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Locality Name:
Albuñuelas, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 105627
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105627.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Albuñuelas, Granada, Andalusia, Spain": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Barranco Del Humo Mines (Cortijo Del Humo Mines)
Catalina And Micaela Mine
Cerro De La Cruz Mine
Cerro De La Jara Mine
Cerro Del Capón Mines
Cortijo Del Cura Mine
El Centenillo Mine
La Cunilla Mine (El Cuco Mine)
Laura Mine
Los Lastonares Mines
San Antonio De Padua Mine

Latitude: 36°52'54"N
Longitude: 3°43'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.881666666667,-3.7255555555556

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vivianite

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Phosphohedyphane ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Descloizite Diaspore Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Vivianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	383	323	1	107972	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	260	2	107963,107967	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	383	260	5	107962,107968,107970,107971,107972	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	260	260	7	107962,107964,107965,107968,107969,107970,107971	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	383	323	0		27198
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	383	260	8	107962,107964,107965,107968,107969,107970,107971,107972	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	383	323	0		9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	260	260	1	107963	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	383	260	6	107962,107966,107968,107970,107971,107972	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	260	260	1	107963	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	1	107963	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	260	260	3	107964,107965,107969	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	383	323	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	2	107963,107967	12537
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl	260	260	2	107970,107971	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	1	107963	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	383	260	3	107970,107971,107972	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	260	260	3	107964,107965,107969	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	4	107964,107965,107968,107969	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	383	323	0		2562
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	383	260	4	107968,107970,107971,107972	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	383	260	9	107962,107964,107965,107966,107968,107969,107970,107971,107972	1655

2 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-00624	260	260	Triassic							Yes			Cu	195468	Granada, Andalusia, Spain	Granada	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	vms-00901	383	323	Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous											105635	San Antonio De Padua Mine, Albuñuelas, Granada, Andalusia, Spain	San Antonio	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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