Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Almuñecar, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

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

mindat Locality ID: 106207
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106207.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Almuñecar, Granada, Andalusia, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Loma Del Gato

Latitude: 36°45'27"N
Longitude: 3°39'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.7575,-3.6655555555556

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.

Andalusite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile

14 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	1	107977	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	260	260	1	107977	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	260	260	1	107977	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	1	107977	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	1	107977	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	1	107977	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	260	260	1	107977	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	260	260	1	107977	1756
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	1	107977	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	260	260	1	107977	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	1	107977	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	1	107977	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	1	107977	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	260	260	1	107977	5614

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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