Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Salobreña Unit, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 19

mindat Locality ID: 131015
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131015.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salobreña Unit, Granada, Andalusia, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Metapelite Outcrops
Schist Outcrops

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Calcite	Carpholite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Corrensite	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrophyllite	Quartz

Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Cookeite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ferrocarpholite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Margarite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pargasite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saliotite ()*	Sudoite ()*

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 Fe H K Li Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Calcite Carpholite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Corrensite Kaolinite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrophyllite Quartz

19 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
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	260	260	1	108020	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	260	19	2	108019,108020	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	1	108020	27770
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	19	19	1	108019	376
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	260	260	1	108020	1756
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	260	19	2	108019,108020	181
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	1	108020	9895
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	260	19	2	108019,108020	25
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	260	19	2	108019,108020	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	260	19	2	108019,108020	1507
Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	MgAl₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	260	19	2	108019,108020	23
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	19	19	1	108019	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	19	2	108019,108020	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	19	19	1	108019	247
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	260	260	1	108020	313
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	260	19	2	108019,108020	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	1	108020	61156
Saliotite ()*	Corrensite	(Li,Na)Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₅	19	19	1	108019	2
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	260	19	2	108019,108020	51

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
	Scott-OCDPSR161_555-0001	19	19	19	Ar-Ar	Age of metamorphism		biotite							68192	Metapelite Outcrops, Salobreña Unit, Granada, Andalusia, Spain	Salobreña Unit	Comas et al. (1999)		OCDPSR161_555

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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