Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aznalcóllar Mine, Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 298

mindat Locality ID: 203711
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203711.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aznalcóllar Mine, Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°30'60"N
Longitude: 6°14'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.516666666667,-6.2491666666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite
Zircon

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: As Co Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Co Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Bournonite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite
Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	383	298	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	383	298	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	383	298	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	383	298	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	383	298	966
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	383	298	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	383	298	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	383	298	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	383	298	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	383	298	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	383	298	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
vms-00866	359	299	Carboniferous		Yes	203712	Caridad Mine, Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain	Caridad	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00887	383	323	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous		Yes	203710	Los Frailes Mine, Aznalcóllar, Seville, Andalusia, Spain	Los Frailes	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
DeepDive-Co-0051	330	298	330-298	Variscan deformation age	Yes	230048	Las Cruces Mine, Gerena, Seville, Andalusia, Spain	Las Cruces deposit	Martinez-Abad et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.10.021	OGR66_344	Variscan deformation age

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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