Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Colosal Platífera Mine, Alpartir, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 30
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30

mindat Locality ID: 180781
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-180781.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colosal Platífera Mine, Alpartir, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°25'20"N
Longitude: 1°23'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.422222222222,-1.3841666666667

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.

Adelite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Brochantite	Calcite	Löllingite	None	Pharmacosiderite
Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Vivianite

Aragonite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Brochantite ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Cornwallite ()*	Hörnesite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Löllingite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Parasymplesite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tyrolite ()*	Yukonite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Brochantite Calcite Löllingite None Pharmacosiderite
Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Vivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	30	30	3250
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	30	30	194
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	30	30	1966
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	30	30	1633
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	30	30	363
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	30	30	175
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	30	30	103
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	30	30	149
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	30	30	762
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	30	30	492
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	30	30	124
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	30	30	105
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	30	30	428
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	30	30	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	30	30	6417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	30	30	5317
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	30	30	245
Yukonite ()*	None	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·4H₂O	30	30	29

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
	sedcu-00621	30	30	Oligocene							Yes			Cu	19467	Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain	Zaragoza	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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