontrada Mine, Molvizar, Granada, Andalusia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°48'8"N
Longitude: 3°37'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.802222222222,-3.6216666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Ni O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Ni O S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeDigeniteEnargiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRutileSmolyaninoviteSpinel
TetrahedriteTyroliteVivianiteWurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Smolyaninovite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2602600445
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O2602600143
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)226026005509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260260027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260260027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O26026003531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS26026002600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2602600966
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)2602600363
Copper  (*)CopperCu26026003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26026004165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S26026001027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42602600910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2602600814
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)26026007437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3260260014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)626026002228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4260260014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2260260012537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)2602600492
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32602600733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS326026001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260260039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO226026003106
Smolyaninovite  (*)SmolyaninoviteCo3Fe3+2(AsO4)4·11H2O260260013
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1326026001803
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O2602600245


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00624260260Triassic     Yes Cu195468Granada, Andalusia, SpainGranadaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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