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Locality Name:
Valencian Community, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 88
Youngest recorded age at locality: 80

mindat Locality ID: 107996
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107996.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valencian Community, Spain": 233
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 133

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Alicante
Castellón
Valencia

Latitude: 39°9'5"N
Longitude: 0°-41'-14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.151388888889,-0.68722222222222

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: Ag Al As B Ba Bi Br C Ca Cd Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArthurite
AtacamiteAutuniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChenevixiteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumDevillineDiasporeDigeniteDundasiteEnargiteEpidote
EpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGypsumIronKaoliniteLiroconiteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMixiteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePharmacosideritePrehnite
PumpellyitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRoseliteRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTridymiteTyroliteVivianiteWurtzite
Zircon

137 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aerinite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arthurite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Atacamite  (*)Attikaite  (*)Augite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bieberite  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Claraite  (*)Clinoatacamite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Corderoite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dundasite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)
Fletcherite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)
Hollandite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kenhsuite  (*)Langite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Liroconite  (*)Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mixite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Opal  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Perroudite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Rosiaite  (*)Rruffite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sauconite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Taenite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theisite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Yakhontovite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Zincolivenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)23110722,110817,1108533419
Aerinite  (*)Not in a structural group(Ca,Na)6(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)4(Al,Mg)6Si12O36(OH)12(CO3)·12H2O4110689,110690,110720,11081722
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)7110690,110722,110726,110760,110817,110853,1108938803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61110824966
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11107601627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311106901534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2110796,1107982734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11107311588
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O1110777445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)18110712,110729,110756,110829,110834,110835,110839,110845,110857,110859,110862,110877,110896,110899,110900,110908,110913,1109183250
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O8880111078535
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O88805110785,110788,110789,110824,110916143
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)33110789,110830,110835544
Attikaite  (*)NoneCa3Cu2Al2(AsO4)4(OH)4·2H2O2110830,1108352
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O64110690,110817,110868,1108932060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)288809110774,110785,110789,110805,110824,110829,110834,110835,1109165509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O88801110785150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)888013110690,110751,110752,110755,110782,110783,110787,110788,110789,110814,110824,110826,11083711547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61110824413
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O111078950
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O73110822,110830,110835450
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O1110898178
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3888011107871935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)43110690,110695,110698,110699,110701,110709,110716,110719,110722,110726,110736,110744,110748,110756,110757,110767,110768,110770,110771,110780,110796,110797,110798,110801,110820,110834,110835,110839,110842,110846,110848,110853,110856,110858,110861,110871,110873,110888,110898,110902,110904,110906,11091027770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21110780309
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)8110699,110701,110703,110707,110719,110736,110866,1108881252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4110770,110796,110798,1108224979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2110789,110824925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3110830,110834,1108355707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O1110835194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25110690,110722,110830,110834,11083527198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81110817577
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)288804110785,110830,110834,11083590
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3110690,110834,1108353531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS888012110698,110722,110752,110768,110785,110787,110788,110789,110805,110830,110834,1108352600
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O2110830,11083540
Clinoatacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)33110830,110834,11083543
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82110720,1108531756
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)31110789127
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11108171025
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)88806110785,110805,110824,110829,110834,110835363
Copper  (*)CopperCu2110834,1108353846
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl288802110787,11078816
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)488804110774,110785,110824,110835175
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3110830,110834,1108352970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1110690498
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1110835366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11108621027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611108534135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)222110689,110701,110720,110731,110736,110740,110768,110777,110779,110834,110835,110844,110845,110848,110856,110862,110866,110873,110877,110896,110900,1109139895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O111077097
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42110834,110835910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3110690,110760,1108178173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1110913484
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)22110690,110760271
Fletcherite  (*)SpinelCuNi2S4111078913
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2110690,1107262740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22110709,1107369617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11110695,110770,110777,110796,110798,110801,110812,110822,110830,110832,11083524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)14110748,110767,110770,110771,110797,110801,110803,110820,110824,110837,110842,110858,110861,1108987437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O2110796,110801188
Graphite  (*)NoneC3110795,110796,1108012812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2110796,110801717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)33110690,110726,1108531544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O33110689,110696,110703,110725,110729,110731,110732,110734,110738,110739,110742,110743,110810,110830,110835,110844,110845,110859,110862,110863,110866,110869,110874,110877,110878,110883,110886,110891,110893,110894,110899,110900,1109136890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl9110731,110732,110734,110742,110743,110746,110869,110880,1109131398
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61110760741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3888031110689,110716,110717,110720,110722,110726,110731,110751,110755,110760,110771,110780,110782,110783,110788,110789,110797,110803,110814,110817,110818,110820,110826,110837,110842,110853,110858,110861,110862,110893,11089814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11108121689
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)1110805111
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1688801110787243
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O1110805103
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611107771066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33110690,110853,1108935433
Iron  (*)IronFe11108951089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63110770,110789,1108242228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42110878,1109175591
Kenhsuite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl288802110787,1107883
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2110824,110835593
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)2110789,110824234
Liroconite  (*)LiroconiteCu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O2110830,11083518
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2111076093
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)4110689,110696,110724,1107311487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O410110690,110720,110722,110726,110731,110760,110817,110853,110868,11089314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2888015110690,110752,110768,110774,110785,110787,110789,110805,110822,110824,110829,110834,110835,110851,11086212537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1110898770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23110707,110789,1108015674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg88801110788397
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O88802110785,110789182
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3110822,110830,1108351107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1110835168
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)28880111078717380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O2110760,1108171236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1110868884
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)88809110774,110785,110789,110805,110824,110829,110834,110835,110916492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11108532994
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O1110690306
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)61110834158
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O3110829,110830,110835105
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl28880111078523
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O88804110785,110789,110805,110835428
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)23110690,110726,1108171898
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41110789369
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O111081730
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216110698,110707,110722,110726,110727,110731,110740,110759,110779,110810,110817,110844,110853,110878,110888,11089339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO24110810,110824,110871,1108983106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2888053110689,110690,110691,110693,110720,110722,110725,110729,110731,110751,110752,110755,110760,110768,110782,110783,110787,110788,110789,110795,110803,110808,110810,110814,110818,110824,110826,110830,110834,110835,110845,110848,110849,110854,110856,110859,110862,110863,110866,110873,110874,110877,110878,110883,110886,110889,110894,110896,110899,110900,110908,110913,11091761156
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O2110830,11083557
Rosiaite  (*)NonePbSb2O62110830,1108358
Rruffite  (*)RoseliteCa2Cu(AsO4)2·2H2O3110830,110834,1108354
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22110703,1107605614
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O111077056
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1110895374
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O1110690390
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4110795,110803,110824,1108586417
Silver  (*)CopperAg888011107885186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3110777,110796,1108012473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5110770,110777,110798,110801,11083221482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)88804110752,110768,110787,110788446
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O3110830,110834,11083590
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1110709589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11108322045
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1110895703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22110817,1108533337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S135110774,110805,110829,110834,1108351803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11108341101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1388804110768,110785,110787,1107885317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)142110830,11083558
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O6110690,110726,110760,110817,110853,1108934899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1110898433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22110690,1107602562
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O4110805,110830,110834,110835245
Yakhontovite  (*)Smectite-vermiculite Clay(Ca,Na,K)0.2(Cu,Fe,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·3H2O2110830,1108355
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O2110805,11082484
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O1110789185
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)3110830,110834,11083560
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11108175251



2 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
Hg-001158880 K-Ar     Cinnabar, PerrouditeHg134862Lealtad Mine, Bellota Ravine, Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain Tritlla and Sole (1999); Tritlla and Cardellach (2003)   
Hg-001198880 K-Ar     Cinnabar, Corderoite, Kenhsuite, MercuryHg157127El Hembrar, Chóvar, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain Tritlla and Sole (1999); Tritlla and Cardellach (2003)   


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