Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cerro De La Cruz Mine, Albuñuelas, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

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

mindat Locality ID: 105632
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105632.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro De La Cruz Mine, Albuñuelas, Granada, Andalusia, 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

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Descloizite	None	Not in a structural group	Scheelite	Sphalerite

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: C H Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Descloizite None Not in a structural group Scheelite Sphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Cerussite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	260	260	4979
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	260	260	378
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	260	260	1689
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	260	260	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	260	260	1655

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-00624	260	260	Triassic							Yes			Cu	195468	Granada, Andalusia, Spain	Granada	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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