Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Peña De Hierro Mine, Nerva, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 340
Youngest recorded age at locality: 340

mindat Locality ID: 204897
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204897.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peña De Hierro Mine, Nerva, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°43'35"N
Longitude: 6°33'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.726388888889,-6.5555555555556

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.

Copiapite	Coquimbite	Epsomite	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Starkeyite

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 Cu Fe H Mg O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H Mg O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copiapite Coquimbite Epsomite Halotrichite Hexahydrite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Starkeyite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Alpersite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Magnesiocopiapite ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rhomboclase ()*	Starkeyite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alpersite ()*	Melanterite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	340	340	10
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	340	340	136
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	340	340	484
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	340	340	251
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	340	340	54
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	340	340	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	340	340	39462
Rhomboclase ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₅O₂)Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	340	340	53
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	340	340	79

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
	vms-00894	340	340	Devonian-Carboniferous										S	204897	Peña De Hierro Mine, Nerva, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain	Peña de Hierro	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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