Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Estepona, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 132511
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132511.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Estepona, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Conchita Mine
Los Reales
Padrón River
San Manuel Mine

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Cobaltite	Epidote	Feldspar	Humite	Löllingite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc
Tetradymite	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Aleksite ()*	Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chondrodite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Népouite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Selenium ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Smirnite ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zaratite ()*

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 As Bi C Ca Co Cr F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Te W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Cobaltite Epidote Feldspar Humite Löllingite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Talc
Tetradymite Vesuvianite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	108209	8803
Aleksite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₂S₂	1	108207	28
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	108207	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	108207	9052
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	108207	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	108207	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	108207	1935
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	2	108207,108210	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	108207,108210	27770
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	108207	285
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	108208	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	108209	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	108209	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	108210	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	108209	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	108208,108209	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	108207,108210	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	108208	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	108207,108210	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	108207	2812
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	108208	407
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	108210	341
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	108207	762
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	108208	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	108210	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	108209	4924
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	108208	66
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	108209	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	108210	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	108207	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	108207,108209	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	108207	4894
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	108208	143
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	108209	1516
Smirnite ()*	None	Bi³⁺₂Te⁴⁺O₅	1	108207	7
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	108208,108209	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	108207	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	108207,108209	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	108209	1395
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	108208	56

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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