Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 203710
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203710.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 37°31'18"N
Longitude: 6°13'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.521666666667,-6.2275

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.

Chalcopyrite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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: Bi Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Marcasite Meneghinite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Jaskólskiite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	383	323	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	383	323	24243
Jaskólskiite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu_xPb_2+x(Sb,Bi)_2-xS₅ (x ≈ 0.15)	383	323	15
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	383	323	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	383	323	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	383	323	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	383	323	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	383	323	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	383	323	5317

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			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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