Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Herrerías Volcano (Las Herrerías Quarry), Bolaños De Calatrava, Campo De Calatrava Volcanoes, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 8.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.6

mindat Locality ID: 253239
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253239.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Herrerías Volcano (Las Herrerías Quarry), Bolaños De Calatrava, Campo De Calatrava Volcanoes, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteBaryteChabaziteEttringiteHarmotomeLévyneNatroliteNoneOlivine
PerovskitePyroxeneSpinelThomsoniteTridymite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Diopside  (*)Ettringite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Lévyne-Ca  (*)Magnetite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Opal  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phillipsite-Ca  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O68.71.602060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)8.71.6011547
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O8.71.60310
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O68.71.604135
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O8.71.6093
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)8.71.601188
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH8.71.60367
Lévyne-Ca  (*)LévyneCa3(Si12Al6)O36·18H2O8.71.6042
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O48.71.6014899
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O8.71.601236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)8.71.60884
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O8.71.602994
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO38.71.60495
Phillipsite-Ca  (*)HarmotomeCa3(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O8.71.6075
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O8.71.60183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O8.71.60452


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000587MAGMATIC STYLE: Extrusive breccia and tuff ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and pyroclastic rocks of melilitite, nephelinite, leucitite and alkali olivine basalt; mantle xenoliths abundant.
Jen_0000588MAGMATIC STYLE: Extrusive breccia and tuff ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and pyroclastic rocks of melilitite, nephelinite, leucitite and alkali olivine basalt; mantle xenoliths abundant.
Jen_0000589MAGMATIC STYLE: Extrusive breccia and tuff ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and pyroclastic rocks of melilitite, nephelinite, leucitite and alkali olivine basalt; mantle xenoliths abundant.
Jen_0000590MAGMATIC STYLE: Extrusive breccia and tuff ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and pyroclastic rocks of melilitite, nephelinite, leucitite and alkali olivine basalt; mantle xenoliths abundant.


4 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
Jen_0000587666K-Ar    Yes  105666Campo De Calatrava Volcanoes, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, SpainCalatravaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_00005888.78.78.7K-Ar    Yes  105666Campo De Calatrava Volcanoes, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, SpainCalatravaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_00005896.46.46.4K-Ar    Yes  105666Campo De Calatrava Volcanoes, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, SpainCalatravaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_00005904.71.64.7-1.6K-Ar    Yes  105666Campo De Calatrava Volcanoes, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, SpainCalatravaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 

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